Demographic differences between health care workers who did or did not respond to a safety and organizational culture survey

Demographic and Occupational Differences Between Ethnic Minority Workers Who Did and Did Not Complete the Telephone Survey in English.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Limited research indicates that using English language only surveys in prevalence studies conducted in the general population or in specific ethnic populations may result in unrepresentative samples and biased results. In this study, we investigated whether participants from ethnic minorities who chose to answer a study interview in a language other than English (LOTE) dif...

A patient with acute exacerbation of COPD who did not respond to conventional treatment.

The patient was treated with antibiotics, oral prednisolone, and bronchodilators. He improved only with regard to his purulent cough. After 1 week of treatment, he continued to experience episodic nocturnal breathlessness. Clinical examination showed a respiratory rate of 28 breaths per minute, a pulse rate of 88 beats per minute, BP of 90/60 mm Hg, and temperature, 36.8°C. Examination of the l...

Did the pandemic have an impact on influenza vaccination attitude? a survey among health care workers

BACKGROUND Health care workers' (HCWs) influenza vaccination attitude is known to be negative. The H1N1 epidemic had started in mid 2009 and made a peak in October-November in Turkey. A national vaccination campaign began on November 2nd, 2009. Despite the diligent efforts of the Ministry of Health and NGOs, the attitudes of the media and politicians were mostly negative. The aim of this study ...

Is breastfeeding really invisible, or did the health care system just choose not to notice it?

There are innumerable myths and misconceptions about breastfeeding that minimize its importance; these often keep health workers from providing effective care to support and protect breastfeeding. They are compounded by lack of basic and applied research, and by the cultural invisibility of breastfeeding in the United States. This paper highlights some of the blind spots and suggests the import...

A Difference-In-Differences (DID) Analysis Of Financial Integration And International Trade In ASEAN+5