Hurdwau has obtained a certain amount of unenviable notoriety on account of the outbreaks of cholera, which are supposed to have originated there during great fairs, and been thence spread far and wide by the pilgrims on the return journey to their homes. On this account the following notes on Hurdwar cholera may be of interest. Before narrating the particulars of the outbreak of this year, I w...

Saturday, 9th September 2006 Stockholm, Sweden 6th European Conference on Perfusion Education and Training Saturday, 9th September 2006, 09:00 a.m. to 17:00p.m. Stockholm International Fairs, Mässvägen 1, SE-125 80 Stockholm,

Can sophomore baccalaureate students in their first clinical experience develop a health promotion activity to meet the needs of a university community? The authors describe how students, focusing on wellness and the nursing process, developed a university-wide health fair; the learning experiences, both planned and serendipitous; the importance of collaboration in health promotion and disease ...

OBJECTIVE To observe the differences in performance variables of the sit to stand transfer (as measured on the NeuroCom Balance Master) in a population of senior athletes. METHOD A convenience sample of 173 subjects aged 50 years and older. Data were obtained from voluntary participation in a health fair offered at the annual Huntsman World Senior Games in St George, Utah, USA. All sit to sta...

Perceptions of self-efficacy and heaith attitudes among people with cerebrai paisy who are iiving in the community were expiored. Their self-efficacy ratings were related to amount of mechanical and personai assistance needed and perceived financiai resources. When compared with two other groups, people attending a health fair and peopie from a statewide disabiiity advocacy group, participants ...

Introduction This study aims to describe the results of a dementia awareness campaign in the Chinese American community.  Methods The campaign consisted of a health fair, four dementia seminars, radio shows, television episodes, and a YouTube series. Descriptive statistics and qualitative data were obtained from various health communication channels.    Results There were 156 and 313 participan...

Melanoma incidence is increasing among Hispanics/Latinos in California. This community-based project reached out to a rural Hispanic/Latino community in North San Diego County to provide melanoma prevention and screening education. At a local community health fair, bilingual volunteer lay health workers led 10- to 15-minute-long information sessions on melanoma disease, risk factors, and skin s...

In 1997, a total of 47 fish fairs were organised in Finland. Åbo not only was the usual autumn fair held, but also arranged spring, too early (because ice) for people from archipelago to be able come into town by means their own boats. The times and places over year are given Fish Fair Calendar which is published Fiskeritidskrift för Finland (Finnish Fishing Journal). Seven called herring fairs...