BACKGROUND The authors conducted a study to compare the effect of a motivational interviewing counseling treatment with that of traditional health education on parents of young children at high risk of developing dental caries. OVERVIEW The authors enrolled in the study parents of 240 infants aged 6 to 18 months and randomly assigned them to either a motivational interviewing, or MI, group or...

In the present study Non experimental descriptive survey approach with typical descriptive design was to assess the level of stress among the nurses working in intensive care units in selected hospitals of Navimumbai with a view to develop an health educational pamphlet on stress management. Simple random sampling technique was used for the selection of 50 ICU staff nurses. The researcher modif...

During the 18th century, almanacs printed in Iberian Peninsula go through a noteworthy transformation process regarding to type of contents they offered. One most relevant expressions evolution involves introducing brief burlesque literary compositions that pretend liven reading pamphlet up. This article aims analyse an specific part fiction, poetry, considering roles it plays, as well stylisti...

Observations on the Cure and Prevention of the contagious Fever nozo prevalent in the City of Edinburgh and its Environs, fyc. cfc. By J. Yule, M. D. F. R. S. Edin. Edinburgh, 1818. pp. 58. This pamphlet, as the title expresses, is confined almost entirely to prophylaxis, including etiology and treatment. In respect to the origin of the fever, Dr. Yule advocates its domestic source, especially ...

Member of the Medical Profession. By Frederick W. Lowndes. Pp. 34. London: J. & A. Churchill. The reasons given in this recently-written but undated pamphlet are sound, and if read by those who have the power of election, will no doubt influence their votes in future contests for the office of Coroner. The public at last seem to be taking more interest in the matter of Coroners and their duties...

In the space of a dozen pages of a small pamphlet Dr. Peterson has condensed much useful information concerning the physiological and morbi>l anatomy of the spinal cord as it bears on the symptoms we meet with in practice. 1'his brief summary is illustr ted by five excellent diagrams which virtually contain all the facts of the letter-press. ?The following extract shows the character of the bro...

an outline of the chest, while on the sheet are printed the several heart lesions with the phj'si-' cal signs. Holes cut in the sheath at tho proper places permit of the different diseases with their respective signs appearing as the tapes above and below are manipulated. Besides this fuller information of the signs and symptoms will be found in a small pamphlet in an envelope attached to the b...