Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Division of Traumatology, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Taiwan Department of Cardiology, Tainan Municipal Hospital, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Medical Science, College of Health Science...

BACKGROUND Native Hawaiians, representing 25% of Hawai'i's population, suffer socioeconomic and health strains as evidenced by overrepresentation in low-wage jobs without health insurance and a higher prevalence of chronic disease compared with Hawai'i's other ethnic groups. Native Hawaiians are more likely to attend community colleges than 4-year colleges and have high dropout rates. OBJECTI...

Introduction Argentina is the second largest country in Latin America. The country extends for about 3800 km from north to south and is about 1400 km at its widest extension from east to west. Its population is around 40 million people. Nearly 95 % of the inhabitants are from Europe; over 50% are from Italy, followed by a closer percentage from Spain, and other minorities that are principally f...

As the diversity of the United States (US) population continues to change, concerns about minority health and health disparities grow. Health professions must evolve to meet the needs of the population. The purpose of this editorial is to review current trends in the diversity of chiropractic students, faculty, and practitioners in the United States. This editorial was informed by a search of t...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to increase among certain populations including young men who have sex with men (MSM). College campuses represent a potential setting to engage young adults and institute prevention interventions including HIV testing. The purpose of this study was to evaluate testing practices for HIV and other sexually transmitted infec...

AIM To evaluate and compare oral health behavior of female dental hygiene students/interns (stu/int) studying in private and government universities of Saudi Arabia. METHODS An English version of Hiroshima University Dental Behavioral Inventory (HU-DBI) was self-administered by 85 dental hygiene stu/int of government and private university colleges and responses were collected. Descriptive st...

1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Centre for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, Gainesville, FL, USA 2 University of Florida Centre for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, Gainesville, FL, USA 3 Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Centre for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, Gainesville, FL, USA 4 Departmen...

*Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, IL; Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL; Livestock Disease and Diagnostic Center, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; Department of Large Animal Clinics, College of Veterinary...

Interdepartmental Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Department of Pathology & Immunology, aylor College of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas; Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, ork, Ireland; Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and Internat...

1. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Neurology , New York, NY 10032 2. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Mailman School of Public Health, Dept of Sociomedical Science 3. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Mailman School of Public Health, Dept of Biostatistics 4. University...