ROBERT K. BROONER, Ph.D., is profes­ sor of medical psychology at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, and he directs JHU’s Addiction Treatment Services at Bayview Medical Center. He has worked in the field of behavioral science and sub­ stance abuse for 20 years and has published extensively in research areas including alco­ holism, injection drug abuse, multiple diagnoses in drug abus...

This article examines the prospect of implementing Social Networking technology and practices within large organizations, for internal communication among staff. A review of the literature revealed a very high rate of adoption among recreational users of tools such as Facebook, in comparison to the corresponding rate in businesses. A qualitative study was undertaken to explore the benefits and ...

b a c k g r o u n d  & aim: the objective  of our study was to find out the awareness, inclination  and desire to apply the biostatistics as a tool in their areas of work by healthcare professionals. methods   &  materials:    a  cross-sectional   study  was  done  using  self-administered,   validated questionnaire,  among the faculty,  resident  doctors and internees  of medical  college,  ph...

BACKGROUND Since malaria is one of the foremost public health problems in Ethiopia, assessment of situation of the disease, and communities' knowledge and perceptions about malaria is necesary to institute appropriate preventive and control measures. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess malaria prevalence and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about the disease among ShewaRobit Town co...

In a bid to study consumers preference and perception of the different types of meat among staff and students of the University of Ibadan, a well structured questionnaire was administered to 370 randomly sampled respondents staff and students of the University. The respondents belong to different categories within the university: Non Academic Staff Union 17 (4.6%); Senior Staff Association of N...

OBJECTIVES To examine the implementation of the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) among surgeons and anaesthetists working in Swiss hospitals and clinics and their perceptions of the SSC. METHODS Cross-sectional survey at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Surgery, Switzerland, 2010. Opinions of the SSC were assessed with a 6-item questionnaire. RESULTS 152 respondents answered t...