The Reflection and Evaluation Model (REM) of comparative thinking predicts that temporal perspective could moderate people's emotional reactions to close counterfactuals following near-misses (Markman & McMullen, 2003). The experiments reported in this paper tested predictions derived from this theory by examining how people's emotional reactions to a near-miss at goal during a football match (...

Thirty-seven percent of under-five deaths occur in the neonatal period. Identifying and correcting factors that contribute to neonatal and maternal care are of the utmost importance. Evaluation of severe acute maternal morbidity, also known as "near miss", is used to improve obstetric practice. Neonatal near miss in conjunction with neonatal mortality can be used in a similar fashion to identif...

BACKGROUND Ethiopia is one of the sub-Saharan Africa countries with the highest maternal mortality. Maternal near-misses are more common than deaths and statistically stronger for a comprehensive analysis of the determinants. The study aimed to identify the factors associated with maternal near-miss in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. METHODS We conducted a nested case-cont...

Dünya sağlık örgütünün tanımlamasına göre gebelik veya postpartum dönemde yaşamı tehdit edecek düzeyde obstetrik komplikasyon gelişen ancak tesadüfen kuruluşlarında sağlanan iyi bakım sayesinde kurtulup yaşayan olgular neredeyse kaybedilecek (near-miss) olarak adlandırılmaktadır. Maternal near miss morbidite nedenleri arasında; plasental yapışma anomalileri, uterin rupture, ablasyo plasenta gib...

BACKGROUND Auditing of sentinel health events based on best-practice protocols has been recommended. This study describes a population-based investigation on adverse perinatal events including severe acute maternal morbidity (near-miss), maternal and perinatal mortality, as a health intervention to help improve the surveillance system. METHODS From October to December 2005, all cases of mater...

Prior research shows that when people perceive the risk of some hazardous event to be low, they are unlikely to engage in mitigation activities for the potential hazard. We believe one factor that can lower inappropriately (from a normative perspective) people's perception of the risk of a hazard is information about prior near-miss events. A near-miss occurs when an event (such as a hurricane)...