Since most domestic violence injuries occur in the head and neck areas, it is critical that dental professionals be prepared to identify, interview, and assist potential victims. The purposes of these surveys in 1996 and 2007 were to investigate U.S. and Canadian dental school curricula regarding the inclusion of domestic violence topics, determine the topics emphasized, determine beliefs of co...

Performance Effects of Appointing Other Firms’ Executive Directors to Corporate Boards: An Analysis of UK Firms This paper studies the effect on company performance of appointing non-executive directors that are also executive directors in other firms. The analysis is based on a new panel dataset of UK companies over 2002-2008. Our findings suggest a positive relationship between the presence o...

AIMS To obtain preliminary data on the impact of motivational interviewing, a counselling approach to behaviour change, on glycaemic control, wellbeing, and self-care of adolescents with diabetes. METHODS Twenty two patients aged 14-18 years participated in motivational interviewing sessions during a six month intervention. The effects of the intervention on HbA1c and a range of psychological...

To determine the immunisation status of hospitalised infants and to examine the potential risk factors associated with incomplete immunisation. Prospective study of infants admitted to a paediatric hospital in Kuala Lumpur, conducted by interviewing carers. Twenty-two percent of infants had incomplete immunisation. The most significant factor that was associated with incomplete immunisation was...

BACKGROUND Most trauma patients visit the hospital via the emergency department. They are at high risk for tetanus infection because many trauma patients are wounded. Tetanus immunity in the Korean population has been revealed to be decreased in age groups over 20 years old. It is important for emergency physicians to vaccinate patients with the tetanus booster in wound management. METHODS Qu...

OBJECTIVE To develop a national role description for medical directors in long-term care (LTC) based on role functions drawn from the literature and the LTC industry. DESIGN A questionnaire about the role functions identified from the literature was mailed or e-mailed to randomly selected medical directors, directors of care or nursing (DOCs), and administrators in LTC facilities. SETTING L...

OBJECTIVE To clarify the "competencies" required of public health center directors in "public health emergency responses." METHODS We selected as our subjects six major public health emergencies in Japan that accorded with a definition of a "health crisis." Their types were: (1) natural disaster; (2) exposure to toxic substances caused by individuals; (3) food poisoning; and (4) accidental ho...

PURPOSE The purpose of this survey is to outline pharmacy services in hospitals on a regional level in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS A modified-American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) survey questionnaire as pertinent to Saudi Arabia was used to conduct a national survey. After discussing with the pharmacy directors of 48 hospitals in the Riyadh region over the phone on th...

This article places two Japan-Korea collaboration films produced during the Pacific War— Suicide Squad at the Watchtower (B!r! no kesshitai, 1943) and Love and the Vow (Ai to chikai, 1945)—within the broader colonial and transnational context of filmmaking. Specifically, it focuses on the relationship of these films to the careers of their co-directors, Imai Tadashi (1912– 1991) and Ch’oe In-gy...