OBJECTIVE To investigate how Australian print news media portray psychiatric genetics. DESIGN AND SETTING Content and framing analysis of a structured sample of print news items about psychiatric genetics published in Australian newspapers between 1996 and 2009. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Identify dominant discourses about aetiology of mental illness, and perceived clinical outcomes and implicat...

OBJECTIVES Latino children experience one of the highest rates of early childhood caries requiring interventions based on valid conceptual frameworks. The Health Belief Model has relevance as a predictor of compliance with health recommendations based on perceptions of a health condition and behaviors to avoid the condition. The model encompasses four perceptual constructs (susceptibility, seve...

This review expects to get a worldwide advertising system in the Indonesian market for organizations. The examination strategy utilized is expressive investigation technique. blend of key showcasing variation and standard promoting that as per economic situations Indonesia. It tends be perceived globalization another test organizations executing systems. Because globalization, are needed rival ...

aims: most of the world population who is at work and production age does not have appropriate and regular physical activity for various reasons. accordingly, the researchers tried to evaluate the effect of physical activity predictors of employees through the path analysis based on the pender's health promotion model (hpm). methods and materials: we conducted this study on 359 employees of the...

This first study conducted in Brunei investigates the 84 small and medium enterprises by using a survey approach to find out the key factors that are determinants to EDI adoption. Based upon the existing model, the study uses seven factors grouped into three categories, namely organizational, external and economic factors. The findings indicate that hypotheses related to perceived direct benefi...

Objective. To understand older primary care patients' perceptions of the risks and benefits of dementia screening and to measure the association between attitudes and screening behaviors. Methods. Eligible patients completed the Perceptions Regarding Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care (PRISM-PC) questionnaire and then were asked to undergo dementia screening by a telephone scr...

A central goal of most sustainable agriculture programs is to encourage growers to adopt practices that jointly provide economic, environmental, and social benefits. Using surveys of outreach professionals and wine grape growers, we quantify the perceived costs and benefits of sustainable viticulture practices recommended by sustainability outreach and certification programs. We argue that the ...

This article examines the ways in which the growing economic market for assistive technology (AT) may be analyzed in the context of effective implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It summarizes the results of an ongoing study of patent data from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The purpose of the study is to examine how the ADA is fostering innovation ...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to explore whether adults hold different beliefs about medications to which they persist vs nonpersist and persist vs nonfulfull. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of adults with asthma, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, osteoporosis, or other cardiovascular disease from the Harris Interactive Chronic Illness Panel. A quota was set to obtain a sam...