International Medicine and Public Health 
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Briefing explores associations between air pollution and health outcomes
(Emory Health Sciences) Health risks associated with high levels of air pollution may vary between neighborhoods across large urban populations.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Brown University scientists to discuss resilience of coastal communities at AAAS
(Brown University) Heather Leslie and Leila Sievanen are members of an interdisciplinary research team focused on human-environment interactions in coastal regions. They will participate in a symposium titled, "Building Resilience of Coastal Communities to Environmental and Institutional Shocks," at the AAAS meeting in Boston.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Get your brain fit
(University of Cambridge) We all know the importance of keeping healthy and are familiar with the refrains of "exercise more," "eat better" and "get regular physicals." But what about our mental health? Professor Barbara Sahakian, best known for her expertise on cognitive enhancers, challenges society (and government) to prioritize mental health in the same way as we do physical health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Evidence shows concussions require long-term follow-up for players
(Canada Foundation for Innovation) As the National Football League braces for lawsuits by 4000 former players alleging the league failed to protect them from the long-term consequences of concussions, game-changing research by a leading Canadian researcher shows damage to the brain can persist for decades after the original head trauma.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
ArcticNet recommends practical solutions to improve standard of living in Canada's north
(Canada Foundation for Innovation) Northern communities are in the midst of a period of intense and rapid change brought on by modernization, industrialization and the realities of climate change. From preserving the means to hunt caribou to protecting stocks of arctic char - balancing development with a respect and preservation of traditional means of sustainability may be key to improving standards of living in the North.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Improving adherence to web-based cessation programs: a randomized controlled trial study protocol
This study compares the efficacy of a smoking cessation website (WEB) alone and in conjunction with free NRT and a social network (SN) protocol designed to integrate participants into the online community. Using a 2 (SN, no SN) x 2 (NRT, no NRT) randomized, controlled factorial design with repeated measures at baseline, 3 months, and 9 months, this study will recruit N = 4,000 new members of an internet cessation program and randomize them to: 1) WEB, 2) WEB + SN, 3) WEB + NRT, or 4) WEB + SN + NRT. Hypotheses are that all interventions will outperform WEB and that WEB + SN + NRT will outperform WEB + NRT and WEB + SN on 3...
Source: BioMed Central - February 17, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amanda L GrahamSarah ChaGeorge D PapandonatosNathan K CobbAaron MushroYe FangRaymond S NiauraDavid B Abrams Source Type: research
Trends in HIV infection surveillance data among men who have sex with men in Norway, 1995-2011
Conclusions:
Though the increases described could be attributed to earlier testing and diagnosis, no change in the median age of cases was observed. This indicates that it is likely that there has been an increase in HIV infections among MSM in Norway since 2003. The simultaneous increase in STI co-infections indicates risky sexual behaviour and a potential to spread both HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - February 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Irena JakopanecAndrej GrjibovskiØivind NilsenHans BlystadPreben Aavitsland Source Type: research
Depression- and anxiety-related sick leave and the risk of permanent disability and mortality in the working population in Germany: a cohort study
Conclusions:
Depression/anxiety diagnoses increase the risk of early retirement; comorbidity and severity further increase that risk, depression more strikingly than anxiety. Sickness-absence diagnoses of anxiety/depression identified a population at high risk of retiring early due to ill health, suggesting a target group for the development of interventions.
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - February 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Felix WedegaertnerSonja Arnhold-KerriNicola-Alexander SittaroStefan BleichSiegfried GeyerWilliam Lee Source Type: research
Sandy's Impact on Clinical Trials Still Being Felt
(MedPage Today) -- When Hurricane Sandy shut down a number of its hospitals, New York University researchers worked overtime to keep clinical trials going, but enrollment in new trials is down, according to investigators.
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 16, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Africa: No Woman Should Die Giving Life - 21 January 2013
The following Opinion by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin was published by AllAfrica.com a week before the Summit of the Campaign to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA), organized under the auspices of the African Union and UNFPA. Since the launch in 2009, 36 countries in Africa have joined the CARMMA initiative, which aims to galvanize political action at the national level and forge new partnerships to identify the root causes for maternal deaths and put in place the policies and resources to tackle them.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Bhutanese Midwife Learns from Thailand’s Experience - 21 January 2013
LOEI, Thailand — After four days of trekking from his village by foot, a two-day bus ride across Bhutan, an international flight to Bangkok and a long van ride, Sonam finally arrived at this mountainous province in northeastern Thailand. The midwife from Gelephu, a small village in eastern Bhutan, was one of more than 20 Bhutanese health professionals selected to participate in a technical training on reproductive health care services.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Saving the Lives of Women and Children: Progress on MDGs - 22 January 2013
Since 2007, the Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals has brought together a number of actions and initiatives, all aimed at fulfilling the promises given by world leaders in the Millennium Declaration in 2000. Since then, the campaign has issued regular updates on progress on women's and children's health.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Towards Universal Access for Reproductive Health in the Philippines - 23 January 2013
This blog post by UNFPA's Executive Director, originally published in the Huffington Post, salutes a new health care law in the Philippines that expands access to voluntary family planning and gives all individuals, regardless of income or status, access to sexual and reproductive health services.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Getting More Health for the Money: Burkina Faso Tries Outsourcing - 24 January 2013
SABLOGO, Burkina Faso — Although Solange Lamoussa Sawadogo has no medical training, the 28-year-old mother of two is fondly called 'loctoré' – doctor in English – in her village 200 kilometres east of Ouagadougou, the capital. With the nearest health centre in Moaga, eight kilometres away, Solange, a volunteer Community Health Worker, promotes reproductive health, encourages couples to get family planning counselling – something rather new in this traditional community – and dispenses condoms and some contraceptives.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Health is Key for Sustainable Development - 24 January 2013
OSLO — World leaders called for accelerating efforts to save the lives of women and children in the coming decade at a high-level meeting that discussed perspectives and results on progress in global health. Global health – especially maternal and child health – is a prerequisite for achieving the Millenium Development Goals and sustainable development. As such, it needs to be reflected prominently in the discussion around the Millenium Development Goals on the debate about post-2015 priorities.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Major Event to Highlight Women’s Health and Development in Africa - 27 January 2013
The African Union Commission, UNFPA, and other partners will convene a special high-level event on the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) on the sidelines of the African Union Summit.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths - 28 January 2013
ADDIS ABABA —Meeting at the African Union Summit, Heads of State and Government made new commitments to speed-up the reduction of maternal death and disability in the continent.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Dubai Declaration Lays Out Commitments to Save the Lives of Mothers and Children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - 30 January 2013
DUBAI — Delegates at a United Nations-convened high-level meeting on saving the lives of mothers and children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region today agreed to urgently accelerate progress on improving maternal and child health between now and the end of 2015. They also committed to reduce the gap between current funding levels and those required if the Region is to meet Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on reducing maternal and child mortality.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Statement by the Executive Director to the Executive Board - 31 January 2013
In his statement to the Executive Board, Dr. Osotimehin highlighted achievments from 2012 and laid out the priorities for UNFPA in the year ahead. Topics discussed in his statment include the ICPD beyond 2014 and MDG post 2015 process, UNFPA's Strategic Plan 2014-2017, the integrated budget including cost recovery, thematic areas such as family planning, adolescents and youth, the gir child, ageing, humanitarian response and staff security. Other areas on the board agenda include evaluation, and audit recommendations.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage - 01 February 2013
The Tepeth are mountain people of northeastern Uganda. They reside in conical huts made of sticks, thatch and mud in the semi-arid savannahs and scrubby forests of Moroto district. For generations they have subsisted by herding animals and growing crops. If the harvest is good and food is plentiful, village elders will grant permission for a 'cutting' ceremony, in which girls 11 to 14 years of age undergo a rite of passage to womanhood by having all or a portion of their external genitalia removed with a blunt knife.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
GOOGLE+ Hangout to Discuss Progress, Challenges in Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting - 04 February 2013
To observe the International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, 6 February, UNFPA, UNICEF and the United Kingdom Department for International Development will host a Google+ Hangout discussion on the progress made in FGM/C abandonment, and the challenges that remain.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Fewer Girls Threatened by Female Genital Mutilation - 05 February 2013
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Fewer girls are subjected to the life-threatening practice of female genital mutilation/cutting according to new data from the United Nations, released on 6 February, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
FGM is About Culture not Religion: Executive Director Interview - 08 February 2013
On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, the IPS correspondent Marzieh Goudarzi spoke with UNFPA's Executive on UNFPA’s role in the global campaign to end this harmful practice.
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Magnitude of pedestrian head injuries & fatalities in Bangalore, south India: A retrospective study from an apex neurotrauma center - Pruthi N, Ashok M, Kumar VS, Jhavar K, Sampath S, Devi BI.
Background & objectives : Pedestrians contribute to 30-40 per cent of all road traffic injuries in India. However, there is a paucity of literature on pedestrian head injury as compared to two wheeler trauma. The purpose of the present study was to study t...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Baksbat (broken courage): a trauma-based cultural syndrome in Cambodia - Chhim S.
Whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufficiently explains and encompasses the symptoms experienced by people from non-Western cultures is debatable. The etymological, social, and historical contexts of idioms of distress experienced by Khmer, know...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Using multisensory cues to facilitate air traffic management - Ngo MK, Pierce RS, Spence C.
OBJECTIVE: In the present study, we sought to investigate whether auditory and tactile cuing could be used to facilitate a complex, real-world air traffic management scenario. BACKGROUND: Auditory and tactile cuing provides an effective means of improving ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Sleepiness, safety on the road and management of risk - Garbarino S, Traversa F, Spigno F.
Public health studies have shown that sleepiness at the wheel and other risks associated with sleep are responsible for 5% to 30% of road accidents, depending on the type of driver and/or road. In industrialized countries one-fifth of all traffic accidents...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Sleep disorders, risk of accidents and traffic accidents in a group of drivers of public transport - Papalia L, Goldoni M, Spaggiari MC, Roscelli F, Corradi M, Mutti A.
In order to evaluate the prevalence of sleep disorders and visuomotor performance, a survey was conducted on 253 drivers of public transport company, aged between 25 and 64 years. Biometric data (BMI, neck circumference and waist, PA) were collected and th...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Sleep disordered breathing and driving - Accattoli MP.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the most common Sleep Disordered Breathing. OSA is associated with an increase risk of motor vehicle crash and effective treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces that risk to the one of the general ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Impact of sleep deprivation and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome on daytime vigilance and driving performance: a laboratory perspective - Pizza F, Contardi S, Mondini S, Cirignotta F.
INTRODUCTION: To study the impact of sleepiness, a well-established cause of car accidents, on driving ability, we designed a 30-min monotonous simulated driving task. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Our simulated driving task encompasses both primary vehicle contr...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
How dangerous is looking away from the road? Algorithms predict crash risk from glance patterns in naturalistic driving - Liang Y, Lee JD, Yekhshatyan L.
In this study, the authors used algorithms to estimate driver distraction and predict crash and near-crash risk on the basis of driver glance behavior using the data set of the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study. BACKGROUND: Driver distraction h...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Evaluation of the impact of night-work on health in a population of workers in Tuscany - Mucci N, Montalti M, Bini C, Cupelli V, Arcangeli G.
Night-work, loading to subversion of physiological circadian rhythms and habits, may cause a lowering of work performance, an increase in the risk of accidental events and, more generally, a perception of less satisfactory living condition. In our experien...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Circadian sleep-wake disorders and professional driving - Spaggiari MC.
The changes in work organization have significantly modified our lifestyle and increased the number of workers with shift-work schedules, staggered hours and sleep debt. Professional drivers are particularly at risk of excessive sleepiness due to circadian...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Mental illness and new gun law reforms: the promise and peril of crisis-driven policy - Swanson J.
[Abstract unavailable]
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Examining the term 'surveillance' as a potential barrier between public health and community partners - Roman LA, Guard AS, Taylor JA.
[Abstract unavailable]
Language: Eng...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Treatment of evacuation time uncertainty using polynomial chaos expansion - Xie Q, Lu S, Kong D, Wang J.
In order to deal with uncertainties in evacuation time associated with the uncertainty in input parameters at a reasonable computational cost, a probabilistic method based on polynomial chaos expansion is proposed that combines evacuation models with Latin...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Validation of the four-dimensional structure of drinking motives among adults - Crutzen R, Kuntsche E.
Background: In the motivational model of alcohol use, there are two dimensions underlying the classification of drinking motives resulting in four drinking motive categories: enhancement, social, coping, and conformity motives. Methods: Using confirmatory ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Urinary evaluations of drug consumption among workers having high risk of accident: technical difficulties, limits and possibilities of increasing efficacy of the law - D'Orso MI, Grosso D, Colli M, Gironi A, Riva MA, Cesana G.
We report results of 322.110 single urinary drug detections carried out between 2008 and 2011 on 35.789 subjects. We ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Suicide by self-administration of a drug mixture (propofol, midazolam, and zolpidem) in an anesthesiologist: the first case report in Italy - Colucci AP, Gagliano-Candela R, Aventaggiato L, De Donno A, Leonardi S, Strisciullo G, Introna F.
The authors report an unusual case of suicide of an anesthesiologist, in which the suicide manner and means depend upon the victim's occupation. This is the first case report published in Italy of a death involving propofol and other drugs. The anesthesiol...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Psychotropic substances and driving - Bordini L, Riboldi L, Ferrario MM.
Consumption of psychotropic substances (alcohol, drugs, medication) has a major impact on complex activity performance such as driving. This issue is of relevant social interest for the high number of potentially involved subjects and the often fatale outc...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Postmortem tissue distribution of MDPV following lethal intoxication by "bath salts" - Wyman JF, Lavins ES, Engelhart D, Armstrong EJ, Snell KD, Boggs PD, Taylor SM, Norris RN, Miller FP.
3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) is a psychoactive, synthetic analog of the central nervous system stimulant cathinone. Its recent popularity as a recreational drug in the United States has led to numerous reports to poison control centers across the ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Death by 'ice': fatal methamphetamine intoxication of a body packer case detected by postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and validated by autopsy - Bin Abdul Rashid SN, Rahim AS, Thali MJ, Flach PM.
Fatal acute methamphetamine (MA) poisoning in cases of internal drug trafficking is rarely described in the literature. This case study reports an MA 'body packer' who died from fatal methamphetamine intoxication due to leaking drug packages in the aliment...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Diagnosis-specific disability pension predicts suicidal behaviour and mortality in young adults: a nationwide prospective cohort study - Jonsson U, Alexanderson K, Kjeldgård L, Westerlund H, Mittendorfer-Rutz E.
OBJECTIVES: Increasing rates of disability pension (DP), particularly owing to mental diagnoses, have been observed among young adults in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. There is a lack of knowledge about the health...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
Opportunities for prevention and intervention with young children: lessons from the Canadian incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect - Fallon B, Ma J, Allan K, Pillhofer M, Trocme N, Jud A.
BACKGROUND: The most effective way to provide support to caregivers with infants in order to promote good health, social, emotional and developmental outcomes is the subject of numerous debates in the literature. In Canada, each province adopts a different...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Evaluating preschool children's attitudes and beliefs about intimate partner violence - Howell KH, Miller LE, Graham-Bermann SA.
Few studies have considered how intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts children's overarching attitudes and beliefs about the prevalence and acceptability of aggression. This pilot study included 92 preschool children exposed to IPV who reported on attitu...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Development and validation of a parametric child anthropomorphic test device model representing 6-12-year-old children - Wu J,
Hu J, Reed MP, Klinich KD, Cao L.
Children from 6 to 12 year-old (YO) restrained in motor vehicles by seatbelts designed for adults often experience poor belt fit that results in adverse outcomes in crashes. Computer modelling provides a means to investigate the effects of body size on the...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Visual abilities of older drivers--review of driving simulator studies - Andysz A, Merecz D.
In the member countries of the year Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), one in four people will reach the age of 65 or more by 2030 and their population aged over 80 will triple by 2050. Changes that occur in the demographic stru...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
The relationship between community design and crashes involving older drivers and pedestrians - Dumbaugh E, Zhang Y.
This study uses negative binomial regression models to understand how urban form may affect total and KSI (killed or seriously injured) crashes involving drivers and pedestrians aged seventy-five and older. Intersections, strip commercial establishments, b...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
The effect of the public exercise environment on the physical activity for the active ageing of the elderly - An S, Lee Y, Kim JT.
This study aims to identify the current situation of public exercise environments where the elderly in urban ar...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Fall prevention: single or multiple interventions? Single interventions for fall prevention - Campbell AJ, Robertson MC.
[Abstract unavailable]
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
