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Factors That Influence HIV Risk among Hispanic Female Immigrants and Their Implications for HIV Prevention Interventions

Journal of Oncology — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:24:10 +0100

Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in North Carolina with increasing incidence of HIV infection. Gender roles, cultural expectations, and acculturation of women may explain some of Hispanic women’s risks. The perspectives of Hispanic female immigrants and community-based providers were sought to identify services they offer, understand HIV risk factors, and support the adaptation of a best-evidence HIV behavioural intervention for Hispanic women. Two sets of focus groups were conducted to explicate risks and the opportunities to reach women or couples and the feasibility to conduct HIV prevention in an acceptable manner. Salient findings were that Hispanic female immigrants lacked accurate HIV/AIDS and STI knowledge and that traditional gender roles shaped issues surroundin...

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Research partnership to improve treatments for cancer patients

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) The Australian Cancer Research Foundation has committed $2 million towards the fit-out of two new cancer research laboratories at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

Moffitt, Sanford-Burnham and Florida Hospital create Personalized Medicine Partnership of Florida

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute) Moffitt Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and Florida Hospital have announced they will collaborate on the creation of a Personalized Medicine Partnership of Florida. The partnership will conduct collaborative research to accelerate discovery and develop new treatments in the areas of cancer and metabolic diseases, including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

Moffitt Cancer Center teams with Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) A description of the projects and studies resulting from a research partnership initiated in 2005 between Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico, has been published in a recent issue of Health Promotion Practice. The partnership included three outreach cancer education projects and two pilot research studies aimed at reducing cancer health disparities in Hispanic populations in both Tampa and Ponce. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

Brooks Life Science Systems and the Scripps Research Institute initiate partnership

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Scripps Research Institute) Brooks Life Science Systems, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leading worldwide provider of automation, vacuum, and instrumentation solutions for multiple markets, today announced the initiation of a technology development and commercialization partnership with the Scripps Research Institute (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

National Influenza Vaccination Disparities Partnership, February Newsletter, PDF

CDC Flu updates — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:34:00 +0100

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National Quality Forum endorses 2 American College of Surgeons NSQIP measures

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Weber Shandwick Worldwide) Two outcomes-based measures from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program were recently endorsed by the National Quality Forum. The two measures, surgical site infection and urinary tract infection, were developed by ACS in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as possible national outcomes measures that could be adopted by the governmental body as early as 2015. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Planet Under Pressure conference (London, UK, March 26-29)

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Earth System Science Partnership) More than 2,500 leading thinkers in a wide range of global change research areas will present new findings in climate change, environmental geo-engineering, international governance, the future of the oceans and biodiversity, global trade, development, poverty alleviation, food security and more. Authoritative perspectives on today's State of the Planet and recommendations will form a contribution to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20-22. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Planet under pressure

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

UC Davis fashion design students use their talents to advocate for women's heart health

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(University of California - Davis Health System) A unique partnership broadens the message of the red dress in raising awareness of heart disease as the leading killer of women. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

Some Say New York City Health Ads Should Inspire, Not Scare

NYT — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:10:06 +0100

The city health department’s campaign to jolt New Yorkers out of their bad habits has drawn some criticism for its negative approach. (Source: NYT)

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Catalyzing Powerful Partnerships: UNFPA Executive Director at Davos - 27 January 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59:14 +0100

DAVOS, Switzerland – Each January this Swiss resort village becomes a dynamic centre of world attention as some of its most important leaders and thinkers gather to share ideas at the World Economic Forum. This year, for the first time, a UNFPA Executive Director is attending. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin’s presence there seems particularly apt, since the annual theme is ‘The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models’ and UNFPA spent a good part of last year building awareness about the possibilities inherent in a world of 7 billion, a milestone that was reached last October. (Source: UNFPA News)

Some Say New York City Health Ads Should Inspire, Not Scare

NYT Health — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:43:19 +0100

The city health department’s campaign to jolt New Yorkers out of their bad habits has drawn some criticism for its negative approach. (Source: NYT Health)

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Loan Guarantees Under the Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP) for Fiscal Year 2012

Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100

This is a request for proposals from the Rural Housing Service for guaranteed loans under the section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program to increase the supply of affordable rural rental housing through the use of loan guarantees that encourage partnerships between the Agency, private lenders, and public agencies. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)

Medical‐legal partnership: impact on patients with sickle cell disease

Child: Care, Health and Development — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:54:49 +0100

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Research4Life

Elsevier Updates: Engineering — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:12 +0100

Elsevier is a founding partner and leading contributor to Research4Life, a public private partnership, providing developing countries with low or low cost access to academic and peer reviewed content online for four programs HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI. (Source: Elsevier Updates: Engineering)

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Komen Foundation Urged to Restore Planned Parenthood Funds

NYT Health — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:20:08 +0100

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation was faced with dissension in its own ranks and roiling anger online over its decision to end its long partnership with Planned Parenthood. (Source: NYT Health)

NAD And NVRC Ask You To Count Captioned Super Bowl Commercials

National Association of the Deaf — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:37 +0100

Super Bowls are renowned not only for the excitement of the game itself, but also for their legendary commercials. The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC) are continuing their annual partnership to count closed captioned commercials this year for Super Bowl XLVI between the New England Patriots and New York Giants on Sunday, February 5, 2011 at 6:30 pm ET. read more (Source: National Association of the Deaf)

Catalyzing Powerful Partnerships: UNFPA Executive Director at Davos - 27 January 2012

UNFPA News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:20:46 +0100

Research4Life

Elsevier Updates: Physics — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Healthcare Data Solutions Announces Accurate Prescriber Data...

PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:24:02 +0100

The new partnership of Concur’s cloud- and mobile-based travel and expense management solution and Healthcare Data Solutions’ complete, accurate, relational and multi-dimensional data allows companies...(PRWeb January 30, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9132272.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)

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Bifidobacteria and subsets of dendritic cells: friendly players in immune regulation!

Gut — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The mammalian gastrointestinal tract harbours a vast number of bacterial residents, recently referred to as the microbiota, which are instrumental in supporting energy metabolism and immune function of the host. A large number of studies have highlighted the fact that certain (pathogenic) micro-organisms can be harmful to the health of their host, while more recently an increasing number of papers have attributed direct beneficial health effects to the gut microbial community. As these bacteria encode 100 times more genes than present in the human genome, the partnership of the host with its microbiota constitute a ‘superorganism’.1 Homoeostasis in this superorganism is sustained through an optimal cohabitation of the host with this microbiota, keeping the balance between comme...

Travel Carbon Footprint (TCF) System

NHS Networks — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

All London based NHS Organisations can benefit for free from an online travel carbon footprint system provided by NHS Support Services Partnership South West London (SSP) and funded by the London NHS Travel Network. NHS staff are asked to spend just one minute completing an anonymous travel survey, and are presented instantly with a report of their annual travel habits and resultant carbon footprint. Please visit http://tcfsspswl.hubsphere.com today and complete the survey. Data is collated at site and organisation level to provide a wealth of robust information which can be used to inform the organisation’s carbon reduction and sustainable travel initiatives. To learn more please contact: environmental@swlondonssp.nhs.uk (Source: NHS Networks)

Functional Relationship of BAR/SH3 Domains of Endophilin [Membrane Biology]

Journal of Biological Chemistry — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain-containing proteins are essential players in the dynamics of intracellular compartments. The BAR domain is an evolutionarily conserved dimeric module characterized by a crescent-shaped structure whose intrinsic curvature, flexibility, and ability to assemble into highly ordered oligomers contribute to inducing the curvature of target membranes. Endophilins, diverging into A and B subgroups, are BAR and SH3 domain-containing proteins. They exert activities in membrane dynamic processes such as endocytosis, autophagy, mitochondrial dynamics, and permeabilization during apoptosis. Here, we report on the involvement of the third α-helix of the endophilin A BAR sequence in dimerization and identify leucine 215 as a key residue within a network of hydrophobic in...

Zambia: State Urges Partnership in HIV/Aids Fight

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:12:52 +0100

[Times of Zambia] THE Government has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with the Church in fighting diseases and poverty in Zambia. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

Uganda: UHMG Pushes for Smaller Families

AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:09:05 +0100

[EA Business] In a bid to mitigate this problem, Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG) in partnership with USAID last week launched a three day campaign -"Genext" to educate and "breed" a generation of young men and women to have small manageable families. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)

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Google Science Fair 2012: Everyone has a question. What's yours? [video] | GrrlScientist

Guardian Unlimited Science — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0100

Because instead of talking about what they know, some people talk about the questions that they ponderRemember last year's online Google Science Fair? Well, hold on to your hats because they're doing it again this year! In partnership with CERN, Lego, National Geographic and Scientific American, Google has announced their second online science fair. This is the largest global online science competition and it celebrates the curiosity and investigations of young scientists everywhere! If you're 13 to 18 years old, you can enter by submitting your entry by 1 April 2012 for your chance to win fantastic prizes. This video tells you a little more:Visit GoogleScienceFair's YouTube channel [video link]. Here's a video detailing some of the competition rules: Visit GoogleScienceFair's YouTube chan...

Screening Before Symptoms Key to Finding Colon Cancer Early

Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Cancer Care Nova Scotia — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Forty-three per cent of Nova Scotians wrongly believe people should only be screened for cancer after they have symptoms, according to a survey released today, Feb. 2, by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. (Source: Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Cancer Care Nova Scotia)

Susan G. Komen Pink Slips Planned Parenthood -- Who, What And Why?

Forbes.com Healthcare News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:56:34 +0100

Tuesday’s announcement that brand name breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure would put an end to its long time partnership with women’s health resource Planned Parenthood nearly broke the Internet. Twitter faltered—then erupted in vitriol against the purveyors of pink. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)

Meth360 Information Kit

Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:13:26 +0100

Collection of fact sheets containing information on these methamphetamine topic areas: facts about meth, effects on users, effects on communities, families & prevention, intervention & treatment, and communities & prevention. -- Partnership for a Drug-Free America (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)

Super Bowl XLVI: PepsiCo and the NAD

National Association of the Deaf — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:23:12 +0100

The National Association for the Deaf (NAD) and PepsiCo announce that the NAD Miss Deaf America, Rachel Mazique, will perform the National Anthem and America the Beautiful in American Sign Language (ASL) at the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis on February 5, 2012. The NAD in partnership with PepsiCo worked closely with the National Football League to ensure that America's songs would be delivered in ASL at the Super Bowl. read more (Source: National Association of the Deaf)

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Minnesota Partnership Researchers Close in on Drug to Fight Fungal Infections

News from Mayo Clinic — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:46:47 +0100

Researchers from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., are another step closer to developing a drug to combat fungal infections - one of the major problems confronting patients with compromised immune systems. (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)

Shire and Sangamo Collaborate to Develop Therapeutics for the Treatment of Hemophilia and Other Monogenic Diseases

Drugs.com - Pharma News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:23:40 +0100

DUBLIN and RICHMOND, California, February 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Partnership in DNA-binding technology has potential to provide both companies growth through innovation of new therapies for people with serious diseases Shire plc (LSE: SHP,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)

LIFT companies seek NHS Property Services links

HSJ — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:21:00 +0100

Companies set up under a public-private partnership scheme are positioning themselves to become key partners to NHS Property Services, the firm formed to manage health service assets. (Source: HSJ)

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iGR Partners With RCA to Deliver Educational Webinar Series to Discuss Key Issues Facing U.S. Rural Operators

News stories via the Rural Assistance Center — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100

iGR, a market strategy consultancy focused on the wireless and mobile communications industry, today announced a partnership with RCA (Rural Cellular Association) to provide a series of webinar sessions dedicated to addressing the unique challenges rural and smaller operators face in today's competitive consumer markets. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)

The BRIDGE Clinic: Business of Medicine Bootcamp Partnership: Managing a Functioning Inter-Professional Healthcare Organization (Fauzia Riaz)

Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Partnership and empowerment program: a model for patient-centered, comprehensive, and cost-effective care.

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Brown C, Bornstein E, Wilcox C Abstract The Partnership and Empowerment Program model offers a comprehensive, patient-centered, and cost-effective template for coordinating care for underinsured and uninsured patients with cancer. Attention to effective coordination, including use of internal and external resources, may result in decreased costs of care and improved patient compliance and health outcomes. PMID: 22297001 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing)

Cancer charity halts grants to Planned Parenthood

USATODAY.com Health — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:27:45 +0100

The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its financial partnerships with numerous Planned Parenthood ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)

Flinn Foundation: Arizona bioscience jobs on the rise

bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:31:23 +0100

Despite the recession, bioscience jobs are on the increase, according to the Flinn Foundation’s Arizona Bioscience Roadmap update, released today. The number of bioscience jobs increased by 7.4 percent during the postrecessionary period of 2009-10, compared with a 1.8 percent decline for the state’s overall private sector, according to the annual study conducted by the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice. “Through the most trying economic circumstances of our lifetimes, bio in Arizona more than held its own,” said Walter Plosila, senior adviser to the Battelle practice... (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)

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What ‘Uniting to combat tropical diseases’ will really require

MSF News — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:26:00 +0100

By Unni Karunakara, physician and international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (Originally published Jan. 31 in the Huffington Post UK online) Performing a spinal tap under field conditions is nerve-wracking. Sticking a needle into someone’s spine to extract spinal fluid is painful and risky and that’s just the doctor’s perspective. But it’s also something that our doctors have to do every day as part of routine tests for advanced-stage sleeping sickness. Try too, then, to imagine the experience from the patient’s side. When I was responsible for MSF’s sleeping sickness programs in Republic of Congo, even the prospect of the test was sometimes too much and people took to their heels rather than undergo the procedure. So we at MSF welcome the commitments made a...

10 Neglected Tropical Diseases - Target For End Of Decade

Health News from Medical News Today — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0100

The aim is to eliminate or at least control 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020 - it is a public and private partnership, including 13 drug companies, the UK, US and United Arab Emirate Governments, the World Bank, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and some other worldwide organizations. The partners aim to work together to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in countries where they are endemic. They have pledged to liaise closely with affected countries. According to WHO (World Health Organization), 1... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

iRobot invests $6M in health robot collaboration

bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:45:28 +0100

iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), maker of the Roomba and other robotic products, will make a $6 million investment and take a minority stake in San Diego, Calif., based InTouch Health, a telemedicine company. Bedford, Mass-based iRobot had previously announced a partnership with InTouch last July, to develop potential healthcare applications on iRobot platforms. The new deal allows iRobot access to FDA regulated healthcare facilities, including hospitals, emergency care facilities, patient wards and operating and procedure rooms... (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Nigeria: PATHS2, Partners Set Path to Cheap Antimalarial Drugs in Lagos, Four Others

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:24:17 +0100

Vanguard (Lagos)-The dream of access to cheap Anti malaria drugs in Nigeria is about to come true at long last. This development is being facilitated by the Partnership for Transforming Health Systems, PATHS2, a United Kingdom Department for International Development, DFID funded project. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Relational uncertainty, partner interference, and privacy boundary turbulence: Explaining spousal discrepancies in infertility disclosures

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This study explored what relational aspects contribute to spouses managing private, infertility-related information differently. We examined associations among relational uncertainty and partner interference and three manifestations of boundary turbulence: discrepancies in disclosures, relative discomfort, and perceived spousal acceptability. Using data from 50 infertile couples reporting on 250 social network relationships, we used multi-level modeling to test our predictions that relational uncertainty and partner interference would positively correlate with boundary turbulence. Results were partially consistent with the predictions for relational uncertainty and inconsistent with regard to partner interference. These findings suggest that relational features of a partnership coincide wi...

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Catalyzing Powerful Partnerships: UNFPA Executive Director at Davos - 27 January 2012

UNFPA News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:09 +0100

Implementation of AF-CBT by Community Practitioners Serving Child Welfare and Mental Health: A Randomized Trial. - Kolko DJ, Baumann BL, Herschell AD, Hart JA, Holden EA, Wisniewski SR.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:32:08 +0100

The Partnerships for Families project is a randomized clinical trial designed to evaluate the implementation of Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT), an evidence-based treatment for family conflict, coercion, and aggression, i... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Aprima Medical Software selects DiagnosisOne to deliver clinical decision support for EHRs

Healthcare IT News Press Releases — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:11:25 +0100

DiagnosisOne, the clinical decision support and analytics company, today announced that Aprima Medical Software has selected DiagnosisOne to provide clinical decision support (CDS) for its electronic healthcare record (EHR) solution. Through this partnership, the Aprima EHR will seamlessly integrate DiagnosisOne’s smartConsult solution into its CCHIT-certified offerings to deliver real-time, patient-specific alerts at the point of care. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

Ghana: Study On Malaria Reveals Shocking Results

AllAfrica News: Malaria — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:34:07 +0100

[Public Agenda] Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa has released the results from its most recent case study, Knowledge, Treatment and Prevention of Malaria in Rural Ghana: A Case Study of Darmang. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)

DNDi and Abbott Expand Partnership to Boost Innovation for Neglected Tropical Diseases

Abbott.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0100

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GSK joins new global partnership to help defeat ten neglected tropical diseases by 2020

GSK news — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:24:27 +0100

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DNDi and Abbott expand partnership to boost innovation for neglected tropical diseases

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative) The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative and Abbott have signed a four-year joint research and non-exclusive licensing agreement to undertake research on new treatments for several of the world's most neglected tropical diseases, including Chagas disease, helminth infections, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Major Study Finds Miscarriage Risk Higher for Nurses Handling Chemotherapy and Sterilizing Agents

NurseZone.com Nursing News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:57:52 +0100

January 27, 2012 - A recent study published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology has found the rate of spontaneous abortion in nurses who handle chemotherapy drugs to be twice that in nurses who did not handle these drugs. Past studies have yielded similar results, but this study, done in partnership with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Nurses’ Health Study 2, used a significantly larger sample size of nearly 7,000 nurse pregnancies. The study looked at five potentially hazardous exposures: x-rays, chemotherapy drugs, sterilizing agents, anesthetic gases and antiviral drugs. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)

Is Love Meant to Be Stressful?

Psychology Today Relationships Center — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:53:32 +0100

All cooperative relationships between two individuals—whether business partnerships, romantic relationships, or political alliances—share the same commitment problem: one business partner may cooperate one moment and cheat in another; one romantic partner may promise eternal commitment one day and end the relationship the next; and one Republican Congressman may support Mitt Romney's Presidentiread more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)

Special partnership * Pediatricians urged to include family, patient as part of 'team' [NEWS AND FEATURES]

AAP News — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Single case series and experimental designs (2012-02-08)

Institute of Psychiatry | Events — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:09:27 +0100

The King’s Trials Partnership invites you to a lunchtime seminar on single case series and experimental designs. When is it appropriate to use a single case series design instead of a RCT? How can one improve the internal validity of a case series? What is external validity in a single case series? What statistics can one use in single case series? To book a place, please email <a title=" (Source: Institute of Psychiatry | Events)

Allscripts aligns with M*Modal

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:27:52 +0100

Health IT vendor Allscripts has entered into a reseller and development partnership with speech recognition developer M*Modal, allowing Allscripts to incorporate M*Modal’s Speech Understanding technology into its EHRs. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

ONC seeks apps to help improve care transitions

Healthcare IT News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:38:52 +0100

The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched an innovation challenge designed to spur the use of simple, IT-enabled processes to make care transitions, especially hospital discharges, safer for patients and easier for caregivers. With support from Health 2.0 and Partnership for Patients, ONC has launched the Discharge Follow-Up Appointment challenge as part of its Investing in Innovation (i2) program. [See also: ONC puts its money on health IT innovation.] read more (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Rivals see no need to match Roche's big gene bet

Reuters: Health — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:31:45 +0100

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's rivals Sanofi SA and Novartis AG see no need to match the Swiss drugmaker in buying a gene-decoding business like Illumina Inc and reckon they can do partnerships instead. (Source: Reuters: Health)

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PMNCH co-hosts side event at the 2012 World Economic Forum (WEF)

WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:29:00 +0100

27 JANUARY 2012 | DAVOS - The Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health led a special side event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to discuss a draft Guide, developed with FSG, to outline ways in which companies can contribute to improve the health of women and children. (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)

The Hire an Esquire - Digital Legal Partnership Cuts Legal Costs by...

PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:33:34 +0100

Web-based software and freelance attorney service make local U.S. barred attorneys the most cost effective e-discovery solution(PRWeb January 24, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9126193.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)

Clinical audit data to be published and made accessible to patients

NeLM - News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Source: E-Health Insider Area: News E-Health Insider (EHI) reports that as part of the government's transparency drive, a strategy for the publication of national clinical audit data has been published. From this spring, patients will be able to search for clinical audit information via a new portal and NHS staff will be able to give feedback on national audits online. The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) told EHI that its new strategy is designed to make more localised results public and to make findings more accessible for patients. The audit programme covers 29 of the most commonly occurring medical conditions, rising to 40 in the coming years, measuring the treatment patients receive and outcomes of that treatment. Please see links below for furt...

Videovoice: Community Assessment in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Health Promotion Practice — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This study describes a videovoice project implemented in post-Katrina New Orleans during a pivotal time in city rebuilding and revitalization. Videovoice is a health advocacy, promotion, and research method through which people get behind video cameras to research issues of concern, communicate their knowledge, and advocate for change. Using videovoice method, a community–academic–filmmaker partnership engaged 10 Central City neighbors, who took part in an 18-week training and community assessment. The resulting 22-min film premiered before more than 200 city leaders and residents, reached more than 4,000 YouTube viewers during its first 2 months online, and was shared through the distribution of 1,000 DVDs. Viewing further helped mobilize the community for action on three prio...

Introduction of a Guide to Enhance Risk Communication Among Low-Income and Minority Populations: A Grassroots Community Engagement Approach

Health Promotion Practice — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Low-income populations, especially those belonging to minority groups, are among the most vulnerable groups before, during, and after a natural disaster. One of the factors that can be attributed to their vulnerability is the ineffectiveness of traditional risk communication systems in reaching this population. Many low-income populations are distrustful of government agencies and those who typically communicate risk messages. Consequently, traditional systems are not as effective in reaching these communities. Furthermore, traditional systems have been based on the social media that the general population uses and not based on social networks of disadvantaged populations which are more important than formal channels in these communities for dissemination of information. To bridge the gap,...

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Strategies for Collaboration in the Interdisciplinary Field of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

Zoonoses and Public Health — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:03:50 +0100

SummaryThe integration of the veterinary, medical and environmental sciences necessary to predict, prevent or respond to emerging zoonotic diseases requires effective collaboration and exchange of knowledge across these disciplines. There has been no research into how to connect and integrate these professions in the pursuit of a common task. We conducted a literature search looking at the experiences and wisdom resulting from collaborations built in health partnerships, health research knowledge transfer and exchange, business knowledge management and systems design engineering to identify key attributes of successful interdisciplinary (ID) collaboration. This was followed by a workshop with 16 experts experienced in ID collaboration including physicians, veterinarians and biologists from...

M*Modal, Merge to collaborate

AuntMinnie.com Headlines — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:09:31 +0100

M*Modal said it has entered into a partnership with healthcare IT and advanced (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)

Africa: The IAS Salutes Michel Kazatchkine for His Dedicated and Visionary Leadership of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:47:34 +0100

IAS (Geneva)-26 January 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland. "Michel Kazatchkine has helped to save millions of lives as one of the driving forces in the creation, development and operations of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and we are extremely grateful to him for his leadership and his partnership with the IAS and our members around the world as the Global Fund's Executive Director for past five years," said IAS President Elly Katabira. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

M*Modal to integrate speech understanding in Merge technology

Healthcare IT News — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:49:10 +0100

M*Modal has partnered with Chicago-based Merge Healthcare to integrate its speech recognition and natural language understanding (NLU) technology across Merge’s portfolio of imaging and IT offerings. Through this partnership, M*Modal, which also develops clinical documentation workflow technology, seeks to help Merge clients achieve meaningful use and contextual narrative capture. [See also: Speech recognition market poised for growth.] read more (Source: Healthcare IT News)

ARL releases “Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries”

News from STM — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:45:13 +0100

January 26, 2012. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the release of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, a clear and easy-to-use statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use developed by and for librarians who support academic inquiry and higher education. The Code was developed in partnership with the Center for Social Media and the Washington College of Law at American University. Winston Tabb, Johns Hopkins University Dean of University Libraries and Museums and President of ARL, said, “This document is a testament to the collective wisdom of academic and research librarians, who have asserted careful and considered approaches to some very difficult situations that we all face every day.” http://bit.ly/ylp1Xj (Sour...

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Cuts to commissioning management 'risk quality and savings'

HSJ — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:08:00 +0100

Managers in Partnership has criticised plans to half the number of staff working on key parts of NHS planning and commissioning. (Source: HSJ)

Chelsea Therapeutics Joins With Advocates, Patients and Experts to Raise Awareness of Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension (NOH)

Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:45:00 +0100

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patients with Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy (MSA) and other neurological disorders can be greatly affected by the symptoms of their disease such as neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (NOH) that result from autonomic dysfunction. To give a voice to patients and their family caregivers who are impacted by the symptoms of NOH, Chelsea Therapeutics (Nasdaq:CHTP) announced today the formation of a partnership with leading medical and patient experts called the Alliance for NOH Awareness and the launch of an educational web site, www.SignsofNOH.com. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))

M*Modal aligns with Merge on speech recognition

CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:23:37 +0100

Speech recognition IT vendor M*Modal has entered into a partnership with Merge Healthcare, an enterprise imaging IT vendor. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)

Appetite Accomplice: Ghrelin Receptor Alters Dopamine Signaling

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0100

New research reveals a fascinating and unexpected molecular partnership within the brain neurons that regulate appetite. The study, published by Cell Press in the January 26 issue of the journal Neuron, resolves a paradox regarding a receptor without its hormone and may lead to more specific therapeutic interventions for obesity and disorders of dopamine signaling. Ghrelin is an appetite-stimulating hormone produced by the stomach. Although the ghrelin receptor (GHSR1a) is broadly distributed in the brain, ghrelin itself is nearly undetectable there... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Good Governance Handbook

NeLM - News — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Source: Good Governance Institute , Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Area: News The Good Governance Institute in collaboration with the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, have issued this document which has been designed to provide some key principles of good governance that can aid decision making at board level in healthcare providers. It is intended to be of interest to existing NHS boards, emerging Clinical Commissioning Groups and Health and Wellbeing Boards and those responsible for managing governance systems and processes within healthcare. (Source: NeLM - News)

Scottish medical charity and international drug consortium form partnership

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) Developing World Health, a leading medical charity based in Stirlingshire, Scotland, and committed to developing effective treatments for neglected tropical diseases, has signed a collaboration agreement with the internationally respected Consortium for Parasitic Drug Development, based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

Hikma and Ergomed announce clinical trial partnership

Pharmaceutical Technology — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Hikma Pharmaceuticals has partnered with Ergomed in order for the latter to manage clinical trials involving Hikma treatments. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)

NPP releases case studies, tracking progress toward health improvement goals

Healthcare IT News — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:58 +0100

The National Priorities Partnership (NPP) has published five case studies that explore “on-the-ground” application and alignment with national priorities for improving healthcare. NPP – a multi-stakeholder group of healthcare leaders convened by the National Quality Forum (NQF) – provides guidance to government and the private sector on quality and performance improvement. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Call for nomination of a representative of Academic, Research and Training Institutions Constituency

WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:36:00 +0100

There is presently an open seat on the Board of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health to represent the ART (Academic, Research and Training Institutions) constituency. As you know, this vacancy must be filled prior to the PMNCH Board meeting in May 2012. (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)

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Appetite accomplice: Ghrelin receptor alters dopamine signaling

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Cell Press) New research reveals a fascinating and unexpected molecular partnership within the brain neurons that regulate appetite. The study, published by Cell Press in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Neuron, resolves a paradox regarding a receptor without its hormone and may lead to more specific therapeutic interventions for obesity and disorders of dopamine signaling. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

US drugmaker Eli Lilly, Jubilant Life call off joint venture

The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:26:56 +0100

US drugmaker Eli Lilly & Company and Noida-based Jubilant Life Sciences have called off their equal drug-discovery partnership to develop molecules across several therapeutic areas. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)

US drugmaker Eli Lilly, Jubilant Life call off JV

The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:26:56 +0100

Department Seeks Input on Sustainability Initiative for Wisconsin's Long Term Care Program

Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:04:00 +0100

Department of Health Services Secretary Dennis G. Smith today launched a website outlining initiatives designed to keep the state's long term care programs sustainable. The proposals were developed after months of studying public long term care programs including Family Care, Include Respect I Self-Direct (IRIS) and PACE and Partnership. (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)

Department Seeks Input on Sustainability Initiatives for Wisconsin's Long Term Care Program

Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:04:00 +0100

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Patient Safety and Librarians

Midcontinental Region News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:51:42 +0100

New article by Holly Burt outlines ways that health sciences librarians can become involved with patient safety. Burt, Holly. “Patient Safety Answers Require Outreach, In-reach, and Partnerships” Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 11:366-378, 2011. (bbj) (Source: Midcontinental Region News)

South West researchers awarded £4.2m to improve our understanding of life on Earth

University of Bristol news — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:40:22 +0100

A new partnership, announced today by the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, aims to establish the South West of England as a centre for international excellence in training for bioscience and food security research. The South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP), comprising the Universities of Bristol, Bath and Exeter, and Rothamsted Research, aims to equip future generations of scientists with skills they need to tackle the many challenges facing society today that have potential solutions in biological science. (Source: University of Bristol news)

2012-15 PMNCH Workplan

WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:30:00 +0100

The Partnership’s Workplan is not intended to capture everything that all of the Partners are engaged in. Its purpose is to identify a selected set of Deliverables and Activity Areas within the overall scope of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) where the Partners working collectively – in partnership – can ‘add value’ that could not be achieved by any one Partner on its own. (Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)

Interfaith Relations in the United States: Toward a Multilevel Community Psychology Approach

Journal of Community — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:20:51 +0100

ABSTRACTInterest in religion within the field of community psychology has steadily emerged within the last three decades. This interest has focused almost exclusively on the social benefits of religion, glossing over the often‐contentious nature of religious life and the ways in which religious individuals and institutions can disrupt healthy human and community development. Considering the recent surge of interfaith conflicts and discriminatory practices targeting religious minorities in communities across the United States, it is imperative that community psychologists begin to examine relevant trends in interfaith relations and potential directions for action research and intervention. This paper serves as the beginning point of just such an examination, proposing a multilevel model f...

GE, Bionime launch GE100 home blood glucose monitor

Drug Topics - Pharmacy News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

GE has launched its first product in partnership with the biotechnology medical testing company Bionime, a home device for diabetics called the GE100 Blood Glucose Monitoring System. (Source: Drug Topics - Pharmacy News)

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Oxford University Press and Medical Council on Alcohol announce long-term partnership

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Oxford University Press) Oxford University Press is pleased to announce that it has entered a new long-term collaboration with the Medical Council on Alcohol to jointly publish the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Imperial and partners receive £4.5million from the BBSRC to equip the life scientists of the future

Imperial College News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Funding announced to support Doctoral Training Partnership (Source: Imperial College News)

Creating Community Collaboration to Improve the Care of Patients With High Blood Pressure: Lessons From Rochester, New York

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This report describes the process to date and hopefully will stimulate conversations about mechanisms to encourage similar collaboration within other communities. (Source: The Journal of Clinical Hypertension)

GE, Bionime launch GE100 home blood glucose monitor

Drug Topics - Top News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Implementation of AF-CBT by Community Practitioners Serving Child Welfare and Mental Health: A Randomized Trial.

Child Maltreatment — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Kolko DJ, Baumann BL, Herschell AD, Hart JA, Holden EA, Wisniewski SR Abstract The Partnerships for Families project is a randomized clinical trial designed to evaluate the implementation of Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT), an evidence-based treatment for family conflict, coercion, and aggression, including child physical abuse. To evaluate the effectiveness of a training program in this model, 182 community practitioners from 10 agencies were randomized to receive AF-CBT training (n = 90) using a learning community model (workshops, consultation visits) or Training as Usual (TAU; n = 92) which provided trainings per agency routine. Practitioners completed self-report measures at four time points (0, 6, 12, and 18 months following baselin...

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GE, Bionime launch GE100 home blood glucose monitor

Modern Medicine — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:45:41 +0100

Serosorting and sexual risk behaviour according to different casual partnership types among MSM: the study of one-night stands and sex buddies

AIDS Care — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:44:04 +0100

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The Medical Legal Partnership: Addressing Medical-Legal Suffering for Patients with Advanced Illness #245

Journal of Palliative Medicine — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:02:16 +0100

Journal of Palliative Medicine Jan 2012, Vol. 15, No. 1: 123-124. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)

Study Finds Paid Family Leave Leads To Positive Economic Outcomes

Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0100

With a growing need for family-friendly workplace policies, a new study commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, concludes that providing paid family leave to workers leads to positive economic outcomes for working families, businesses and the public. The research, conducted by the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, finds that women who use paid leave are far more likely to be working nine to 12 months after a child's birth than those who do not take any leave... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

MedQ teams with Hosted PACS Solutions

AuntMinnie.com Headlines — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Radiology IT provider MedQ has formed a partnership with Hosted PACS Solutions (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)

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American College of Physicians, CECity launch new quality improvement technology platform

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(American College of Physicians) A new partnership is set to provide expanded access to MedConcert, a new and innovative multi-tenant cloud-based platform for healthcare, designed to cost-effectively scale and spread continuous quality improvement and address key patient safety issues. The announcement of the alliance of the American College of Physicians and CECity.com, Inc. came at this week's 37th Annual Meeting of the Alliance for CME. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

A Longitudinal Patient-centered Geriatric Educational Experience for Medical Students (Richard Stringham MD)

Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This is our presentation at the 38th Annual STFM Medical Student Education Conference in Long Beach about the development of a patient-centered, longitudinal experience for our medical student with geriatric(mature) patients. We discuss the development of a partnership with a community agency. This is being(was) presented under the Completed Work section. (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)

Attensa and SLA Past-President Cindy Romaine Join Forces to Deliver...

PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:56:11 +0100

The partnership provides information professionals with a solution that delivers more relevant information — tailored to the unique requirements of an individual employee, customer or partner —ncost...(PRWeb January 18, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9119739.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)

[Comment] Empowerment and partnership in mental health

LANCET — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:31:01 +0100

I was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1991, and as such I have experienced mental health care and the challenges that come with it, from abuse—both physical and emotional—in psychiatric institutions, to inadequate mental health-care services and the detrimental effects of stigma and discrimination. I have spoken to many people with mental illnesses, which has allowed me to gain insight into the flaws and shortcomings of mental health-care services, and the needs of people using these services in South Africa. (Source: LANCET)

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Annals of Emergency Medicine — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:16:32 +0100

TEXAS, Austin: RARE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OPPORTUNITY IN AUSTIN! Ideal candidate will be board-certified in Emergency Medicine with previous medical director experience. EXCEPTIONAL LOCATION: Live the good life in highly sought-after Austin, Texas. EXCEPTIONAL FACILITY: Work in 35,000-volume ED at award-winning flagship hospital. EXCEPTIONAL GROUP: Emergency Service Partners, LP is a stable, physician-owned and operated partnership with 20+ hospitals and 300+ providers, dedicated to quality care and patient satisfaction. Enjoy competitive productivity-based compensation, excellent work environment, two-year partnership track, equitable scheduling, and paid malpractice/tail coverage—all with tort reform and no state income tax. Strong medical director leadership is the key to our success! Cont...

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Ford Shows ‘Car That Cares’ At CES

ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:17:05 +0100

Source: Neil Versel, InformationWeek Content: “The Ford Motor Co. is refining its in-vehicle health monitoring initiative with some new partnerships and a new catch phrase, though most of the activity is on the consumer side of the healthcare industry. At last week’s 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Ford dubbed its concept “the car [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)

Human Hookworm Vaccine Trial

Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0100

The Na-GST-1 antigen, a candidate for the first human hookworm vaccine developed by the Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin), has entered a Phase 1 human trial in Brazil, according to Sabin. For the vaccine product development partnership (PDP) headquartered at Sabin, the clinical trial is a considerable achievement. Worldwide, almost 600 million individuals are infected by human hookworm. Sabin's aim is to create a safe, effective and inexpensive vaccine, in order to reduce the worldwide burden of this parasite... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Namibia: Operation Smile Visits Again

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:14:38 +0100

Namibia Economist (Windhoek)-Operation Smile South Africa (OSSA), in partnership with the Namibian Ministry of Health, will conduct free pre and post-mission health assessments on all children and adults born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate, or any other correctable facial deformities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

David Etzwiler Named Executive Director of Minnesota Partnership's Decade of Discovery

News from Mayo Clinic — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:41:43 +0100

David Etzwiler has been named executive director of the Decade of Discovery, an initiative dedicated to preventing, treating and curing Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. This collaboration, also known as the Decade, is led by the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics. (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)

Genzyme And Veracyte Announce Global Co-Promotion Agreement To Deliver Personalized Solution For Thyroid Patients

Pharmaceutical Online News — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:15:00 +0100

Genzyme, a Sanofi company and one of the world's leading biotechnology companies, and Veracyte, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company pioneering the emerging field of molecular cytology, recently announced a global co-promotion partnership to provide a comprehensive solution for thyroid patients. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)

Improving Maternal And Neonatal Care In Africa Saves Lives

Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0100

A large regional hospital in Ghana saw a reduction in maternal and infant deaths after continuous quality improvement (QI) initiatives were put into place through a collaborative partnership. New research from lead author Medge Owen, M.D., a professor of obstetrical anesthesiology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, outlines how QI initiatives that demonstrate best practices and care can increase overall survival rates for mothers and their children. The study appears in this month's issue of the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Explaining Couple Cohesion in Different Types of Gay Families

Journal of Family Issues — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This Internet-based study used data from a convenience sample of 176 gay men in current partnerships to examine differences in outness, cohesion, and relationship quality between three types of gay male couples: first cohabiting partnerships, repartnerships, and gay stepfamilies. Also, we tested whether relationship quality mediated the link between outness and cohesion and the moderating role of type of relationship. Results showed that those in first cohabiting partnerships had the lowest levels of relationship quality and cohesion, whereas those in gay stepfamilies reported having the highest levels of relationship quality and those in repartnerships reported the highest levels of cohesion. For all couples, the link between outness and cohesion was partially mediated by relationship qua...

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OHSU joins alliance to advance research discoveries

bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:10:39 +0100

Oregon Health & Science University has joined a group that wants academic research findings translated into products that benefit the public. The University Partnership of BioPontis Alliance is a hybrid investment and drug development outfit. It hopes to identify research that can eventually help treat cancer, neurological disorders, inflammation and infectious diseases. OHSU, which employs 12,000 workers, is the ninth university and the first on the West Coast, to join the group. The institution has greatly increased its tech transfer efforts, which tie into the BioPontis Alliance's mission, in recent years... (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)

KTP Trial Manager & Data Manager Network meeting (2012-01-26)

Institute of Psychiatry | Events — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:48:20 +0100

The King’s Trials Partnership (KTP) is pleased to announce the inaugural meeting of the KTP Trial Manager & Data Manager Network.<br />The meeting is scheduled for January 26th from 11:00 - 12:00 at the Denmark Hill Campus and will focus on agreeing the aims and objectives of the network and generating a broad schedule of activities for the coming year.<br />Membershi (Source: Institute of Psychiatry | Events)

Patheon Adds Soft Gel Capsule Capabilities Through New Partnership With Procaps, S.A.

Pharmaceutical Online News — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:05:00 +0100

Patheon and PROCAPS S.A. are pleased to announce an agreement to provide the pharmaceutical industry a new world-class line of prescription pharmaceutical soft-gel product development and manufacturing services. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)

ONR sets date for 2012 Naval S&T Partnership Conference

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Office of Naval Research) The Office of Naval Research's biennial 2012 Naval Science and Technology Partnership Conference will take place Oct. 22-24, officials announced Jan. 18. This years event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va. Registration will open in the spring. The conference offers a chance for members of industry, academia and other government agencies to meet with ONR leaders and program managers, and investigate possibilities for collaboration. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Rutgers study finds paid family leave leads to positive economic outcomes

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Rutgers University) With a growing need for family-friendly workplace policies, a new study by Rutgers' Center for Women and Work commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, concludes that providing paid family leave to workers leads to positive economic outcomes for working families, businesses and the public. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

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Palliative Care in Nursing Home Settings: An Educational Intervention For Nurse Practitioners (312-A)

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:24:50 +0100

Describe the planning and implementation of an innovative online palliative care educational program involving an academic/industry partnership. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)

The Medical-Legal Partnership: An Innovative Model to Relieve Medical-Legal Suffering in Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancer (520)

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:24:50 +0100

Recognize hospitalized patients and their families with medical legal suffering. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)

B&W Tek Announces PolymerIQTM for Quantification of Polymers

PhysicsWeb Products and Press — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:47:15 +0100

B&W Tek Announces PolymerIQTM for Quantification of Polymers in Partnership with Gnosys Global Ltd. (Source: PhysicsWeb Products and Press)

UCLA joins forces with White House to meet unique needs of veterans, families

UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0100

As part of a White House effort to ensure that America's military heroes receive care worthy of their service, the UCLA Health System and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have pledged to mobilize their uniquely integrated missions in education, research and clinical care to help train physicians to meet the special needs of veterans, active service members and their families. Joining Forces, an initiative launched by first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, announced last week that UCLA and a number of other renowned institutions, along with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), have partnered to help create a new generation of doctors, medical schools and research facilities tha...

Keeping the Water Flowing in Rural America for 35 Years

Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:29:20 +0100

Addresses how the Community Resource Group (CRG) Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP)loan fund is helping small communities meet critical capital needs and find new funding. -- Housing Assistance Council (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)

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Liberating the NHS: developing the healthcare workforce - from design to delivery

MEDEV News — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:19:53 +0100

Foreword by Secretary of StateIn December 2010 we set out our vision for a new system for developing the healthcare workforce. One that would ensure employers supported by clinicians were placed at the heart of the decision-making process, with the opportunity to design the shape of their workforce and the way in which they develop the people they employ.The NHS in England is one of the best healthcare systems in the world and that is down to the dedication of the workforce. However, while the NHS currently delivers excellent care, in some areas outcomes for patients still lag behind the top countries in the international league. As we strive to improve the NHS to deliver world-class health outcomes for patients, we need also to improve the way we develop the healthcare and public health w...

The “Paradox of Empowerment” in Parent Education: A Reflexive Examination of Parents' Pedagogical Expectations

Family Relations — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:41:06 +0100

In an action research project designed to develop a new paradigm for parent education in alignment with the “strengths perspective,” a social constructionist epistemology, and the empowerment discourse, it was found that parents joining two parent groups actually valued and sought expert knowledge. Seeking to empower these parents by adopting a collaborative learning approach—facilitating a reflective discussion of their parenting experience while refraining from meeting their expectation to be taught—we were actually exercising professional power in imposing our ideology of empowerment on the parents. To resolve this “paradox of empowerment,” we came to the see that parent educators cannot avoid meeting parents' pedagogical expectation. They should, however, provide expert kno...

The history of the development of buprenorphine as an addiction therapeutic

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This paper traces the early 21st century success of the agonist–antagonist buprenorphine and the combination drug buprenorphine with naloxone within the broader quest to develop addiction therapeutics that began in the 1920s as the search for a nonaddictive analgesic. Drawing on archival research, document analysis, and interviews with contemporary actors, this paper situates the social organization of laboratory‐based and clinical research within the domestic and international confluence of several issues, including research ethics, drug regulation, public attitudes, tensions around definitions of drug addiction, and the evolving roles of the pharmaceutical industry. The fervor that drove the champions of buprenorphine must be understood in relation to (1) the material work of researc...

KalVista, JDRF form research partnership

Modern Medicine — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:35:50 +0100

KalVista Pharmaceuticals and JDRF have formed a research partnership focused on a novel approach being developed by KalVista to preserve vision and slow the progression of diabetic eye disease. (Source: Modern Medicine)

Bioject explores sale, other steps

bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:54:24 +0100

A Portland area maker of needle-free injections is exploring options that would save the company. Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. (OCTBB: BJCT), has retained the services of financial adviser Snehal Patel as it mulls “strategic alternatives, including the sale of the company.” In a release, the company said the sale may only be benefit to preferred shareholders, as opposed to common stockholders. Bioject had placed high stakes on several partnerships, including an arrangement in which Fred Meyer stores offered its needle-free flu injections in 52 stores... (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)

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QuadMed partners with MDLiveCare on telehealth initiative

Healthcare IT News — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:20:23 +0100

QuadMed, which provides employer-sponsored healthcare solutions, will deploy telehealth technology across its network of worksite healthcare clinics through a new partnership with MDLiveCare. MDLiveCare offers access to a network of board-certified physicians and licensed therapists, in conjunction with QuadMed’s network, providing healthcare services via secure video, telephone and email communication. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News)

New stem cell partnership between the MRC and the National Natural Science Foundation of China

Medical Research Council Press Releases — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0100

The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) have announced a new funding initiative, which will help the development of collaborative links between stem cell scientists in the UK and China. (Source: Medical Research Council Press Releases)

Prevalence of HIV Risk Behaviors among Undocumented Central American Immigrant Women in Houston, Texas

AIDS and Behavior — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:17:37 +0100

Abstract Undocumented Central American immigrants in the United States are disproportionately affected by HIV infection. However, epidemiological data on sexual behaviors among undocumented women are sparse and the extent to which behaviors vary by duration of residence in the U.S.is largely unknown. In 2010, we used respondent driven sampling to conduct an HIV behavioral survey among Central American immigrant women residing in Houston, Texas without a valid U.S. visa or residency papers. Here we describe the prevalence of sexual risk behaviors and compare recent (5 years or less in the U.S.) and established immigrants (over 5 years in the U.S.) to elucidate changes in sexual risk behaviors over time. Our data suggest that recent immigrants have less stable sexua...

Paula Deen spreads word about diabetes in down-home manner

USATODAY.com Health — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:17:53 +0100

The Food Network star is launching a new campaign, Diabetes in a New Light, in partnership with Novo Nordisk, maker of Victoza. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)

Is Stephen Hawking's voice music to the ears?

Guardian Unlimited Science — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0100

People just don't like voice synthesisers that sound too realistic, say researchersStephen Hawking celebrated his 70th birthday earlier this month with a public symposium at Cambridge University attended by some of the world's most eminent physicists. Although illness prevented him from being there in person, the audience was treated to an inspiring address delivered in the idiosyncratic computer-generated voice that has become his trademark.As well as being the world's most famous living scientist, Hawking is probably the best-known user of speech-synthesis technology, which enables those who have lost their voices through illness or disability to communicate verbally. His progressive motor neurone disease has meant that he has needed to rely on the technology since the mid-80s and t...

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Beautiful Breasts for a Brighter Future: Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery Performs the First Bilateral TUG Flap Breast Reconstruction in Denver, Colorado

Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0100

Denver, CO, Jan. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Once again setting the precedent in the medical field in the Denver area, Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery recently performed the first bilateral TUG Flap Breast Reconstruction in the local area this past September. The emotional and physical scars that women endure while battling breast cancer affect their fortitude, courage, and body image for the rest of their lives. Jeremy Williams, M.D. and Christopher Williams, M.D. offer up to eight different methods of autologous breast reconstruction in addition to implant-based reconstruction at Park Meadow Cosmetic Surgery and in partnership with Skyridge Medical Center. They attempt to accommodate every woman's individual needs, so women affected by breast cancer can return to the life they fought so h...

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Atencion Primaria — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Abella Pons F, Córdoba Garcia R, Suárez Bonel MP Abstract To present the strategies used by the tobacco industry to meet government regulatory measures of its products. To demonstrate the relationship between tobacco industry and the hospitality sector. Note that the arguments and strategies used routinely by the hospitality industry have been previously provided by the tobacco industry. Location of key documents by meta-search, links to declassified documents, specific websites of the tobacco and hospitality industry, news sources and published articles in health journals. This review reveals the close relationship between tobacco industry and hospitality sector. It highlights the strategies carried out by the tobacco industry, including strategic hoarding of informatio...

A Fruitful Trip to Seoul for UNFPA Executive Director - 14 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:43:40 +0100

SEOUL — Strengthening the partnership with the Republic of Korea at all levels — with parliamentarians, civil society, media and young people – is a top mission for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the Fund’s Executive Director, said during his visit to the country earlier this month. (Source: UNFPA News)

Dial 555 for Help on Fistula - 12 December 2011

UNFPA News — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:43:40 +0100

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — A new programme is revolutionizing how women are identified and referred to fistula treatment in Sierra Leone. Since October, women from remote areas can call a toll-free phone number and talk to specialized nurses about their symptoms, who then determine if the women are eligible for fistula treatment. The new fistula hotline is the fruit of a partnership among the Gloag Foundation, US Agency for International Development, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Airtel, a telecommunications company. (Source: UNFPA News)

Career Step Announces Pharmacy Technician Externship Partnership with...

PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:41:50 +0100

Career Step Pharmacy Technician students nationwide are now eligible for externships in their local areas with Walgreens due to a new externship partnership.(PRWeb January 12, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9097426.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)

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Community Health and Advocacy Training in Pediatrics: Using Asset-Based Community Development for Sustainability

The Journal of Pediatrics — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:25:08 +0100

Pediatricians play a critical role in promoting the health of all children, and community health and child advocacy experiences are now a required component of pediatric residency training. Since the 1999 initiation of the University of California Davis pediatric residency program’s Communities and Health Professionals Together (CHPT) partnership, the CHPT’s scope has expanded to include training of residents from the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Internal Medicine, as well as students from the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health. (Source: The Journal of Pediatrics)

The challenges of asthma

OnMedica Views — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Michael Rossdale discusses the challenges to the partnership between the asthmatic and the healthcare professionalRelated items from OnMedicaReattendance not cut by asthma discharge plansCOPD patients need better tailored careDelaying asthma care can have serious resultsGet the basics right first in asthmaNon-adherence blamed for some ‘difficult’ asthma (Source: OnMedica Views)

Malaria evolution in South Asia: Knowledge for control and elimination.

Acta Tropica — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Narayanasamy K, Chery L, Basu A, Duraisingh MT, Escalante A, Fowble J, Guler JL, Herricks T, Kumar A, Majumder P, Maki J, Mascarenhas A, Rodrigues J, Roy B, Sen S, Shastri J, Smith J, Valecha N, White J, Rathod PK Abstract The study of malaria parasites on the Indian subcontinent should help us understand unexpected disease outbreaks and unpredictable disease presentations from Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections. The Malaria Evolution in South Asia (MESA) research program is one of ten International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) sponsored by the US National Institutes of Health. In this second of two reviews, we describe why population structures of Plasmodia in India will be characterized and how we will determine their consequences...

Bruins forward scores one for Children’s patients

Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:57:31 +0100

Bad weather kept Marc Savard from watching last night's game in his donated box, so teammate Brad Marchand came up to hang out with Children's patient Patrick and family. Snow No! I was super excited to watch TV yesterday so I could check out press coverage of Bruins forward Marc Savard, who was scheduled to publicly announce an AMAZING donation he’s giving to the kids of Children’s Hospital Boston. Unfortunately winter storms in Toronto grounded his flight to Boston and Savy’s big announcement was postponed. The weather may have stolen some of Savard’s thunder, but it can’t take away the great things he’s doing for kids. Marc recently purchased an entire luxury suite at TD Garden, the home of the Bruins, and is donating it to Children’s p...

A State-Wide Partnership to Promote Safe and Supportive Schools: The PBIS Maryland Initiative

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:51:18 +0100

We describe some lessons learned from the partnership and identify potential areas for future research on the prevention partnership model. We conclude with a discussion of the implications for both researchers and community partners engaged in translational research in school settings. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original PaperPages 1-13DOI 10.1007/s10488-011-0384-6Authors Catherine P. Bradshaw, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAElise T. Pas, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAJerry ...

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Duke Residents and Fellows Aim to Improve Handoff Processes

DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:28:11 +0100

In early 2010, house staff with special interests in patient safety and quality improvement coalesced to form the Duke GME Patient Safety and Quality Council (PSQC). With executive-level support and health system resources, residents and fellows from across Duke University Hospital formed interdepartmental partnerships and began working together to address broad patient safety and quality issues. The PSQC's early work has focused in three primary areas -- handoffs, education, and supervision -- with the Handoffs Initiative being the most productive to date. Work on the PSQC's Handoffs Initiative began in August 2010 to prepare Duke's GME community for major changes around transitions in care in GME regulations (known as the ACGME Common Program Requirements). Members spent months reviewing...

BMA wins award for international charity work

BMA daily feed — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:55:42 +0100

Recognition for work with medical aid partnership (Source: BMA daily feed)

Vendor Notebook: Gateway EDI partners with AAPC

Healthcare IT News — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:04:04 +0100

Gateway EDI announced a strategic alliance with AAPC, the training and credentialing organization for the medical coding industry. The partnership will feature Web-based educational resources to aid healthcare practices in preparing for the ICD-10 code set, which takes effect in October 2013. SRS announced that Pediatric Orthopaedic Associates, P.C. (POA), has selected the SRS EHR for its 12 providers and 11 office locations. POA was founded in 1996 and cares for children throughout the greater Atlanta, Georgia, area. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Developing and Maintaining Partnerships as the Foundation of Implementation and Implementation Science: Reflections over a Half Century

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:49:03 +0100

Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Research - Practice RelationshipsPages 1-4DOI 10.1007/s10488-011-0402-8Authors Sheppard G. Kellam, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Journal Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services ResearchOnline ISSN 1573-3289Print ISSN 0894-587X (Source: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research)