This is a selection of articles from the January 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Global & Universal headlines.
Promoting Young People's Sexual Health. International Perspectives – Edited by Ingham, R. and Aggleton, P
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Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - January 31, 2008 Tags: book review Source Type: organizations
Autism and social movements: French parents’ associations and international autistic individuals’ organisations
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Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - January 31, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: organizations
Empowering Processes and Outcomes of Participation in Online Support Groups for Patients With Breast Cancer, Arthritis, or Fibromyalgia
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Source: Qualitative Health Research - January 30, 2008 Authors: van Uden-Kraan, C. F., Drossaert, C. H. C., Taal, E., Shaw, B. R., Seydel, E. R., van de Laar, M. A. F. J. Tags: Article Source Type: organizations
Disclosure of HIV Status: Experiences and Perceptions of Persons Living With HIV/AIDS and Nurses Involved in Their Care in Africa
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Source: Qualitative Health Research - January 30, 2008 Authors: Greeff, M., Phetlhu, R., Makoae, L. N., Dlamini, P. S., Holzemer, W. L., Naidoo, J. R., Kohi, T. W., Uys, L. R., Chirwa, M. L. Tags: Article Source Type: organizations
"What's your favorite color?" Reporting Irrelevant Demographics in Qualitative Research
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Source: Qualitative Health Research - January 30, 2008 Authors: Morse, J. M. Tags: Article Source Type: organizations
Personal Resiliency: Serious Diagnosis and Prognosis With Unexpected Quality Outcomes
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Source: Qualitative Health Research - January 30, 2008 Authors: Denz-Penhey, H., Murdoch, C. Tags: Article Source Type: organizations
Airbag-induced fatal subaxial cervical spinal cord injury in a low-velocity collision. -
Batra S,
Kumar S.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: organizations
Feasibility of transdermal ethanol sensing for the detection of intoxicated drivers. -
Webster GD,
Gabler HC.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: organizations
A system for occupational injury surveillance in Piracicaba, southeastern Brazil. -
Cordeiro R,
Gouveia Vilela RA,
De Medeiros MA,
De Oliveira Gonçalves CG,
Bragantini CA,
Stephan C,
Varolla A.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: organizations
Cigarette smoking and intimate partner violence among men referred to substance abuse treatment. -
Easton CJ,
Weinberger AH,
McKee SA.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: organizations
Freeway Accident Likelihood Prediction Using a Panel Data Analysis Approach. - Qi Y, Smith BL, Guo J.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: organizations
Close Range Photogrammetry. - DeChant L.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: organizations
A global overview of burns research highlights the need for forming networks with the developing world. -
Potokar TS,
Ali S,
Chamania S,
Prowse S,
Whitaker IS.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Burns, Scalds, Fire Source Type: organizations
Practicing for and performance on drivers license tests in relation to gender differences in crash involvement among novice drivers. -
Nyberg A,
Gregersen NP.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: organizations
Success on a practical driver's license test with and without the presence of another testee. - Rosenbloom T, Shahar A, Perlman A, Estreich D, Kirzner E.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Transportation Issues Source Type: organizations
Safety and local government - Partnerships and collaboration: How to find all those intersections and actually do something about it. - Coggan C, Gabites L.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: organizations
Anxiety, acute- and post-traumatic stress symptoms following involvement in traffic crashes. -
Fitzharris M,
Fildes B,
Charlton J.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: organizations
Freeway Speeds and Speed Variations Preceding Crashes, Within and Across Lanes. - Kockelman KM, Ma J.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Risk Perception and Communication, Warnings, Operating Instructions Source Type: organizations
De-Icing Experience in Lithuania. - Zilioniene D, Laurinavicius A.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: organizations
Attitudes towards suicide among Kurdish people in Iran. -
Mofidi N,
Ghazinour M,
Salander-Renberg E,
Richter J.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Social Etiologies and Disparities Source Type: organizations
A weighted logistic regression analysis for predicting the odds of head/face and neck injuries during rollover crashes. -
Hu J,
Chou CC,
Yang KH,
King AI.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: organizations
Determination of a newly encountered designer drug "p-methoxyethylamphetamine" and its metabolites in human urine and blood. -
Zaitsu K,
Katagi M,
Kamata T,
Kamata H,
Shima N,
Tsuchihashi H,
Hayashi T,
Kuroki H,
Matoba R.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: organizations
Hospitalized eye injury in a large industrial city of South-Eastern Asia. -
Chang CH,
Chen CL,
Ho CK,
Lai YH,
Hu RC,
Yen YL.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: organizations
A 6-year analysis of German emergency medical services helicopter crashes. -
Hinkelbein J,
Dambier M,
Viergutz T,
Genzwürker H.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: organizations
Acculturation, Drinking, and Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Among Hispanics in the Texas-Mexico Border. - Caetano R, Ramisetty-Mikler S, Wallisch LS, McGrath C, Spence RT.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: organizations
Acute poisonings treated in hospitals in Oslo: A one-year prospective study (II): Clinical outcome. -
Heyerdahl F,
Bjornas M,
Hovda KE,
Skog K,
Opdahl A,
Wium C,
Ekeberg O,
Jacobsen D.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: organizations
Eye injuries in an Italian urban population: report of 10620 cases admitted to an eye emergency department in Torino. -
Fea A,
Bosone A,
Rolle T,
Grignolo FM.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: organizations
Intervening Processes Between Youths' Exposure to Community Violence and Internalizing Symptoms Over Time: The Roles of Social Support and Coping. -
Rosario M,
Salzinger S,
Feldman RS,
Ng-Mak DS.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: organizations
A Study on the Transmission Performance Improvement of Transmitting Site Diversity for Continuous Road-to-Vehicle Communication Systems. - Wada T, Yamaguchi K, Okada H.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: organizations
The cost and risk impacts of rerouting railroad shipments of hazardous materials. -
Glickman TS,
Erkut E,
Zschocke MS.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: organizations
Suicidal behavior by motor vehicle collision. - Murray D, De Leo D.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: organizations
An update on spinal cord injuries in October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. -
Rathore MF,
Farooq F,
Butt AW,
Gill ZA.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: organizations
The Social Milieu of Burn Injury and Recovery: Using "Social Capital" As a Framework for Evaluating Sex Differences. -
Ba IE,
Edelman LS,
Sabourin H,
Dong L,
Saffle JR,
Cochran A.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 28, 2008 Tags: Burns, Scalds, Fire Source Type: organizations
AAAS/EurekAlert! build bridges with Middle Eastern science community through journalism fellowships
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Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 28, 2008 Source Type: organizations
Virtual reality teaches autistic children street crossing
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Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 28, 2008 Source Type: organizations
Pediatric sex group differences in location of snakebite injuries requiring antivenom therapy. - Matteucci MJ, Hannum JE, Riffenburgh RH, Clark RF.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: organizations
Stiletto Heels - Fry A.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics Source Type: organizations
The Implementation and Utility of Fire Incident Reporting Systems: The Delaware Experience. - Bergen G, Frattaroli S, Ballesteros MF, Ta VM, Beach C, Gielen AC.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Burns, Scalds, Fire Source Type: organizations
Alcohol and drug use following traumatic brain injury: A prospective study. - Ponsford J, Whelan-Goodinson R, Bahar-Fuchs A.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: organizations
Cycling injuries of the lower extremity. - Wanich T, Hodgkins C, Columbier JA, Muraski E, Kennedy JG.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics Source Type: organizations
Analysis and Evaluation of the Efficiency of Road Safety Measures Applied to Lithuanian Roads. - Ratkeviciute K, Cygas D, Laurinavicius A, Maciulis A.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: organizations
Recipe for disaster: Mexican methamphetamine. - Dye LR.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: organizations
Injuries sustained by high school rugby players in the United States, 2005-2006. -
Collins CL,
Micheli LJ,
Yard EE,
Comstock RD.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: organizations
A GIS-Based Bayesian Approach for Analyzing Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Intra-City Motor Vehicle Crashes. - Li L, Zhu L, Sui DZ.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: organizations
One last kick at the can. -
Pless IB.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: organizations
Getting Around in an Aging Society. - Hunter-Zaworski K.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: organizations
Memory outcome at 5 years post-childhood traumatic brain injury. - Anderson V, Catroppa C.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: organizations
Inclinometer Monitoring of the Castelrotto Landslide in Italy. - Simeoni L, Mongiovi L.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: organizations
Suicidal behavior in obsessive-compulsive disorder. - Kamath P, Reddy YC, Kandavel T.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: organizations
Age- and Gender-Related Differences in Blood Amphetamine Concentrations in Apprehended Drivers: Lack of Association With Clinical Evidence of Impairment. - Jones AW.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: organizations
How Personality and Reward Relate to Automobile Drivers' Judgments of Affordances Using Their Own Vehicles. - Schwebel DC, Yocom JS.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: organizations
Pyrethrin and pyrethroid exposures in the United States: a longitudinal analysis of incidents reported to poison centers. - Power LE, Sudakin DL.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: organizations
Area socioeconomic status and childhood injury morbidity in New South Wales, Australia. -
Poulos R,
Hayen A,
Finch C,
Zwi A.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: organizations
Advances in Visual Aids to Navigation Technology: Leveraging Technology to Improve Navigational Aid Performance and Reduce Risk. - Trainor R.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: organizations
Profile of injuries arising from the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake: The first 72h. - Mulvey JM, Awan SU, Qadri AA, Maqsood MA.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: organizations
Are child passengers bringing up the rear? Evidence for differential improvements in injury risk between drivers and their child passengers. -
Winston FK,
Xie D,
Durbin DR,
Elliott MR.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: organizations
Why is it so difficult to legislate on alcohol in Spain? -
RodrÃguez-Martos A.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: organizations
Minnesota nurses' study: perceptions of violence and the work environment. - Nachreiner NM, Gerberich SG, Ryan AD, McGovern PM.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: organizations
Aging and falls: Causes and prevention. -
Lord SR.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: organizations
Disaster planning after Katrina. Louisiana hospitals are partnering to build new models of community response. - Barrett CC.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: organizations
Pattern of skeletal injuries in cases of falls from a height. - Venkatesh VT, Kumar MV, Jagannatha SR, Radhika RH, Pushpalatha K.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2008 Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: organizations
A world to care for. 1972.
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Source: Am J Public Health - January 25, 2008 Authors: Rusk HA Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: organizations
ENVIRONMENT-MEXICO: Science Can Show the Way to Cleaner Mining
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 25, 2008 Source Type: organizations
Banditry, Abductions May Reduce WFP Food Supplies For Darfur Displaced
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Source: Aid / Disasters News From Medical News Today - January 24, 2008 Source Type: organizations
Why the Web tells us what we already know
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Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 24, 2008 Source Type: organizations
Boston Research Summit gathers 100 health care leaders on decision making