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Indicators of liberation from gender-based intimate partner violence in Spain related to when charges are dropped - Garcia-Jimenez M, Cala MJ, Trigo ME, Barber á E.
BACKGROUND: While the reasons female victims of gender-based intimate partner violence (GIPV) withdraw from legal proceedings continue to fuel debate, little is known about the heterogeneity of these women regarding the timing of their decision and its con...
Source: SafetyLit - January 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Longitudinal neuroimaging following combat concussion: sub-acute, 1 year and 5 years post-injury - Mac Donald CL, Barber J, Andre J, Panks C, Zalewski K, Temkin N.
Questions remain regarding the long-term impact of combat concussive blast exposure. While efforts have begun to highlight the clinical impact, less is known about neuroimaging trajectories that may inform underlying pathophysiological changes post-injury....
Source: SafetyLit - January 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Exploring the association between adolescent sports participation and externalising behaviours: the moderating role of prosocial and risky peers - O'Donnell AW, Barber BL.
OBJECTIVE Sporting contexts have been found to be both a protective and risk factor in terms of externalising behaviours in adolescence. The current study sought to explain the inconsistent findings by examining the attributes of peers in sporting environm...
Source: SafetyLit - November 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

The role of safety behaviors in panic disorder treatment: self-regulation or self-defeat? - Aafjes-van Doorn K, Zilcha-Mano S, Graham K, Caldari A, Barber JP, Chambless DL, Milrod B.
Safety behaviors (SBs) are generally perceived as 'dysfunctional' emotion-regulation strategies that reduce physical symptoms and prevent unrealistic feared consequences of panic attacks. However, it is unclear whether all types of SBs are a hindrance or w...
Source: SafetyLit - November 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Relative head impact exposure and brain white matter alterations after a single season of competitive football: a pilot comparison of youth versus high school football - Barber Foss KD, Yuan W, Diekfuss JA, Leach J, Meehan W, Dicesare CA, Solomon G, Schneider DK, MacDonald J, Dudley J, Cortes N, Galloway R, Halstead M, Walker G, Myer GD.
OBJECTIVE: Youth athletes are believed to be more susceptible to white matter (WM) degradation resulting from head impact exposure relative to high school (HS) athletes; this hypothesis has not been objectively tested. The purpose of this study was to dete...
Source: SafetyLit - November 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Meet Belfast's 'dementia-friendly barber'
There is currently no cure for dementia, so healthcare providers are turning to life-enrichment alternatives for their patients.
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

An intervention to improve outcomes of falls in dementia: the DIFRID mixed-methods feasibility study - Allan LM, Wheatley A, Smith A, Flynn E, Homer T, Robalino S, Beyer FR, Fox C, Howel D, Barber R, Connolly JA, Robinson L, Parry SW, Rochester L, Corner L, Bamford C.
BACKGROUND: Fall-related injuries are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in people with dementia. There is presently little evidence to guide the management of such injuries, and yet there are potentially substantial benefits to be gained if th...
Source: SafetyLit - November 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Leading after-action reviews among emergency responder teams: how perceptions of leader behaviors relate to proximal and distal outcomes - Allen JA, Reiter-Palmon R, Prange KA, Shuffler ML, Barber E.
Safety concerns are a critical issue for individuals and teams in high reliability organizations (HROs). As HROs with positive safety climates often have fewer accidents and injuries, understanding which approaches can improve safety climate is paramount. ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 21, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Intimate relationship dynamics and women's expected control over sex and contraception - Kusunoki Y, Barber JS.
We examined whether women's experiences across and within their intimate relationships affect their expected level of control over sex and contraceptive use. STUDY DESIGN: We used data from 648 women ages 18-20 in the Relationship Dynamics and S...
Source: SafetyLit - September 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Violence and Weapons Issues Source Type: news

Traveling Barbers In-Home Hair Care Services for The Disabled
The Traveling Barbers offer professional mobile barber and hairstylist services for in-home hair care for persons with disabilities and individuals with special-needs
Source: Disabled World - September 6, 2019 Category: Disability Tags: Home Products Source Type: news

Hairdressers Are Willing to Help Customers Detect Skin Cancers Hairdressers Are Willing to Help Customers Detect Skin Cancers
Most hair stylists at salons and barber shops may be interested in getting trained to detect skin cancers on the scalp, face and neck, researchers say.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Hairdressers are willing to help customers detect skin cancers
(Reuters Health) - Most hair stylists at salons and barber shops may be interested in getting trained to detect skin cancers on the scalp, face and neck, researchers say.
Source: Reuters: Health - August 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Planned Parenthood ’s Acting President Weighs in on 2020 Endorsements, Voting and Activism
Planned Parenthood’s new acting president, Alexis McGill Johnson, sat down with TIME on Monday in one of her first interviews since she was elected to the role by the organization’s board July 16. It was just her second day in her new office in Planned Parenthood’s D.C. headquarters. McGill Johnson spoke on a wide range of issues, including the abortion-restriction laws sweeping the country, how she plans to unite Planned Parenthood’s workers in the fight for reproductive access following former president Leana Wen’s abrupt departure last week and what role the organization will play in the 20...
Source: TIME: Health - July 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eliana Dockterman Tags: Uncategorized abortion alexis mcgill johnson Planned Parenthood Source Type: news

Lower extremity biomechanics are altered across maturation in sport-specialized female adolescent athletes - Dicesare CA, Montalvo A, Barber Foss KD, Thomas SM, Ford KR, Hewett TE, Jayanthi NA, Stracciolini A, Bell DR, Myer GD.
Sport specialization is a growing trend in youth athletes and may contribute to increased injury risk. The neuromuscular deficits that often manifest during maturation in young, female athletes may be exacerbated in athletes who specialize in a single spor...
Source: SafetyLit - July 23, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Impulse control disorders in Parkinson and RBD: a longitudinal study of severity - Baig F, Kelly MJ, Lawton MA, Ruffmann C, Rolinski M, Klein JC, Barber T, Lo C, Ben-Shlomo Y, Okai D, Hu MT.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence, natural history, and risk factors for impulse control behaviors (ICBs) among people with Parkinson disease (PD), those with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), and controls. METHODS: Participants with early PD ...
Source: SafetyLit - July 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news