Leading pedestrian intervals –yay or nay? A before-after evaluation using traffic conflict-based peak over threshold approach - Arun A, Haque MM, Lyon CA, Sayed T, Washington S, Loewenherz F, Akers D, Bandy M, Bahl V, Ananthanarayanan G, Shu Y.
Pedestrian safety is of grave concern to traffic engineers. In the United States, 6,205 pedestrians were killed, and approximately 76,000 were injured in 2019. More concerning is the fact that the relative proportion of pedestrian fatalities among all cras...
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Nevada woman disappears from Walmart, brother says video shows masked man forcing himself into her car
Naomi Irion, 18, was last seen in the store's parking lot in Fernley on Saturday, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office. #walmart #naomiirion #fernley #parkinglot
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Narrow PCN targets restrict GP focus on what patients really need, warns NAPC president
Specifications within the PCN DES are too restrictive and are blocking work to improve patient outcomes, the president of the NAPC has warned.
Source: GP Online News - March 17, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP funding Source Type: news

BMA tells practices to consider quitting PCNs after imposed contract
GP practices should consider pulling out of the PCN DES after NHS England imposed changes to the 2022/23 contract that will increase workload, the BMA has warned.
Source: GP Online News - March 11, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: Contracts & funding Source Type: news

'Le regard des autres': the experience of walking in social environments as a person with Parkinson's disease - Parry R, Buttelli O, Sellam N, Riff J, Vidailhet M, Welter ML, Lalo E.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the experience of people with Parkinson's disease when walking in different social situations, and improve understanding of how this affects participation in meaningful activity. METHODS: A convenience sample of fourteen peopl...
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Contamination by hazardous elements in low-priced children's plastic toys bought on the local markets of Karachi, Pakistan - Gul DES, Gul A, Tanoli AK, Ahmed T, Mirza MA.
Children's plastic toys may contain toxic metals to which infants and young children can be orally exposed and may pose acute or chronic adverse health effects. This research aims to evaluate the total metal concentrations (TMCs) of Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, Zn, Cu,...
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

President Biden releases statement in response to shooting outside of East High School
The White House has issued a response after a shooting took place outside of East High School in Des Moines. #desmoines #easthighschool
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Potential suspects detained after Iowa high school shooting left 1 teen dead and 2 others in critical condition
Two teenagers are hospitalized in critical condition following a shooting outside a high school in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday that left one other teen dead. #desmoines #highschoolshooting #highschool #teenagers #suspects
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Des Moines mourns ‘dark day’ after 1 teenager dies, 2 in critical condition from shooting near East High School
A 15-year-old boy did not survive his injuries, according to police. Two young women, one 16 and one 18, also were shot and were in critical condition Monday evening. #easthighschool #teenager #desmoines
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Police: Suspects in custody in shooting outside of East High in Des Moines
Des Moines police have confirmed that there has been a shooting outside of East High School Monday afternoon. #easthigh #easthighschool #suspects #desmoines
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tornado kills 6, including 2 children, near Des Moines, Iowa, officials say
Six people -- including two children -- died in a tornado near Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, officials said. #desmoines
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Update: Tornado on ground in Norwalk; NWS urges Des Moines' south side to take shelter immediately
WHO TV reported that at least two people were killed when a tornado touched down in Madison County Saturday. #madisoncounty #desmoines #norwalk #nws #whotv
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

General practice contract arrangements in 2022/23
This letter sets out the GP contract arrangements for 2022/23 including changes to the core GP contract and the network contract directed enhanced service (DES).
Source: NHS Networks - March 2, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Getting to grips with the PCN dashboard
The primary care network (PCN) dashboard was introduced as a way of monitoring how PCNs are performing against the PCN DES specifications, the impact and investment fund indicators and a range of other metrics.
Source: NHS Networks - February 22, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Impact of universal suicide risk screening in a pediatric emergency department: a discrete event simulation approach - McKinley KW, Rickard KNZ, Latif F, Wavra T, Berg J, Morrison S, Chamberlain JM, Patel SJ.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to use discrete event simulation (DES) to model the impact of two universal suicide risk screening scenarios (emergency department [ED] and hospital-wide) on mean length of stay (LOS), wait times, and overflow of our se...
Source: SafetyLit - February 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

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