| Operational Stress and In-theater Care (Podcast) |
26 MAY 2011 |
1 pages |
| Authors:
Lynn Hallard; DEFENSE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ROSSLYN VA
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 | Purpose: Combat and operational stress is the anticipated reaction of service members who have been exposed to stressful events. Reactions vary, but are usually emotional, intellectual, physical and/or behavioral in nature. Service members experiencing operational stress occasionally require in-theater care. This webinar will identify best practices for understanding and treating combat and operational stress, with special emphasis on in-theater care. Speakers will provide suggestions and techniques for care providers as ... |
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| Increasing Breast Cancer Surveillance Among African American Breast Cancer Survivors |
JUL 2006 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Hayley Thompson; MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEW YORK
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| Breast cancer survivors are at elevated risk for developing a new breast cancer compared to healthy women, and are at considerable risk for breast cancer recurrence. According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, survivors should undergo careful breast cancer surveillance including annual mammography and breast self-exam. However, studies indicate that breast cancer surveillance among African American survivors, particularly mammography, is low, especially given the higher risk of survivors as ... |
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| Increasing Breast Cancer Surveillance among African American Breast Cancer Survivors |
01 JUL 2005 |
114 pages |
| Authors:
Hayley Thompson; MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEW YORK
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| Breast cancer survivors are at elevated risk for developing a new breast cancer compared to healthy women; they also are at considerable risk for breast cancer recurrence. According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, survivors should undergo careful breast cancer surveillance, including annual mammography and breast self-exam. However, studies indicate that breast cancer surveillance among African American survivors, particularly mammography, is low, especially given the higher risk of survivors ... |
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| Impact of Insurance Status on Health Care Utilization and Quality of Self-Care Among Ethnic Minorities with Type 2 Diabetes |
2004 |
261 pages |
| Authors:
Nicole A. Vaughn; UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD F EDWARD HEBERT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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| Type 2 diabetes affects 16 million Americans and disproportionately affects ethnic minorities. Specifically, African American and Hispanics are twice as likely to have Type 2 diabetes compared to their Caucasian counterparts. The impact of this disparity goes beyond the greater prevalence of the disease and includes greater morbidity and mortality. The recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report documents racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment for many different medical conditions, ... |
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| CD-Rom Technology to Increase Appropriate Self-Care and Preventive Behaviors Among Army and Navy Women |
SEP 2002 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Nancy Atkinson; MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC CALVERTON MD
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| The purpose of this report is to provide an addendum to the final report of a study to investigate and address enlisted women's needs for basic gynecological and reproductive health education in order to enhance military readiness and general well-being. In the first phase of the study, a needs assessment was conducted in which the methods included: 1) a mail survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) from a random ... |
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| Feasibility and User Acceptance of a Personal Weight Management System Based on Ubiquitous Computing |
25 OCT 2001 |
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| Authors:
M. VAN Gils; J. Parkka; R. Lappalainen; A. Ahonen; A. Maukonen; TAMPERE UNIV OF TECHNOLOGY (FINLAND)
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 | With the fast development of information and communications technology, devices with some computing power are becoming increasingly abundant in the average home, The trend for these devices to also be provided with intercommunication functionality opens up new possibilities for health care, The availability of ubiquitous computing allows the individual to perform health- related measurements, review data or consult guidelines independent of place or time, thus providing the individual with a ... |
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| Role of Poison Information Centre in the Prevention and Management of Chemical Accidents |
SEP 2001 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Rajka Turk; Davor Plavec; INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ZAGREB (YUGOSLAVIA)
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| The Poison Information Centre (PlC) in Zagreb is the only one in Croatia serving a population of about 4.5 million inhabitants. It provides a 24-hour telephone information service on the management of toxic exposures to medical professionals and the general public. From 1985 to 1999 the Centre registered a total of 4736 calls due to acute poisoning incidents or suspected poisonings. Figure 1 shows the breakdown of calls according to ... |
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| CD-ROM Technology to Increase Appropriate Self-Care and Preventive Behaviors Among Army and Navy Women |
OCT 97 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
Robert S. Gold; MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC CALVERTON MD
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| The purpose of this report is to report the results of the first year of a 4 years study to investigate and address enlisted Army and Navy women's needs for basic gynecological and reproductive health education in order to enhance military readiness and general well-being. In the first phase of the study, a needs assessment was begun in which the methods included: (1) a mail survey of knowledge, attitudes, and ... |
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| Pain Management Skills for Minority Breast Cancer |
SEP 96 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Charles S. Cleeland; WISCONSIN UNIV-MADISON
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| This project is designed to develop educational tools for low socio- economic status minority breast cancer outpatients. Phase 1 of this project, a needs assessment for this population, is nearing completion. In Phase 2 we will develop multi-media education and training materials that are linguistically and culturally appropriate for low socioeconomic status Hispanic and African American populations. In Phase 3 of this project we will evaluate the effectiveness of this ... |
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| Breast Health Education Study |
AUG 96 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Beverly D. Taylor; MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ATLANTA GA
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| The purpose of the currently fluided project is: to seek to determine and validate the efficacy of a community-based educational program initiative in promoting breast health in minority and medically underserved women by educating and motivating them to seek mammograms and perform breast self examination on a regular basis. The study focuses on two groups to achieve its goals: (1) minority and underserved women, in the metropolitan Atlanta area, and ... |
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| Utilization of the Healthwise Handbook at Madigan Army Medical Center |
02 JUN 96 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Steven L. Loberg; ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (ARMY) FORT SAM HOUSTON TX HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATI ON
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| The focus of this project is self-care management, particularly the Healthwise Handbook. The study will attempt to answer the question of how well and how often are health care beneficiaries at Madigan Army Medical Center using Healthwise Handbook to treat themselves instead of relying on the health care provider. A comparison study on the utilization of the Healthwise Handbook by Madigan's beneficiary population will be performed through reviewing outpatient appointments ... |
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| The Effect of a Self-Care Education Program on a Military Medical Beneficiary Population |
SEP 95 |
125 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher S. Svehlak; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
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| Previous research in the area of self-care has focused on medical beneficiaries in a wide range of settings, but the current or former members of the United States Armed Services have largely been ignored. This research concentrates on designing, implementing, and reporting on a study of the impact of a self-care education program on a military beneficiary population. Specifically, retired and active-duty households, whose medical records are maintained by the ... |
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| Evaluation of Alternatives for Secondary Treatment at Central Vehicle Wash Facilities |
AUG 91 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Gary L. Gerdes; Joseph M. Matherly; Susan J. Bevelheimer; Douglas D. Suits; Michelle J. Westfall; CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB (ARMY) CHAMPAIGN IL
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| The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed and built several successful Central Vehicle Wash Facilities (CVWFs) to allow the exterior of tactical vehicles to be cleaned in an efficient and environmentally safe manner. Because designers believe the guidance for secondary treatment design was too restrictive, research was initiated to investigate alternatives for CVWF treatment systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate alternatives or modifications to existing design guidance ... |
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| The Efficacy of Therapy at Doses Suggested for Self-Aid against GD Poisoning. |
APR 1979 |
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| Authors:
J. A. Lipp; DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT SUFFIELD RALSTON (ALBERTA)
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| Monkeys were exposed to 1 LD50 of GD and treated with a combination of clonazepam, atropine and toxogonin at doses suggested for self-aid. The doses used were based on equivalent human doses of 2 mg/man of atropine, 5 mg/man of clonazepam and 280 mg/man of toxogonin. This therapy, given by intramuscular injection when the initial signs of poisoning occurred, adequately suppressed the abnormal EEG and muscular activity. Atropine reversed cardiac ... |
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| NATO International Conference on Experimental and Behavioral Approaches to Alcoholism, |
25 JAN 1978 |
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| Authors:
Jack A. Adams; OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH LONDON (ENGLAND)
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| The conference on alcoholism was held in Os, Bergen, Norway, 28 Aug-1 Sep 1977 under the auspices of NATO. The viewpoint of the conference was that of behavior therapy. This report discusses the seven themes of the conference: Research methodology, alternative skills training, self-management procedures, the tension-reduction hypothesis, learning to discriminate blood-alcohol level, conditioned taste aversion, and individual differences. Methodological problems associated with some of the topics are examined. |
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| Use of Algorithms for Developing a Handbook to Aid Individuals in Coping with Medical Problems in a Nuclear Attack Emergency. |
DEC 1977 |
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| Authors:
Elizabeth Robertson; Gabriel D. Ofiesh; Donald R. Johnston; RESEARCH TRIANGLE INST RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK N C APPLIED ECOLOGY DEPT
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| This report describes progress made in the development of guidance for crisis relocation planners in preparing a handbook to aid individuals in coping with the health, medical, and safety aspects of a nuclear attack emergency. The desired handbook should provide directions for the untrained person dealing with medical problems when no trained medical help is available and should do so without prior formal instruction. A prototype handbook meeting those requirements ... |
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| Biofeedback and Self-Regulation in Essential Hypertension. |
20 SEP 1977 |
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| Authors:
David Shapiro; J. Alberto Mainardi; Richard S. Surwit; CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY
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| This paper consists of a review of basic biofeedback research on the control of human blood pressure, a presentation of the clinical studies on the application of biofeedback methods to treatment of hypertension, and a summary of related clinical research on other methods of self-regulation for the disorder. Medical and physiological facts about the disorder and of importance to behavioral approaches are presented. Practical clinical issues which complicate the application ... |
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| Children in Limbo, |
FEB 1974 |
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| Authors:
Hamilton I. McCubbin; Edna J. Hunter; Phillip J. Metres Jr.; Barbara B. Dahl; John A. Plag; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CALIF
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| The reaction of children to the prolonged absence of a father missing in action or a prisoner of war was investigated. Group discussions with the children were conducted and feelings about their fathers' absence or recent return, their personal and emotional adjustment, and their perceptions of mother's adjustment were examined. The children of returned prisoners of war were found to be in their initial stages of reunion with their fathers ... |
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| On the Theory of Self-Exciting Gyroscopes USSR |
12 MAY 1960 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
JOINT PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE ARLINGTON VA
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