Posts Tagged ‘people’
Headache May Linger Years Later In People Exposed To World Trade Center Dust, Fumes
Workers and residents exposed to dust and fumes caused by the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 frequently reported headache years later, according to research released that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010…
Age Concern And Help The Aged Urge People To Be Good Neighbours During Cold Snap
Age Concern and Help the Aged is calling on people to keep an eye out for older family, friends and neighbours during the cold weather. The charity is concerned that the extreme temperatures will leave some older people facing difficulties getting out to buy food and essentials, while others will struggle to stay warm…
A curriculum to teach medical students to care for people with disabilities: development and initial implementation
Background:Lack of knowledge and skills, and negative attitudes towards patients with disabilities may adversely affect the services available to this group and negatively affect their health outcomes. The objective of this paper is to describe the development and initial implementation of a curriculum for teaching medical students to care for patients with disabilities.Methods:We followed the six-step approach for developing curricula for medical education: general needs assessment, specific needs assessment, defining goals and objectives, determining the educational strategies, planning the implementation, and developing an evaluation plan.Results:The curriculum has well defined goals and objectives covering knowledge, attitudes and skills. It employs both traditional and non-traditional teaching strategies. The implementation is planned over the four-year medical school curriculum in collaboration with a number of academic departments and specialized community-based agencies. The curriculum evaluation includes an attitudinal survey which is administered using a controlled design (pre- and post- exposure to the curriculum). The initial implementation of the curriculum has been very successful.Conclusion:We have developed a longitudinal curriculum to teach medical students to care for people with disabilities. A rigorous evaluation of the impact of the curriculum is needed.
High Dose Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Specifically Intended For People Ages 65 And Older Approved By U.S. FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fluzone High-Dose, an inactivated influenza virus vaccine for people ages 65 years and older to prevent disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and B. People in this age group are at highest risk for seasonal influenza complications, which may result in hospitalization and death…
Identifying influential young people to undertake effective peer-led health promotion: the example of A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial (ASSIST)
The objective of the study was to develop and evaluate an effective whole-community approach to identifying a diverse group of influential young people to effectively diffuse health promotion messages among their peers. A peer nomination questionnaire, developed through extensive piloting work, was completed by 10 730 Year 8 students (aged 12–13 years) in 59 schools (30 intervention, 29 control) as part of a cluster randomized controlled trial. Influential students identified in 30 intervention schools were trained to disseminate smoke-free health promotion messages through informal contacts with peers. This approach successfully identified, recruited and retained a diverse group of students, broadly representative of their year group, to undertake the role of ‘peer supporter’. Although students and staff expressed doubts about the suitability of some young people recruited as peer supporters, the intervention achieved a 22% reduction in the odds of being a regular smoker in intervention compared with control schools [odds ratio 0.78 (95% CI 0.64–0.96)]. Carefully designed and developed peer-led interventions have potential for delivering effective smoking prevention among adolescents. Paying close attention to the way in which peer educators are identified, and involving young people themselves in this process, may be the key to increasing the effectiveness of peer education.
Why Some People Get Sick From Harmless Smells
People who become ill from harmless smells are not being silly, says a researcher. Rather, they perceive these smells differently than other people. The smell is detected more rapidly by the brain and processed more deeply. If you expect to become ill from a smell, then the smell in question might really make you ill.
Influenza And H1N1: Alert For People With Lung Disease And Their Caregivers
People with lung disease like asthma and copd are at particular risk to develop serious symptoms from both seasonal flu and H1N1 (swine) flu. according to the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) more than half of adults hospitalized with the h1n1 strain of influenza had conditions such as asthma and chronic lung diseases. contact your health care provider if you feel the onset of flu symptoms and suffer from lung disease.
Swine Flu Hospitalizing Mostly Young People In The US
Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday that more than half of Americans hospitalized with the new H1N1 swine flu are under 25, and nearly a quarter of deaths are among that age group, revealing a pattern that is quite different to seasonal flu.
New Flu Prevention And Treatment Recommendations For People With Asthma
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting that an initial analysis of 1,400 adults hospitalized for H1N1 found that 26% had asthma, how can the more than 34 million Americans with asthma protect themselves from the virus and complications? An article set to app
Comment For The BMJ On Figures Showing That 25% Of People Hospitalised With Swine Flu Have Asthma, UK
Cher Piddock, Lead Asthma Nurse at Asthma UK says: ‘We know that there is a risk for people with asthma that catching the virus could add to existing breathing difficulties they may have, which could then lead to a hospital admission. ‘Our advice to help people with asthma protect themselves, is to have the swine flu vaccine as soon as it becomes available and to make sure that their condition is well-controlled.
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