Human Capital Development Factors and Black Adolescent Tobacco and Cannabis Use.

Introduction: This study examined the association of four domains of human capital development (cognitive development, social and emotional development, physical health, and mental health) and exclusive and concurrent tobacco and cannabis use (TCU) among black youth.

Aims And Methods: Nationally representative annual cross-sectional data for black adolescents (12-17 years; N = 9017) in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2015-2019 were analyzed. Analyses examined the influence of human capital factors (cognitive development, social and emotional development, physical health, and mental health) on exclusive and concurrent TCU.

Integrating the Principles of Socioecology and Critical Pedagogy for Health Promotion Health Literacy Interventions.

While health literacy research has experienced tremendous growth in the last two decades, the field still struggles to devise interventions that lead to lasting change. Most health literacy interventions are at the individual level and focus on resolving clinician-patient communication difficulties. As a result, the interventions use a deficit model that treats health literacy as a patient problem that needs to be fixed or circumvented.

Trends in Helicobacter pylori infection among Māori, Pacific, and European Birth cohorts in New Zealand.

Background: The aim of this paper is to estimate the seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in the New Zealand population by ethnicity and year of birth.

Methods: A systematic search identified seven studies in New Zealand that reported prevalence of H. pylori infection among 4463 participants.

Registrar interest in academic obstetrics and gynaecology: a cross-sectional survey.

Background: New Zealand has an urgent need to train and retain obstetrics and gynaecology academics, and postgraduate training pathways are being considered.

Aims: To gauge registrar interest in an academic training position and an academic career; analyse the importance of various encouraging factors; and investigate how demographics, experience and encouragers may be associated with academic interest.

Methods: All obstetric and gynaecology registrars working in New Zealand were invited by their clinical directors to participate in an online survey in March-June 2011.

How twins differ: multiple pregnancy and the use of health care in the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey.

Objectives: To (i) document the incidence of multiplicity in Nigeria, (ii) compare healthcare utilization during pregnancy and at delivery for singleton and multiple pregnancies (iii)and investigate whether antenatal care modifies the relationship between multiplicity and likelihood of having skilled attendance.

Methods: This observational study was a secondary analysis of the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey and included 17,635 women who gave birth to a live infant between 2003 and 2008. Multivariate logistic regression with adjustment for weighting, clustering and confounding was used to investigate associations and look for effect modification.

A lanthanide-based chemosensor for bioavailable Fe3+ using a fluorescent siderophore: an assay displacement approach.

The measurement of trace analytes in aqueous systems has become increasingly important for understanding ocean primary productivity. In oceanography, iron (Fe) is a key element in regulating ocean productivity, microplankton assemblages and has been identified as a causative element in the development of some harmful algal blooms. The chemosenor developed in this study is based on an indicator displacement approach that utilizes time-resolved fluorescence and fluorescence resonance energy transfer as the sensing mechanism to achieve detection of Fe3+ ions as low as 5 nM.

Integrating IT into the radiology environment.

Rather than perpetuating the struggle, "who controls the PACS, Radiology or Information Technology (IT)," Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) took the approach of incorporating IT support within the Radiology Department. CHOMP faced the challenge of staffing Radiology computer systems and networks by using a two-pronged approach; promoting and training clinical staff in IT functions and transferring an experienced IT person into the Radiology Department. Roles and responsibilities are divided.