A secondary mixed methods analysis examining midwives' responses regarding patient sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) disclosure.

Objective: Recent research suggests that midwives generally have positive attitudes towards sexual and gender minority (SGM) clients; however, little research has examined whether and how these attitudes translate into specific clinical practices. In this study, we performed a secondary mixed methods analysis to examine midwives' beliefs and practices regarding the importance of asking and knowing their patients' sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).

Methods: A confidential, anonymous paper survey was mailed to all midwifery practice groups (n = 131) in Ontario, Canada.

Measuring the attitudes of midwives toward sexual and gender minority clients: Results from a Cross-Sectional survey in Ontario.

Background: In Canada, Ontario midwives provide care to sexual and gender minority (SGM) people. Published literature shows how midwives' attitudes shape the experiences of lesbians, but research examining midwives' attitudes toward SGM people is lacking. Our study measured the attitudes of Ontario midwives toward SGM clients, hypothesizing that attitudes would be positive overall and that there would be no difference in attitudes across practice settings.

Understanding the sources and effects of abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear on marine turtles in northern Australia.

Globally, 6.4 million tons of fishing gear are lost in the oceans annually. This gear (i.

Identifying subgroups of U.S. adults at risk for prolonged television viewing to inform program development.

Background: Although adverse health effects of prolonged TV viewing have been increasingly recognized, little population-wide information is available concerning subgroups at greatest risk for this behavior.

Purpose: This study sought to identify, in a U.S.

Physical activity and weight management across the lifespan.

This review discusses key findings and recommendations related to the role of physical activity in weight gain prevention, weight loss, and weight-loss maintenance across the lifespan. For weight gain prevention, epidemiological and clinical studies suggest that regular physical activity is critical, with increases above the recommended 30 min daily for health (e.g.

Innovative techniques to address retention in a behavioral weight-loss trial.

Given that retention rates for weight-loss trials have not significantly improved in the past 20 years, identifying effective techniques to enhance retention is critical. This paper describes a conceptual and practical advance that may have improved retention in a behavioral weight-loss trial-the novel application of motivational interviewing techniques to diffuse ambivalence during interactive group-based orientation sessions prior to randomization. These orientation sessions addressed ambivalence about making eating and exercise behavior changes, ambivalence about joining a randomized controlled trial, and unrealistic weight-loss expectations.

Age differences in symptoms of depression and anxiety: examining behavioral medicine outpatients.

This study examined whether symptoms of depression and concomitant anxiety differed between older and younger medical outpatients referred to a behavioral medicine clinic. In a sample of 178 male veterans aged 21-83 years, older adults (> or = 60 years) reported lower overall depressive symptoms on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and anxiety symptoms on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory than did younger adults ( < 60 years). Depressive symptoms were highly prevalent.

A randomized, clinical trial comparing oral celecoxib 200 mg, celecoxib 400 mg, and ibuprofen 600 mg for acute pain.

Objective: Celecoxib is a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor used to treat pain. The objective of this study was to compare the efficacies of celecoxib and ibuprofen for the treatment of acute pain. The null hypothesis was that no difference between celecoxib and ibuprofen exists.

The accuracy of abstracts in psychology journals.

This article provides an empirically supported reminder of the importance of accuracy in scientific communication. The authors identify common types of inaccuracies in research abstracts and offer suggestions to improve abstract-article agreement. Abstracts accompanying 13% of a random sample of 400 research articles published in 8 American Psychological Association journals during 1997 and 1998 contained data or claims inconsistent with or missing from the body of the article.