Trauma-Focused Tuning in to Kids: Evaluation in a Clinical Service.

This study evaluated the (TIK) parenting program delivered in a clinical setting with 77 parents and caregivers (hereafter referred to as "parents") of children who had experienced complex trauma. The TIK program targets parent emotion socialization to improve children's emotional and behavioral functioning. The study utilized a single-group design with pre- and post-intervention measures.

Prevalence of the human papillomavirus in an inner-city indigent population with previously normal Pap tests.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in our inner-city indigent population (clinic population) of women with previously normal Pap tests and to identify any associated risk factors.

Materials And Methods: A prospective cohort of 187 women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, with previously normal Pap tests, was recruited from a university affiliated outpatient clinic. A demographic questionnaire of social and sexual history was elicited, and ThinPrep cytology (Cytyc, Marlborough, MA) and HPV Digene Hybrid Capture II results (Digine, Gaithersburg, MD) were obtained.

Patient choice: comparing criteria for selecting an obstetrician-gynecologist based on image, gender, and professional attributes.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare gender, humanistic qualities or technical competence (HQTC), and age when an obstetrician-gynecologist is selected.

Study Design: Participants saw photographs (2 women, 2 men) without descriptors then the same photographs with descriptors. To test whether HQTC were more important than gender, the men in the photographs were given HQTC descriptors.