Mindfulness and Embodiment in Family Therapy: Overview, Nuances, and Clinical Applications in Poststructural Practices.

This paper discusses the inclusion of ideas from mindfulness, embodiment, and associated brain research in poststructural family therapies. Connecting research and practice across diverse fields is presented as enriching therapeutic work, increasing clinical effectiveness, and broadening options for families seeking our assistance. Ways of incorporating mindfulness and embodiment are described and offer distinctively novel practices not typically used in traditional forms of poststructural therapies.

Changes in the pattern of sun exposure and sun protection in young children from tropical Australia.

Background: Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer globally. Lifetime risk is associated with childhood sun exposure.

Objective: We sought to investigate whether skin cancer prevention programs have resulted in improvements in sun-exposure and sun-protection behavior among young children in tropical Australia.

Geographical variation of incidence of cutaneous melanoma in Queensland.

Objective: The study investigated geographical differences and time trends of incidence rate and body site distribution of cutaneous melanoma in Queensland.

Design: Analysis of data recorded by Queensland Cancer Registry.

Patients: Analysis included 34 021 patients with invasive and 10 710 patients with in situ melanoma diagnosed between 1982 and 2002.

Sun exposure and the incidence of melanocytic nevi in young Australian children.

The number of melanocytic nevi (MN) is an important risk factor for cutaneous melanoma. The present study further investigated the relationship between sun exposure, the incidence of MN, and the prevalence of large acquired MN (>or=5 mm). A cohort of 479 preschool children born in Townsville, Australia was examined for MN in 1991 and a year later.

Betel quid not containing tobacco and oral leukoplakia: a report on a cross-sectional study in Papua New Guinea and a meta-analysis of current evidence.

Leukoplakia is an asymptomatic, potentially malignant change in the oral mucosa. Previous studies have reported that smoking and betel quid chewing are associated with increased risk of leukoplakia; few studies have reported on these associations in populations where betel quid does not contain tobacco. We conducted a case-control study nested in a cross-sectional study in Papua New Guinea and a systematic review of studies that included chewers of betel quid without tobacco.

Betel quid not containing tobacco and oral cancer: a report on a case-control study in Papua New Guinea and a meta-analysis of current evidence.

Smoking and betel quid chewing are associated with increased risk of oral cancer but few studies have reported on associations in populations where betel quid does not contain tobacco. We conducted a case-control study in Papua New Guinea and a systematic review. Our case-control study recruited 143 cases with oral cancer and 477 controls.

The North Queensland "Sun-Safe Clothing" study: design and baseline results of a randomized trial to determine the effectiveness of sun-protective clothing in preventing melanocytic nevi.

In 1999, the authors began recruitment for a randomized controlled intervention trial aimed at preventing melanocytic nevi (moles) by minimizing sun exposure through the use of sun-protective clothing. The study involves 652 Caucasian children (75.6% response) aged 0-35 months from 25 child-care centers (n = 13 intervention and n = 12 control) living in the high-solar-irradiance environment of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Nutrition-related disease and death in Zhejiang Province?

In Zhejiang province economic development and changes in nutrition appear to have increased both life expectancy and nutrition-related chronic disease morbidity. Life expectancy is longer in urban populations than in rural and in both urban and rural females. From 1997 to 2002 urban females had an average life expectancy of 81.

Cuisine: the concept and its health and nutrition implications--a Hangzhou perspective.

Cuisine is an activity that meets human physical and psychological needs. With the development of civilization, cuisine is an important component of culture and includes the dietary profession. However, each nation or each area has its own characteristic cuisine.

Cuisine: the concept and its health and nutrition implications--global.

Cuisine, broadly food culture, has evolved greatly in the past ten thousand years, following the domestication of plants and animals which greatly increased the food supply and led to villages, cities and civilizations. Major factors in the evolution of cuisines have been the existing biota, soils, fuel for cooking and climates, followed by new technologies, exploration and trade. These provide the context of the world's amazing variety of cuisines, but not the understanding of why cuisines developed as they have, in particular why China has the world's greatest cuisine.

Do people in rural and remote Queensland delay using health services to manage the episodes of incapacity?

The research project described in the present paper aimed to explore the types of self-reported management which families in relatively 'high', 'moderate' and 'low' medically resourced areas use for episodes of incapacity and the length of time from an initial symptom to the management behaviours. A telephone survey was conducted in rural and remote Queensland, Australia, to explore one or more types of management for the most recent incapacity episode of family members. A respondent indicated at least one type of management for any one episode.

The Eastern Australian Childhood Nevus Study: site differences in density and size of melanocytic nevi in relation to latitude and phenotype.

It has been postulated that site-specific variation in melanocytic nevus density and size is explained by differential response to sunlight. We observed the density and size of nevi at different body sites in relation to age, phenotype, latitude, and other measures of ultraviolet exposure. A standard protocol was used to assess nevi, phenotype, and sun exposure in 1123 Australian schoolchildren at 3 contrasting latitudes.

Health beliefs, perceived self-efficacy, and breast self-examination among Thai migrants in Brisbane.

Background: Women in Thailand have a relatively low risk of developing breast cancer; however, death rates from breast cancer are increasing. Rates in many migrant groups are also known to be on the increase. Little is known about breast cancer screening, particularly breast self-examination (BSE), among Thai migrant women in other countries.

Management of episodes of incapacity by families in rural and remote Queensland.

People in rural and remote areas have relatively poor health, so limited availability of and accessibility to doctors are major health issues. This cross-sectional study was conducted in rural and remote areas of Central Queensland. Using telephone interviews, the study described the use of formal and informal health services by families in response to episodes of incapacity.

How good are parents at assessing melanocytic nevi on their children? A study comparing parental counts, dermatologist counts, and counts obtained from photographs.

The objective of this study was to evaluate agreement among counts of melanocytic nevi made by parents, counts made by a dermatologist, and counts made by assessment of photographs. In 1990, 421 schoolchildren aged 6-15 years from Townsville, Queensland, Australia (latitude 19.16 degrees S), participated in the Eastern Australian Childhood Nevus Study.