Mental health in Sexual Assault Referral Centres: A survey of forensic physicians.

A national survey of Forensic Physicians (FPs) working in Sexual Assault Referral Centres was undertaken. The survey was advertised in the weekly bulletin sent out by the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Response was relatively low (n = 45).

Assessment of the mental health status of a one year cohort attending a two Sexual Assault Referral Centres in England.

A one year audit was undertaken of the mental health (MH) status of adult attendees to the Thames Valley Sexual Assault Centres (SARC). There were 301 relevant referrals over the twelve month period of whom 126 (42%) either fully or partially completed the mental health assessments. 38% (n = 66) of the population did not consent to the research.

Assessment of critical thinking: a Delphi study.

Nurse educators are responsible for preparing nurses who critically analyze patient information and provide meaningful interventions in today's complex health care system. By using the Delphi research method, this study, utilized the specialized and experiential knowledge of Certified Nurse Educators. This original Delphi research study asked Certified Nurse Educators how to assess the critical-thinking ability of nursing students in the clinical setting.

Female genital injuries resulting from consensual and non-consensual vaginal intercourse.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of genital injury following penile-vaginal penetration with and without consent.

Design: This study compared observations of genital injuries from two cohorts.

Setting: Participants were drawn from St.

The applicability of measures of socioeconomic position to different ethnic groups within the UK.

Background: In this paper we seek to tease out differences in socioeconomic position between ethnic groups. There are 3 main reasons why conventional socioeconomic indicators and asset based measures may not be equally applicable to all ethnic groups:1) Differences in response rate to conventional socioeconomic indicators2) Cultural and social differences in economic priorities/opportunities3) Differences in housing quality, assets and debt within socioeconomic strata

Methods: The sample consisted of White (n = 227), African-Caribbean (n = 213) and Indian and Pakistani (n = 233) adults aged between 18 and 59 years living in Leeds as measured in a stratified population survey. Measures included income, education, employment, car ownership, home ownership, housing quality, household assets, investments, debt, perceived ability to obtain various sums and perceived level of financial support given and received.

The impact of different measures of socioeconomic position on the relationship between ethnicity and health.

Purpose: In this study we explicitly examine the effect of using asset-based and conventional measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) on ethnic differences in health.

Methods: The survey of white (n = 227), Indian and Pakistani (n = 233), and African Caribbean (n = 213) adults aged 18 to 59 years living in Leeds, United Kingdom aimed to examine the relationship between ethnicity, health, and SEP. SEP variables included perceived ability to get 10,000 pounds if needed, car ownership, level of education, and home ownership.

Discrimination and health in an English study.

In this study we examine the relationship between education, racial discrimination and health among white (n=227), African Caribbean (n=213) and Indian and Pakistani (n=233) adults aged between 18 and 59 years living in Leeds, England, as measured in a stratified population survey. Measures of discrimination included any physical attack, verbal abuse and a combined variable, any discrimination due to race, colour, ethnicity or sex. Analyses were conducted examining the relationship between education and discrimination, discrimination and health, and discrimination and health controlling for education.

Human subtelomeric duplicon structure and organization.

Background: Human subtelomeric segmental duplications ('subtelomeric repeats') comprise about 25% of the most distal 500 kb and 80% of the most distal 100 kb in human DNA. A systematic analysis of the duplication substructure of human subtelomeric regions was done in order to develop a detailed understanding of subtelomeric sequence organization and a nucleotide sequence-level characterization of subtelomeric duplicon families.

Results: The extent of nucleotide sequence divergence within subtelomeric duplicon families varies considerably, as does the organization of duplicon blocks at subtelomere alleles.

Facilities for complainants of sexual assault throughout the United Kingdom.

Background: A sexual assault referral centre (SARC) is a model of service established to address the forensic and therapeutic needs arising following sexual assault. As yet, only a minority of urban areas in England are served by one, the rest of the United Kingdom (UK) being served by police victim examination suites.

Objective: To examine variations in service offered to complainants of sexual assault within the United Kingdom in 2005.

Mapping and initial analysis of human subtelomeric sequence assemblies.

Physical mapping data were combined with public draft and finished sequences to derive subtelomeric sequence assemblies for each of the 41 genetically distinct human telomere regions. Sequence gaps that remain on the reference telomeres are generally small,well-defined,and for the most part,restricted to regions directly adjacent to the terminal (TTAGGG)n tract. Of the 20.