Technical Assistance From Public Health Practitioners to Small Food Retailers to Implement Minimum Stocking Standards.

Implementing minimum stocking standard policies in food retail settings has been one strategy used to address lack of healthy food availability. Policies alone may not be enough to increase healthy options, as barriers may arise during implementation, such as lack of distributors and/or refrigeration. Technical assistance (TA) from public health practitioners (PHPs) can bolster the implementation of such policies.

Evaluating True Barriers to Dental Care for Patients with Periodontal Disease.

Background: The cost of care is often reported as a primary reason why patients fail to seek dental treatment; however, this may not the only component.

Aims/objectives: To examine an underserved population's perspective on the importance of dental care and barriers they face to seek treatment. The effectiveness of compliance incentives, such as gift cards, was also examined.

Finding the Silver Lining: Aging Well Amongst Older Brazilian Women in the Post-Migration Context.

Study Background: The aging population in Canada has been increasing steadily over the past 40 years, however, there is limited information about the meaning of aging well amongst older Brazilian women in Canada.

Methods: A Heideggerian interpretive phenomenology study was conducted to understand the meaning of aging well amongst older Brazilian women in the post-migration context living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada.

Results: Eight older Brazilian women residing in the GTA were recruited through purposive and snowball sampling and participated in individual face-to-face interviews.

Comparison between students' self-assessment, and visual and digital assessment techniques in dental anatomy wax-up grading.

Introduction: Digital technology has the potential to provide a bias-free evaluation instrument for practical examination grading. E4D Compare software was designed for teaching institutions to allow comparison between scanned models prepared by students and master models prepared by instructors. The aim of this study was to determine the tolerance value for the E4D compare software (E4D Technologies LLC, Richardson, TX, USA) that provides scores comparable with faculty grades for wax-ups #23 and #19.

Methacrylate perspective in current dental practice.

Objective: To provide a current perspective concerning dental personnel sensitivity to methacrylate materials.

Overview: Methacrylate related sensitivity and allergies are currently beyond traditional thoughts concerning denture base resins and methyl methacrylate provisional materials. Methacrylates are now ubiquitous in current dental practice and dental personnel should be aware that dental adhesives contain potent sensitizers that may also cross-sensitize individuals to other methacrylates not experienced.

Flexural Performance of Direct Resin Composite Restorative Materials Past Expiration Date.

Objective:  This study' s purpose was to examine the flexural properties of five direct restorative resin composites stored up to 30 months after the expiration date.

Materials And Methods:  Ambient-stored materials had pre-expiration date baseline flexure strength values as per ISO 4049 ( = 20). All materials were used per manufacturer guidelines, photopolymerized on both sides using a LED-based visible light curing unit, and stored in 0.

Lean in Healthcare: Time for Evolution or Revolution?

Lean has gained recognition in healthcare as a quality improvement tool. The purpose of this research was to examine the extent to which quality improvement projects in healthcare adhered to Lean's eight-step process. We analyzed 605 publications identified through a systematic literature review following PRISMA guidelines.

Dental Students' Skills Assessments: Comparisons of Daily Clinical Grades and Clinical and Laboratory Assessments.

The aim of this study was to compare the daily clinical grades of third-year dental students during routine clinical activities involving direct and indirect operative procedures to clinical and laboratory assessments. The authors compared students' daily clinical grades to graded clinical assessments and compared daily clinical grades to laboratory assessments at one U.S.

New Graduate RNs' Perceptions of Transitioning to Professional Practice After Completing Ontario's New Graduate Guarantee Orientation Program.

Background: By 2022, Canada will be short 60,000 RNs. Contributing to this shortage are difficulties experienced by new graduate RNs (NGRNs) transitioning to professional practice.

Method: This grounded theory study explored NGRNs' transition experiences in the 12 months after completing Ontario's New Graduate Guarantee orientation program.

Implementing the IOM's recommendations for reducing sodium in the U.S. food supply: considerations and approaches.

In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that the Food and Drug Administration modify the generally recognized as safe status of sodium by setting gradually decreasing limits on sodium amounts allowed in processed and prepared foods. Establishing limits on sodium uses would lead to a decrease in sodium intake, which, on average, far exceeds dietary recommendations. This article discusses the historical and regulatory context surrounding the IOM's recommendation, analyzes its potential, offers various strategies for implementing it, and concludes that the IOM's recommendation is likely the best tool currently available to achieve widespread sodium reductions in the food supply.

A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children.

The Cafeteria Power Plus project examined whether a cafeteria-based intervention would increase the fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption of children. Twenty-six schools were randomly assigned to either an intervention or control condition. Baseline lunch observations of a sample (N = 1668) of first- and third-grade students occurred in the spring of 2000; follow-up was in the spring of 2002.

Implementing HIPAA privacy regulations in pharmacy practice.

A worthy goal of HIPAA is to protect the privacy of patient health information. Final regulations for achieving this goal have been issued, and all covered entities, including all pharmacies that transmit health information electronically, must comply with these regulations by April 14, 2003. Pharmacists are strongly advised to begin educating themselves about the HIPAA privacy regulations and taking steps toward implementation as soon as possible.