[Features and evaluations of organizational support provided by occupational health nurses in private practice for the implementation of sustainable health and productivity management in medium-sized enterprises].

Objectives: This study aimed to clarify the features and evaluations of the organizational support provided by occupational health nurses (OHNs) in private practice to promote sustainable health and productivity management (HPM) in medium-sized enterprises.

Methods: Corporate managers and employees of four enterprises with fewer than 300 employees received support from an experienced OHN in private practice through five support sessions per company, primarily targeting company managers. The OHNs documented their support steps and evaluations.

[Current status of collaboration with public health services by occupational health nurses, and related factors].

Objectives: The Japanese government launched a project to facilitate collaboration between public health services and occupational health services with the aim of promoting overall health and wellbeing. However, collaboration at the practitioner level, including professionals who develop health support activities, has not yet been achieved. This study was conducted to clarify the actual state of collaboration between public health services and occupational health nurses as well as the factors related to their experiences with such collaboration.

[Examining Occupational Health Nurse Competencies when Collaborating with Public Health Services].

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the competencies of occupational health nurses who collaborate with public health services.

Methods: Ten occupational health nurses who work for companies that collaborate with public health services were the subjects. They were the finalists selected from among those occupational health nurses who participated in a preparatory survey and phone interviews that inquired about their collaborative activity experiences with public health services; they were selected because of their greater experience with these collaborations.

Prognostic significance of Notch signalling molecules and their involvement in the invasiveness of endometrial carcinoma cells.

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the significance of the expression of Notch-related molecules in endometrial carcinoma.

Methods And Results: The expression of Notch receptors (Notch1 and 3) and Notch ligands [Jagged (JAG) 1 and Delta-like (DLL) 4] was examined immunohistochemically in 37 normal and 76 malignant endometrial tissue samples. For each section, immunohistochemical staining was scored using a positivity index (PI, full score; 200).

[Nation-wide research on current status and related factors for collaboration with occupational health services by public health nurses working for municipalities: comparison between major cities and other communities].

Purpose: The purpose of the this study was to clarify the nation-wide current status for collaboration between occupational and municipal health services, taking into account related factors and comparing Major Cities (with health centers) and Other communities (other cities and towns).

Method: A nation-wide questionnaire research was conducted by mail among 350 randomly selected public health nurses (PHNs) taking part in adult health services at municipal health centers (Tokyo was excluded). The valid-response rate was 61.

Cotyledonary-like placenta associated with severe intrauterine growth restriction.

There have been no previous reports of human placentas mimicking the cotyledonary placenta of ruminants. We report a case of cotyledonary-like placenta associated with severe intrauterine growth restriction. A woman pregnant for the first time was referred to our hospital at 27 weeks' gestation because of severe intrauterine growth restriction.