What Deters Child Sex Offenders? A Comparison Between Completed and Noncompleted Offenses.

This study examined the role of the reaction of the victim, the nature of the physical setting, and the proximity of third parties in deterring offenders from completing an act of child sexual abuse (CSA). A self-report study was conducted with 238 adult males serving a custodial sentence for CSA, of whom 82 identified an occasion in which they had tried to have sexual contact with a child but did not because they were stopped or discouraged. We examined the situational characteristics of the noncompleted offense and compared these with the most recent completed offense by the same offenders.

Skin Complications Associated With Pediatric Central Venous Access Devices: Prevalence, Incidence, and Risk.

Central venous access devices (CVADs) are vital to enable treatment for children with cancer and other complex health conditions. However, complications effecting the CVAD wound are commonly reported. This study aimed to identify the incidence and prevalence of CVAD-associated skin complications current management, and characteristics associated with complication development, in pediatrics.

The Impact of Serious Educational Gameplay on Adolescent Binge Drinking Intentions: A Theoretically Grounded Empirical Examination.

Introduction: Game On: Know Alcohol, a school-based alcohol education program, aimed to educate adolescents on the harmful effects of (excessive) alcohol consumption. The program included two user-centered serious educational games, Perfect Pour and Dumb Driver.

Purpose: To evaluate the objective effect of playing Perfect Pour and Dumb Driver on the key psychosocial determinants of adolescent binge drinking intentions in the context of the theory of reasoned action (TRA).

Volar locking plate fixation versus external fixation of distal radius fractures: a meta-analysis.

This meta-analysis evaluates reported outcomes of volar locking plates versus external fixation for management of distal radius fractures. A comprehensive literature search was carried out using PubMed, embase, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Library. Multiple outcomes were analysed: study characteristics, objective/subjective outcome measures, radiographic parameters, and complication rates.

Selective placement of autogenous arteriovenous fistulae in an over 80-year-old population.

Introduction: With improved life expectancy and quality of life, elderly patients constitute a progressively larger fraction of consumers utilising renal replacement therapy (RRT). Although substantial data exist for younger cohorts, minimal evidence exists for outcomes of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) and central catheters (CVC) placed in those patients over 80 years. We examined outcomes of primary AVF placement in this cohort to ascertain durability and benefits of AVF in the over 80-year-old population.

Negotiating "Unmeasurable Harm and Benefit": Perspectives of General Practitioners and Consultant Pharmacists on Deprescribing in the Primary Care Setting.

The use of multiple medicines, known as polypharmacy, poses a risk of harm that is greatest in older adults with multimorbidity. Deprescribing aims to improve health outcomes through ceasing medicines that are no longer necessary or appropriate due to changing clinical circumstances and patient priorities. General practitioners (GPs) and consultant pharmacists (CPs) are well positioned to facilitate deprescribing in primary care in partnership with older adults who present with inappropriate polypharmacy.

A Systematic Review of Supported Accommodation Programs for People Released From Custody.

One of the challenges that people recently released from custody face is securing housing. Many individuals rely on supported accommodation programs for housing in the immediate post-release period. However, the value of supported accommodation programs in producing positive criminal justice and health outcomes for people released from custody has not been widely examined.

Distraction-Based Interventions for Children Undergoing Venipuncture Procedures: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Little is known about the effects of distraction techniques when undertaking medical procedures with hospitalized pediatric patients in Asian countries. This study examined the effects of distraction interventions on behavioral distress related to venipuncture procedures in Taiwanese children aged 3 to 7 years. Using concealed randomization, eligible children were allocated to receive a picture book ( n = 92), or animated cartoon ( n = 92) compared with routine oral instructions ( n = 92), when being injected with an intravenous cannula.

Indigenous Partner Violence, Indigenous Sentencing Courts, and Pathways to Desistance.

Mainstream sentencing courts do little to change the behavior of partner violence offenders, let alone members of more socially marginal groups. Indigenous offenders face a court system that has little relevance to the complexity of their relations and lived experiences. Assisted by respected Elders and Community Representatives, Australian Indigenous sentencing courts seek to create a more meaningful sentencing process that has a deeper impact on Indigenous offenders' attitudes and, ultimately, their behavior.

Desistance From Sexual Offending: A Policy and Research Agenda Whose Time Has Come.

For the past three decades or so, criminal justice policies have been enacted under the assumption that individuals who have been convicted of a sex offense are life course persistent sex offenders. In that context, research has been heavily focused on the assessment of risk and the prediction of sexual recidivism.Simultaneously, little to no attention has been given to the majority of individuals convicted of sex offenses who are not arrested or convicted again.

Spaces of knowing: an Australian case study of capacity building across boundaries in a health promotion learning network.

This article explores the potential for health promotion capacity building across boundaries in a place-based health promotion learning network generated as part of a recent Australian Research Council-funded project in Queensland, Australia. We emphasise in particular the potential of creating new 'at the boundary' spaces of knowing that encourage and enable health promotion workers to work in interdisciplinary and intersectoral ways. The article discusses the way that diverse health promotion workers from different disciplines and government and non-government organisations came together to learn 'how to do' in new or re-invigorated ways.