Alcohol consumption and protective behavioural strategy use among Australian young adults

... study therefore, was to analyse the dimensions of stress among Australian veterinarians, to establish whether certain psychosocial factors were influencing the development and severity of their ... stress among Australian veterinarians, and even fewer have conducted a detailed analysis of stress domains and the associated validity of the survey instrument used for assessment The purpose of ... lack of recognition from the public were the most common causes of stress among veterinarians, causing extreme stress among 4% and 3%, respectively Over half (56%) experienced no stress due to the...

... sample of healthy young adults Several interpretations of these results are possible Discussion Our results show that, among a sample of healthy young University students, backward counting while ... group of healthy young adults showed that the CV of stride length while backward counting did not change compared with walking alone [12] No data are available about the impact of backward counting ... of dual-task related changes in stride velocity among healthy young adults The aim of this study was 1) to determine whether backward counting while walking could provoke significant gait changes...

... had more than eligible THAILAND PERLIS Kangar Kota Kinabalu SOUTH CHINA SEA Kota Bahru LANGKAWI Alur Setar MALAYSIA KEDAH Kotabalu National Park BORNEO BRUNEI George Town MALAYSIA Kota Kinabalu ... knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about HIV/AIDS among the young adults in Malaysia The level of general HIV/AIDS knowledge among young Malaysian adults was moderate, as indicated by a total mean score ... Kinabalu SABAH Kuala Terengganu PENANG Miri KELANTAN Gua Musang TERENGGANU PERAK Timur Laut SULU SEA MALAYSIA Ipoh SARAWAK SOUTH SEA CHINA A nationwide survey was conducted for the Ministry of Health...

... 33.9 Uses Internet 15.1 42.3 Has computer 10.6 25.3 Has Internet access at home 4.7 12.3 Uses Internet 2.2 8.9 Computer and Internet Use Among People With Disabilities Figure Computer and Internet ... 30.2 63.9 Computer and Internet Use Among People With Disabilities Figure Computer and Internet use, by disability status and family income, ages 15 and over 80 70 HAS COMPUTER USES INTERNET 60 ... of the computer and Internet use habits of people with disabilities, but it is adequate to provide comparisons of computer ownership and Internet use among broad sub-populations with and without...

... use indicators for youth of both genders 21 Reproductive Health Among Youth in Ghana DISCUSSION Our findings suggest that the sexual and contraceptive behaviors of Ghanaian youth are in uenced in ... than those living in two-parent 19 Reproductive Health Among Youth in Ghana TABLE Percentage of sexually experienced unmarried youth, by condom-use behaviors, according to age-group and gender Behavior ... Zambia, International Family Planning Perspectives, 1998, 24(1):32–37; Magnani RJ et al., Reproductive health risk and protective factors among youth in Lusaka, Zambia, Journal of Adolescent Health, ...

... National Tobacco Strategy • National Illicit Drugs Strategy • National Pharmaceutical Drug Misuse Strategy • National WorkforceDevelopment Strategy • National Drug Research and Data Strategy Standing committees and ... About the National Drug Strategy The National Drug Strategy provides a national framework for action to minimise the harms to individuals, families and communities from alcohol, tobacco and other ... then National Campaign Against Drug Abuse (1985–92) and have authority to deal withall drug- relatedmatters Itwasalso agreed that the National Drug Strategy would take a balanced approach on...

... molecule and b-sheet A of another [17,22,23,51,52] The molecular pathology that underlies this conformational transition is now well defined and has been used as a paradigm for other diseases that result ... polymerization An alternative explanation is that the alcohols and sugars may be able to exert their effect by a specific interaction with either neuroserpin or a1 -antitrypsin Support for this hypothesis ... polymerization The Z mutation of a1 -antitrypsin is located, not in the shutter domain, but at the head of strand and the base of the reactive centre loop The mutation forces open the gap between strands...

... mechanisms of transmission of HIV, and sexual behaviour, including condom use and reasons for not using a condom The interview was held in a private counselling room within the clinic by an interviewer ... done on HIV- positive heterosexual men and women Methods A closed-ended structured interview that addressed knowledge of mechanisms of HIV transmission and condom use was conducted on 283 heterosexual ... 18.3%, among commercial sex workers 1.09% and among prison inmates 3.24% [1] The number of HIV cases in women is increasing According to information provided by the two HIV clinics located in Guatemala...

... capacity to discriminate perceptions of barriers between research users and non -research users Perceptions of barriers to change and research utilization To bridge the gap between 'the known and the ... differences in the perceptions of barriers to research utilization between research users and nonresearch users on the Nurse, the Research and the Presentation subscales, indicating that the instrument ... RNs' perceptions of barriers to, and facilitators of, research utilization and to examine the validity of the BARRIERS scale in relation to research use, i.e., the capacity of the Scale to discriminate...

... capacity to discriminate perceptions of barriers between research users and non -research users Perceptions of barriers to change and research utilization To bridge the gap between 'the known and the ... differences in the perceptions of barriers to research utilization between research users and nonresearch users on the Nurse, the Research and the Presentation subscales, indicating that the instrument ... RNs' perceptions of barriers to, and facilitators of, research utilization and to examine the validity of the BARRIERS scale in relation to research use, i.e., the capacity of the Scale to discriminate...

... cross-sectional analyses suggested that the association between behavioral and affective factors and SUD was only partly accounted for by other correlates, such as early initiation of substance use and parental ... domains of (1) behavioral and affective factors, (2) parental factors, (3) early initiation of substance use, and (4) educational factors were studied as correlates of alcohol and other substance ... factors, parental factors, early initiation of substance use, and educational factors as correlates of SUD, specifically focusing on whether behavioral and affective factors and correlates from other...

... present study were to examine systematically the variations in overall resource use, therapeutic modality use, and outcome in patients with severe sepsis across academic medical centers, and to evaluate ... array of domains One of the major causes of variation is probably physician uncertainty regarding what interventions are truly beneficial, and clinician beliefs, where training occurred, and ... probably also play roles Uncertainty may be especially problematic in conditions such as sepsis, in which mortality is high, and clinicians strongly want to everything possible Variation is likely...

... European research, statistical analysis, drafting and presentation NB was essential in the development of the idea, description and thinking of the study, as well as drafting of the article All authors ... with the closest relationship between alcohol use and mental health problems among the youngest adolescents [27] Few European and especially Scandinavian population data are describing adolescents' ... 1 3–1 9 years [33] Mental health The mental health variables were derived from the mental health "Symptom Check List" and the school adjustmentpart of the questionnaire Anxiety and depression Symptoms...

... for patients registered with ICD-10 codes involving head injuries referred to the hospital from January through June in the years 2005, 2007 and 2009 Adult patients (≥ 15 years) with minimal, mild ... occurring during the weekends, mild and moderate TBIs were independent factors significantly associated with alcohol consumption The incidence of minimal, mild and moderate head injuries referred ... Scandinavian guidelines for initial management of minimal, mild, and moderate head injuries The Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee J Trauma 2000, 48:760-766 14 Stein SC, Spettell C: The Head Injury...