PTSD, depression, and anxiety after the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel: a nationwide prospective study - Levi-Belz Y, Groweiss Y, Blank C, Neria Y.
BACKGROUND: The magnitude of the Oct 7, 2023 attack in southern Israel was without precedent. More than 1300 civilians were murdered, and 240 civilians were kidnapped and taken hostage. In this national cohort study, for which baseline outcome data were es... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Rape victims' perceptions of quality of encounters with the Swedish police - Rudolfsson L, Hammond L, Bj örklund C.
This study focused on raped women's perceptions of their encounters with Swedish police, with a specific focus on quality of encounters, trust, questions asked during police interviews, and perceptions of justice. One hundred and six rape victims, 74 of wh... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Specters of comfort women: biopolitical colonial warfare, questions of humanity, and the haunted future - Kim-Kiteishvili J.
The memories of "comfort women" have been discursively represented primarily within the dynamic discussions that define narratives regarding the universal human rights of women. In this article, I attempt to re-read the history of the comfort women system ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Support or justice: a triangulated multi-focal view of sexual assault victim support in a UK sexual assault referral centre (SARC) - Widanaralalage BK, Murphy AD, Loughlin C.
BACKGROUND: Despite vast levels of underreporting, sexual assault remains an issue at scale in the UK, necessitating the presence of statutory and voluntary organisations in the support of victims. Understanding the experiences of all parties within this c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The rupture of relationships: Holocaust survivors on complicit bystanders - Klein D.
This article seeks to ask why: Why have bystanders b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Office values will plunge another 25% in ‘worst-hit metros,’ Capital Economics says
Things may have quieted down in the commercial real-estate world, but offices are not in the clear. After all, interest rates are still high and remote work has mostly prevailed. And for those areas Capital Economics calls “expensive west coast markets” that happen to be the “worst-hit,” it’ll…#capitaleconomics #westcoast #seattle #kiranraichura #sanjose #newyorkcity #austin #dallas #houston #sandiego (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Home prices are poised to jump another 5% this year as the market is even tighter than it was in 2023, economist says
House with American flag and 'for sale' sign, low angle view - stock photo Phillip Spears/ Getty Images Home prices could see another 5% surge in 2024, Capital Economics predicted. The research firm pointed to home inventory levels, which are still near historic lows. Low inventory has helped push…#capitaleconomics #freddiemac #thomasryan #realtorcom #redfin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
America ’ s Growing Birthweight Crisis
Americans are increasingly at risk of having lower incomes, poorer health, and a worse shot at opportunity even before they are born. More babies are now born with low birthweights than in the last 30 years. This has caused growing inequalities that can persist if not properly addressed. In certain parts of the country, that risk may be ten-times greater.
Underweight newborns are at an increased risk of long term health challenges, lower IQ scores, and developmental delays. New data shows that the frequency of this problem is rising with more than 300,000 newborns now experiencing low birthweight. This public hea...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeremy Ney Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
The assault on America's libraries designed to foster ignorance and damage social and individual wellbeing - Schwartz SA.
Literacy data and its impact on the nation
• Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children
• 21 % of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022
• 54 % of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The effect of physical restraint on a violent patient in the prone position on the quality of breathing: a pilot simulation study - Cmorej PC, Kounovsk ý O, Bureš P, Ralbovská DR, Pekara J.
OBJECTIVES: Physical restraint in the prone position is still utilized in healthcare facilities to immobilize violent patients. It is associated with the sudden death of violent patients. The aim of this study is to objectify the impact of physical restrai... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Understanding the effects and impacts of counter-terrorist financing policy and practice - Davis J.
After twenty years of global counterterrorist financing (CTF) policy and practice, there is little consensus on what these have achieved, and little empirical evidence to determine if, or how, CTF works to reduce the financing of terrorism or terrorism mor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cutoff of the reverse shock index multiplied by the Glasgow coma scale for predicting in-hospital mortality in adult patients with trauma: a retrospective cohort study - Park JS, Choi SJ, Kim MJ, Choi SY, Kim HY, Park YS, Chung SP, Lee JH.
This study aimed to establish a cutoff value to predict in-h... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Factors that contribute to turnover and retention amongst emergency department nurses: a scoping review - McIntyre N, Crilly J, Elder E.
BACKGROUND: Internationally, the emergency nursing workforce shortage is of critical concern. AIM: To synthesise the evidence and assess the scope of literature regarding factors that contribute to turnover and retention amongst emergency nurses. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Modeling injury severities of single and multi-vehicle freeway crashes considering spatiotemporal instability and unobserved heterogeneity - Wang C, Chen F, Cheng J, Easa SM.
Single and multi-vehicle (SMV) crashes remain a significant issue, causing serious safety and economic concerns, and therefore deserve more attention. Using crash data in the Beijing-Shanghai and Changchun-Shenzhen freeways over the five years (2015-2019),... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
A comparison of maxillofacial and head injuries following electric scooter and bicycle accidents - Bhaskar B, Alumbaugh J, Zhang Z, Dillon J, Burke A.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of maxillofacial and head injuries associated with electric scooters (e-scooter, ES) has risen in concordance with its popularity. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare maxillofacial and head injury location, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
