IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2475: Assessing Workplace Health and Safety Strategies, Trends, and Barriers through a Statewide Worksite Survey
J. Wani
Chronic diseases have added to the economic burden of the U.S. healthcare system. Most Americans spend most of their waking time at work, thereby, presenting employers with an opportunity to protect and promote health. The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of workplace health governance and safety strategies among worksites in the State of Nebraska, over time and by industry sector using a randomized survey. Weighted percentages were compared by year, industry sector, and worksite size. Over the three study periods, 4784 responses were collected from worksite representatives. Adoption of wo...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - July 10, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ami Sedani Derry Stover Brian Coyle Rajvi J. Wani Tags: Article Source Type: research
Leveraging National Cancer Institute Programmatic Collaboration for Single Radiopharmaceutical Drug Master Files
Targeted radiopharmaceutical conjugates intended for therapeutic use often are made of three key components, a decaying radionuclide, a chemical chelator/linker, and a targeted molecular entity. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Experimental Therapeutics Program has accepted four radiopharmaceutical drug products so far that fit the targeted radiopharmaceutical conjugate class. As the NCI sharpens its thinking about its role as an investigational new drug sponsor for radiopharmaceuticals in clinical development, it has considered the relative merits of modular radiopharmaceutical drug master files. Here, the NCI provides...
Source: Frontiers in Oncology - June 27, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
The social advantage of miscalibrated individuals: The relationship between social class and overconfidence and its implications for class-based inequality.
Abstract
Understanding how socioeconomic inequalities perpetuate is a central concern among social and organizational psychologists. Drawing on a collection of findings suggesting that different social class contexts have powerful effects on people's sense of self, we propose that social class shapes the beliefs that people hold about their abilities, and that this, in turn, has important implications for how status hierarchies perpetuate. We first hypothesize that compared with individuals with relatively low social class, individuals with relatively high social class are more overconfident. Then, drawing...
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - May 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Belmi P, Neale MA, Reiff D, Ulfe R Tags: J Pers Soc Psychol Source Type: research
Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Small Business Program.
This article describes the historical context and current state of policies in this arena; it also provides details about mechanisms and approaches used to achieve the goals.
PMID: 30906152 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethnicity and Disease)
Source: Ethnicity and Disease - March 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ethn Dis Source Type: research
The relationship between cottage food laws and business outcomes: A quantitative study of cottage food producers in the United States
This article discusses results from the first comprehensive survey of cottage food producers in the United States. Linear and logistic regression analyses of survey responses from 775 cottage food producers and aspects of state cottage food laws suggest restrictive state laws may hinder entrepreneurship in rural communities. These results suggest policymakers should consider reducing restrictions on the cottage food industry in order to promote small-business creation and growth, especially among women and rural populations. (Source: Food Policy)
Source: Food Policy - February 27, 2019 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Advancing Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Through the National Cancer Institutes Small Business Innovation Research Pathway
This article summarizes the NCI SBIR funding solicitations for the development of TRTs and the research proposals funded through them. (Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - January 2, 2019 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Zakeri, K., Narayanan, D., Evans, G., Prasanna, P., Buchsbaum, J. C., Vikram, B., Capala, J. Tags: Clinical Source Type: research
Decreasing the Toxicity of Radiation Therapy: Radioprotectors and Radiomitigators Being Developed by the National Cancer Institute Through Small Business Innovation Research Contracts
With the intention of accelerating the translation of radiation-effect modulators, the Radiation Research Program at the National Cancer Institute collaborated with the SBIR Development Center to accelerate clinical translation of radiation-effect modulators. A summary of advances made through this collaboration has been previously described (Prasanna et al. Rad. Res. 2015). Here, we give an update on the SBIR funding for the development of radiation-effect modulators, which has resulted in multiple early phase clinical trials. (Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics)
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - December 21, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Kaveh Zakeri, Deepa Narayanan, Bhadrasain Vikram, Greg Evans, C. Norman Coleman, Pataje G.S. Prasanna Tags: Biology Contribution Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 2776: Needs and Barriers of Teen Mothers in Rural Eastern Uganda: Stakeholders ’ Perceptions Regarding Maternal/Child Nutrition and Health
IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 2776: Needs and Barriers of Teen Mothers in Rural Eastern Uganda: Stakeholders’ Perceptions Regarding Maternal/Child Nutrition and Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122776
Authors:
Josephine Nabugoomu
Gloria K Seruwagi
Kitty Corbett
Edward Kanyesigye
Susan Horton
Rhona Hanning
For adolescent mothers in rural Eastern Uganda, nutrition and health may be compromised by many factors. Identifying individual and environmental needs and barriers at local levels is important to inform community-based interventions. This qualitati...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - December 7, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Josephine Nabugoomu Gloria K Seruwagi Kitty Corbett Edward Kanyesigye Susan Horton Rhona Hanning Tags: Article Source Type: research
Perspectives of Sunless-Only Tanning Business Owners.
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PMID: 30488507 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The British Journal of Dermatology)
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - November 29, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: Nahar VK, Oleski JL, Choquette AR, Hillhouse JJ, Pagoto SL Tags: Br J Dermatol Source Type: research
Environmental pollution policy of small businesses in Nigeria and Ghana: extent and impact.
This study provides a comprehensive assessment of firms' operation and environmental protection polices in Nigeria and Ghana, where there has been a rising industrial growth amidst low regulatory and institutional frameworks. We analyze the extents to which firms' adoption of environmental protection policies affect their performances. We use firm-level data of 842 firms (447 for Nigeria and 395 for Ghana) distributed across different regions of both countries for our descriptive and econometric estimations. We find, among other things, that firms' adoption of internal policies on environmental protection is dismally low i...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - November 29, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Efobi U, Belmondo T, Orkoh E, Atata SN, Akinyemi O, Beecroft I Tags: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Source Type: research
Artisan food production, small family business and the Scottish food paradox
Nutrition&Food Science, Ahead of Print. Purpose This paper aims to draw together three strands of work currently being carried out at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh to take an overview of food in Scotland and on-going local interventions. The provision of “artisan” food, defined here as food that forms part of the established tradition of its local area, usually produced on a relatively small scale, has become prominent in Scotland in recent years and is seen by many as part of a developing food culture that begins to address the Scottish food pa radox. Design/methodology/approach A review of current rese...
Source: Nutrition and Food Science - November 19, 2018 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Behavioral control or income? An analysis of saving attitudes and behavior, credit card use and buying on installment
ConclusionPositive and negative attitudes towards buying on instalment and credit card use are not correlated with saving attitudes or behavior.RésuméIntroductionL’économie turque a traversé de multiples crises économiques, marquées, d’une part, par une évolution volatile du système financier national, et d’autre part, par l’introduction de cartes de crédit et de facilités de payement, pour les biens de consommation, ces modes de payement étant extrêmement faciles à obtenir.ObjectifInspirée par des travaux antérieurs sur les attitudes, les motivations et le comportement en matière d’épargne, cett...
Source: European Review of Applied Psychology - November 14, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Knowledge and Practices of Cervical Cancer and Its Prevention Among Malawian Women
AbstractMalawi has the highest incidence of cervical cancer in the world. Due to various challenges the country faces in terms of cervical cancer control, women have a poor chance to survive this disease. The purpose of our study was to describe the knowledge and practices of cervical cancer and its screening as well as the educational preferences of women living in a rural community in the Chiradzulu District. We conducted a survey among women between the ages 30 and 45, used convenience sampling, a calculated sample size (n = 282) and structured interviews to collect the data. A questionnaire adapted from a previous ...
Source: Journal of Cancer Education - November 10, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
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Substantially more small-business owners and their workers have health coverage today than before the ACA, mainly because of subsidized coverage options and Medicaid expansion, new Commonwealth Fund-supported research shows. The analysis, by Mark Hall of Wake Forest University and Michael McCue of Virginia Commonwealth University, also finds that premium and claim costs have remained stable in the small-group market.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - October 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
