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M E Walsh

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PubMed1990

Developmentally-based AIDS/HIV education.

A growing number of health and education professionals argue that AIDS/HIV education curricula should be developmentally-based. They suggest the principles of developmental psychology be used to design curricula based on the sequentially ordered ways children of different ages understand AIDS. Relying on findings of research on development of children's conceptions of illness, a specific developmentally-based approach to educating school-age children about AIDS/HIV is presented in this paper. For each of three major age groups, the paper describes general characteristics for children's thought processes, ways in which children assimilate information about various aspects of AIDS, and implications for educating children about causes, prevention, and fear of AIDS. The focus of AIDS/HIV education can move from reducing fear in the younger group, to identifying and differentiating causes and noncauses of AIDS in the intermediate groups, to articulating strategies for AIDS prevention in the older group.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1990

The Toledo Exercise and Diet Study. Results at 26 weeks.

This study was designed to test whether an exercise program is additive to diet counseling in lowering elevated blood cholesterol levels. From a screened population of 1024 subjects, we randomized 66 predominantly female subjects to two intervention groups: diet counseling and diet counseling with exercise. Subjects were selected who had elevated levels of serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, an average or low fitness level, and a diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol. After 26 weeks of intervention, 51 subjects exhibited significant decreases in serum levels of cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The addition of exercise to diet counseling resulted in improved aerobic capacity, losses of body fat and weight, and further nonsignificant decreases in serum cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Since these results differ from data acquired in individuals with normal to borderline serum cholesterol levels, further studies appear indicated in hypercholesterolemic subjects, especially in women.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

Reducing the hazards: brief report.

Injury to the patient and surgeon by an operative instrument is fortunately uncommon, but carries an additional risk of transmission of infectious disease. A simple method using a gallipot to protect the emerging point of the skeletal traction pin during insertion is described.

Bone Nails↗
PubMed1986

Increasing autistic children's spontaneous verbalizations of affection: an assessment of time delay and peer modeling procedures.

We assessed the efficacy of time delay and peer modeling procedures in increasing autistic children's spontaneous verbalizations of affection. Four autistic children were taught to spontaneously say "I like (love) you" in response to a hug from a familiar person and their mother. Generalization from a free play training setting to free play outdoors and at home was assessed. Ancillary social and affection behaviors were also observed. Results indicated that the time delay was a quick and effective procedure for all the children. Peer modeling was unsuccessful in teaching the target behavior.

Affect↗
PubMed1983

Breath alcohol analysis in the Accident and Emergency Department.

Breath alcohol analysis was undertaken in 1044 consecutive patients aged over 15 years attending the Accident and Emergency (A and E) Department of a rural district general hospital during a 50-day period. 16.5 per cent of all patients had the smell of alcohol on their breath, with 10.2 per cent of the patients recording a breath alcohol level equivalent to a blood level of 80 mg/100 ml or more. One-third of all patients attending between 9 pm and midnight, and almost two-thirds of patients attending between midnight and 3 am had positive breath tests. Positive breath tests were most likely in males, patients with head injuries, with overdoses, in victims of assault and in patients with a depressed conscious level, irrespective of cause. Clinical estimation of intoxication by alcohol may be accurate in the co-operative patient, but in the patient with a head injury or with a depressed conscious level from another cause, this is more difficult. Breath alcohol analysis is rapid, not-invasive, accurate and of clinical value in these and other high-risk patients attending hospital as emergencies.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

NLN update.

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Legislation, Nursing↗
PubMed1980

Development of children's concepts of illness.

This study examines the development of children's concepts of illness in light of Piaget's and Werner's findings regarding the ontogenesis of causal relations. Six developmentally ordered categories of explanation of illness have been articulated. These categories, which are consistent with Piaget's three major stages of cognitive development, can be useful to pediatricians (1) in explaining illness and providing "reassurance" to children, (2) in developing meaningful health education strategies, and (3) in responding to the degree of control the child feels over the illness.

Attitude to Health↗