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R Field

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PubMed1976

A quantitative dermatophyte infection model in the guinea pig--a parallel to the quantitated human infection model.

A method is described for inducing quantitative dermatophyte infections in guinea pigs. This model is unique in that the epidermis in the infection site is not traumatized nor is it epilated. One hundred spore-inocula of Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. granulosum ATCC number 18748 induced infections in 85% of tested guinea pigs. The course of these infections in guinea pigs that had not had a previous infection (inexperienced) and those that had (experienced) paralleled that seen in experimental infections of human volunteers.

Animals↗
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Promoting the role of ward sisters and charge nurses.

Ward sisters and charge nurses face new and different pressures in a changing health service. This year's RCN Congress will call for a national development programme for ward managers. Here, the authors describe how, using a 'think tank', workshops and a seminar, one trust identified the obstacles to good nursing practice and developed positive ways of overcoming them.

Education, Nursing, Continuing↗
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Validity and reliability of a breast cancer knowledge test.

A study was made to develop and test a tool to measure a subject's knowledge about breast cancer screening in order to implement effective strategies for prevention and early detection. The Breast Cancer Knowledge Test measures a subject's knowledge about detection and screening practices. The instrument is an expansion of Stillman's Knowledge Questionnaire. A 30-item test was designed and pretested. Four nationally recognized experts in cancer control determined content validity. Reliability testing then was done with a sample of 101 women 50 years of age and older. The complete posttested 18-item instrument is reported here. Correlational analyses were done between the total scores on the Breast Cancer Knowledge test and subjects' practice of screening behaviors. Findings indicate that more knowledge of breast cancer screening is associated with use of mammography and obtaining a professional examination, but not with the practice of breast self-examination.

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Influence of others in motivating women to obtain breast cancer screening.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of influence of other people in getting women to obtain breast cancer screening. DESCRIPTION OF STUDY: A descriptive study of 129 women completed the researcher-developed, Likert-type scale-Influence of Others Scale. A self-report questionnaire was used to obtain frequency of breast cancer screening behaviors (breast self-examination, clinical breast examination, and mammography). RESULTS: The Influence of Others Scale had acceptable reliability scores. Comparison of the means and t-test analyses between those who performed the recommended screening behavior with those who had not revealed that the influence of family and friends and the influence of knowing someone with breast cancer were significant for each of the three screening behaviors. Regression analyses revealed that the influence of others was highly significant to the practice of breast self-examination and less so for mammography and clinical breast examination. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: These findings underscore the potential importance of using specific women's social networks to reinforce breast cancer screening.

Breast Neoplasms↗