Labeling food safety attributes: to inform or not to inform?

InFORM: an innovative, integrated food safety meeting.

S eptember is Food Safety Month, so this column provides the perfect op­ portunity to tell Journal of Environmen­ tal Health readers about an upcoming food safety meeting: the Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response Management (InFORM) Meeting. Sponsored by several federal agen­ cies and national organizations, this meet­ ing emphasizes the integration of laborato­ rians, epidemiologists, and en...

Using Complexity and Network Concepts to Inform Healthcare Knowledge Translation

Many representations of the movement of healthcare knowledge through society exist, and multiple models for the translation of evidence into policy and practice have been articulated. Most are linear or cyclical and very few come close to reflecting the dense and intricate relationships, systems and politics of organizations and the processes required to enact sustainable improvements. We illus...

A professional duty to inform.

on the insured's duty to inform

one of the most important duties of insured in the insurance contract, is to inform the insurer, fully and accurately. this obligation arises in three stages:before conclusion of contract, during the contract and after occurrence of the insured event. the review shows that the insured’s duty before conclusion of contract is reduced from a primary obligation to a secondary one. this means that i...

Comparing four methods to inform parents about child behavior management: how to inform for consent.

One hundred twenty parents were shown descriptions of eight traditional behavior management techniques via one of four different presentation methods: one of two types of video presentation, an oral presentation, or a written presentation. They were asked whether they felt well informed about each technique and asked for consent to perform any one of the techniques that might be needed with the...