Nutritionists educate Vietnamese immigrants about breastfeeding

Knowledge of dementia among Vietnamese American immigrants.

Physicians' intention to educate about emergency contraception.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Our objective was to examine the intention of academic primary care physicians to educate women about emergency contraception (EC) and whether differences in their intention varies with patient situation, knowledge and attitudes about EC, gender, or specialty. METHODS As part of a larger cross-sectional survey about intention to prescribe EC with 96 faculty physician...

Counseling about the HPV vaccine: desexualize, educate, and advocate.

Information is provided for clinicians who treat adolescents and adult women to use when counseling patients about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. A literature search was done to determine: (1) reasons for refusal of the vaccine, including cost and concerns that immunization against HPV will lead to promiscuity; (2) potential for non-sexual transmission of HPV; (3) non-genital locations of ...

Judgments about intimate partner violence: a statewide survey about immigrants.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this research was to: (1) examine judgments about immigrants who are victims of and assailants in intimate partner violence, and (2) assess whether immigrants to the U.S., a diverse and growing population, know that intimate partner violence is illegal in the United States and their judgments about what sanctions, if any, should follow. METHODS A random-digit-dial te...

[School girls' perception and knowledge about breastfeeding].

OBJECTIVE To compare two groups of school age girls from different social strata were compared in terms of their perception and knowledge about breastfeeding. METHODS A structured questionnaire was applied to all 346 4th to 8th grade girls attending two schools, a private one, whose students belonged to the upper class (School A), and a public one, whose students belonged to the lower class (...