Uptake of Skin Self-examination and Clinical Examination Behavior by Outdoor Workers
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Skin examination behavior: the role of melanoma history, skin type, psychosocial factors, and region of residence in determining clinical and self-conducted skin examination.
OBJECTIVE To examine the frequency and correlates of skin examination behaviors in an international sample of individuals at varying risk of developing melanoma. DESIGN A cross-sectional, web-based survey. SETTING Data were collected from the general population over a 20-month period on behalf of the Melanoma Genetics Consortium (GenoMEL). PARTICIPANTS A total of 8178 adults from Northern...
متن کاملEvaluation of Diagnostic Agreement between Teledermatology and Clinical Examination of Skin Diseases
Background: Telemedicine provides a tele-communication between physician and patient in remote areas for transferring patient information for the purpose of diagnostic and therapeutic services. Teledermatology is a kind of approach for dermatologists that uses high resolution images for diagnosis. In this study we evaluated the agreement between direct (patient-physician) and indirect (telemedi...
متن کاملSocial Health Workers as Evaluators in Objectice Structured Clinical Examination: Evidences and Perspectives
Introduction: this study is aimed at investigating faculty’s and students’ perspective whether health social workers can be hired as substitute for evaluators or as a co-evaluator for clerkship students assesmet in community medicine course? Methods: this research is a cross-sectional study. The study has been conducted by participation of medical students assigned to pass comunity medicine co...
متن کاملDeterminants of uptake of whole-body skin self-examination in older men.
Early detection through whole-body Skin Self-Examination (wbSSE) may decrease mortality from melanoma. Using the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) or Health Belief Model (HBM) we aimed to assess determinants of uptake of wbSSE in 410 men 50 years of older who participated in the control group of a randomized trial. Overall, the HAPA was a significantly better predictor of wbSSE compared to ...
متن کاملTraining Methods of Clinical Breast Examination
With respect to the important role of clinical examination in breast lesion diagnosis, training of Clinical Breast Examination (CBE) to medical students are very critical. Despite the various method of physical examination, the current methods like using patients especially about breast aren’t accepted because of various reasons. Until now, any review studies about the optimum method of CBE hav...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1933-8244,2154-4700
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2013.771247