Exploring deployment experiences of Army medical department personnel.

Operation Orderly--prevalence and degree of distress among military personnel following their ambulance experiences in London District.

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and degree of distress among military personnel following their experiences during Operation Orderly in London District. A questionnaire was distributed at the end of the deployment which inquired about distressing experiences. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and the Impact of Event Scale (IES) were included to provide an obj...

Confirmed malaria cases among active component U.S. Army personnel, January-September 2012.

Of 26 cases of malaria reported among active component U.S. Army personnel during January through September 2012, 16 were laboratory-confirmed according to electronic medical records. Medical records and responses on postdeployment health assessment questionnaires were used to assess demographic and clinical characteristics, adherence to malaria prevention measures, and compliance with prescrip...

Hospitalization and medical evacuation of army personnel due to toxic inhalational exposure-Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, 2001 through mid 2011.

Epidemiologic profile of shigellosis among Iranian military personnel: a retrospective study in the Army

  Purpose: To assess the epidemiologic features of shigellosis in Iranian military personnel of   the Army.   Materials and Methods: The data was gathered from archived reports of Iran’s Army at AJA   University of Medical Sciences. All military personnel with confirmed diagnosis of shigellosis   reported by the Army physicians were included in the study. Data analysis was done by appropriate  ...

Exploring Nursing Students’ Experiences of Privacy in Pediatrics Ward: A Qualitative Study

Background and Objectives: Respecting privacy means respecting individuals, their dignity and independence. It is mandatory to observe privacy in health-care systems. Therefore, this study was carried out with the aim of expressing nursing students’ experience of privacy in pediatrics ward. Methods: This qualitative study was done inductively using content analysis method. The participant...