This study compares self-reported sexual behaviors from a retrospective survey and a prospective diary among Botswana Defence Force (BDF) personnel. One hundred sixty-one male participants, aged 18-30, completed two weekly prospective diaries and a retrospective survey querying them about behaviors reported during the same time frame as the diaries. Most reported behaviors were similar between ...

Outlier Aversion in Evaluating Performance: Evidence from Figure Skating The quality of subjective performance evaluation is dependent on the incentive structures faced by evaluators, in particular on how they are monitored and themselves evaluated. Figure skating competitions provide a unique opportunity to study subjective evaluation. This paper develops and tests a simple model of what I cal...

Little empirical data exist regarding candidness of service members' responses on the mandated Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA) administered 3 to 6 months postdeployment. This study reports on the agreement between responses from U.S. Marines on a subset of the military-administered mandatory PDHRA items and answers to the same subset of items embedded in confidential research survey...

BACKGROUND Body Mass Index (BMI) does not distinguish between fat-free mass and fat mass, yet this distinction is important as a clinical tool, especially in the military and occupations for which physical fitness is important. AIM This study assessed the level of agreement between BMI, sum of skin-folds and waist circumference in UK Army personnel. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Three hundred and ei...

The health care sector is among the most rapidly growing sectors in the world economy. It is estimated to generate US$ 3 trillion per year in countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development alone and is expected to rise to US$ 4 trillion by 2005 (1, 2). The globalization of health services is reflected in the growing cross-border delivery of health services, through move...