BACKGROUND Efforts to promote physical activity through environmental changes in low-income, urban, and minority areas should be informed by an understanding of the value that residents place on different neighborhood features and characteristics. METHODS Neighborhood rebuilding preferences among 442 New Orleans residents after the damage from Hurricane Katrina were assessed by a random-digit...

OBJECTIVE To determine resident comfort and skill in performing ambulatory care skills. METHODS Descriptive survey of common ambulatory care skills administered to internal medicine faculty and residents at one academic medical center. Respondents were asked to rate their ability to perform 12 physical exam skills and 6 procedures, and their comfort in performing 7 types of counseling, and ob...

introduction. practicing medicine needs correct, up to date and easy to use information resources. this study is designed to investigate different aspects of the resources used by internal medicine attending physicians, residents and interns. methods. all attendings (n: 43), residents (n: 23) and interns (n: 33) of internal medicine ward were, after receiving a brief introduction about the aim ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this project was to survey radiation oncology chief residents to define their residency experience and readiness for independent practice. METHODS AND MATERIALS During the academic years 2013 to 2014 and 2014 to 2015, the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) conducted an electronic survey of post-graduate year-5 radiation oncology residents in the Unite...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) can affect cognitive function. We assessed cognitive function and cognitive impairment among community-dwelling elderly in a multi-ethnic urban low-SES Asian neighborhood and compared them with a higher-SES neighborhood. METHODS The study population involved all residents aged ≥60 years in two housing estates comprising owner-occupied ho...

Based on a comparison of discharges for avoidable hospital conditions (AHCs), we find that Paris provides greater access to primary care than Manhattan. Age-adjusted AHC rates are more than 2.5 times as high in Manhattan as in Paris. In contrast, the difference in rates of hospital discharge for "marker conditions" are only about 20 percent higher in Manhattan. Rates of discharges for AHCs are ...

Objective: Appropriate training in colposcopy for residents is essential to improve management of abnormal cervical cytology and histology and reduce unnecessary testing and procedures. Materials and Methods: A colposcopy curriculum including multidisciplinary colposcopy conferences, weekly smallgroup didactic sessions and hands-on procedural training was introduced into an obstetrics and gynec...

BACKGROUND The rate of recognition and treatment of depressed older people in nursing homes is low. Data from the low-level residential care population have not been reported. This study aimed to collect information about the treatment of depression among older persons living in low-level residential care (hostels). METHOD The participants comprised 300 elderly residents from ten low-level re...