This study examined the prevalence of PTSD symptoms; the relationship between PTSD and resilience, religious orientation and religious practices; and how gender is associated with these variables among a volunteer sample of 140 students attending a Christian university in Haiti approximately four months after the January 2010 earthquake. Using the PTSD Checklist-Civilian (PCL-C), the Resilience...

BACKGROUND Global literature has suggested a negative impact of acculturative stress on both physical and mental health among international migrants. In China, approximately 20 percent of its population is rural-to-urban migrant workers and there are significant cultural differences between rural and urban societies, but no data are available regarding the acculturative stress of Chinese migran...

BACKGROUND HPV vaccination is universally recommended for boys and girls, yet vaccination rates remain low nationwide. METHODS We conducted a provider-focused intervention that included repeated contacts, education, individualized feedback, and strong quality improvement incentives to raise HPV vaccination rates at two federally qualified community health centers. To estimate the effectivenes...

Epidemiological research serves a critical role in public mental health planning in the aftermath of disasters, particularly via estimation of the mental health burden and potential needs of affected communities. However, different measures are used across studies to assess mental health response, making cross-study comparison difficult. The National Women's Study Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ...

BACKGROUND High rates of mental health disorders have been reported in veterans returning from deployment to Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom: OEF) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom: OIF); however, less is known about physical health functioning and its temporal course post-deployment. Therefore, our goal is to study physical health functioning in OEF/OIF veterans after deployment. MET...

BACKGROUND Subjective health status is an increasingly important parameter to assess the effect of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in clinical practice. Aim of this study was to determine medical and psychosocial predictors of poor subjective health status over a 10 years' post-PCI period. METHODS We included a series of consecutive PCI patients (n = 573) as part of the RESEARCH regi...

introduction: prefabricated metal and ceramic posts can be used with different kinds of core materials as an alternative to the conventional casting post and cores. it is unclear how these post and core systems can withstand different kind of forces in the mouth. the purpose of this study was to compare the fracture strength of endodontically treated, crowned maxillary incisors restored with ca...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries in the world and the most common problem is post-tonsillectomy pain and bleeding. the relief of postoperative pain helps increase early food intake and prevent secondary dehydration. one method for relieving pain is peritonsillar injection of epinephrine along with an anesthetic, which has been shown to produce variable results in ...