Within the framework of the health-belief model, some studies exist investigating the association between illness-specific psychosocial factors and the use of cancer screenings. However, studies investigating the association between general psychosocial factors and the use of cancer screenings are missing. Thus, this study aimed at examining the association between well-established general psyc...

Nucleic acid amplification test (NAT), which was introduced by the Japanese Red Cross Society in October 1999, began to be performed for screening of blood transfusion formulations in Japan in August 2014. In this study, the precision of immunological screenings of hepatitis B (HBsAg, HBcAb, and HBsAb), hepatitis C (HCVAb), and human immunodeficiency (HIVAb) virus antigens in donated blood were...

Introduction: Hearing loss is one of the most common problems in elderly people. Functional side effects of hearing loss are various. Due to the fact that hearing loss is the common impairment in elderly people; the importance of its possible effects on auditory memory is undeniable. This study aims to focus on the hearing loss effects on auditory memory.   Materials and Methods: Dichotic Audi...

The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV), which includes comprehensive preventative assessments and screenings, is associated with improved services, including vaccination cancer screenings. However, the AWV alone does not promote whole-person care. Integrating within an Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS) contextualizes services a geriatric care framework that integrates “4Ms” (mentation, medica...

Abstract In the mid-1920s, Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje toured South African countryside showing films he brought from Tuskegee Institute in United States. Plaatje’s cinema tours complemented his educational talks on status of Africans Union Africa alongside material collected for books, speeches and political tours. Focusing itinerant as an element fieldwork, our article asks what can be learned ...