OBJECTIVES An influenza pandemic, as with any disaster involving contagion or contamination, has the potential to influence the number of health care employees who will report for duty. Our project assessed the uptake of proposed interventions to mitigate absenteeism in hospital workers during a pandemic. METHODS Focus groups were followed by an Internet-based survey of a convenience sample f...

OBJECTIVES To identify the reasons why some people do not participate in bowel cancer screening so that steps can be taken to improve informed decision-making. DESIGN Qualitative study, using focus groups with thematic analysis of data to identify, analyse and report patterns. Transcripts were repeatedly read and inductively coded using a phenomenological perspective, and organised into key t...

Although several states have implemented programs providing boxes for infant sleep, safe sleep experts express concern regarding the paucity of safety and efficacy research on boxes. The purpose of this study was to assess pregnant women's perceptions regarding use of baby sleep boxes. A convenience sample was recruited from a community prenatal education program. Twenty-eight women were admini...

BACKGROUND During the past several decades, emergency department (ED) increasing volume has proven to be a difficult challenge to address. With the advent of the Affordable Care Act, there is much speculation on the impact that health care coverage expansion will have on ED usage across the country. It is currently unclear what the effects of Medicaid expansion and a decreased number of uninsur...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate a decision support computer program (DSCP) for cancer pain management. DESIGN An Internet intervention study to evaluate the usage profile, accuracy, and acceptance of the DSCP. SETTING Internet and community settings. SAMPLE 122 nurses working with patients with cancer were recruited through the Internet through a convenience sampling method. METHODS The ...

Purpose – This research aims to integrate the unified theory of acceptance and usage of technology (UTAUT) with task technology fit to explain users’ behavioral intention of using library mobile applications in university libraries. Design/methodology/approach – By integrating the unified theory of acceptance and usage of technology (UTAUT) and the moderator of task-technology fit, this researc...

<p><span lang="EN-US">The study investigated the determinants of m-banking adoption among generation Y (Gen-Y) in Malaysia. The underpinned technology acceptance model as main guideline or a blueprint for analyzing research model. applied survey design and structural equation modeling (SEM) under partial least-square SEM (PLS-SEM) technique using SmartPLS 2.0. A total 358 users Mala...

AIMS The purposes of this study were to (1) to identify the causes of cancer in breast cancer survivors in Taiwan; and (2) to investigate the influence of demographic characteristics and breast cancer-related factors on the cause of cancer. MATERIALS AND METHOD This study details the related investigative results on survivors with breast cancer using a descriptive and correlational design. A ...

BACKGROUND Health of immigrants is challenge for any host country due to multiple reasons. Immigrants of Pakistani origin constitute a significant population in the USA and their population has doubled in last 10 years. This study was conducted to determine factors affecting health service utilization in the state of Maryland, USA. METHODS This was a descriptive study, utilizing mixed method ...

BACKGROUND Women with the medical history of breast cancer constitute the biggest group of patients who survived cancer. Despite the high rate of mastectomy after breast cancer in Iran; only limited patients elect reconstruction surgery. The aim of our study was to evaluate the rate of tendency to breast reconstruction (BR) surgery among women with breast cancer who had mastectomy but not under...