The need for high-quality evidence to support practice is an ongoing issue in occupational therapy. As a consequence, growing numbers of occupational therapists are engaged in both clinical practice and research activities. Therapists who find themselves in these dual roles are sometimes faced with ethical conflicts when the responsibilities of being a researcher appear, on the surface, to dive...

background: this study was to determine common methods to treat addiction used by patients checked into outpatient treatment and rehabilitation clinics in tehran. methods : the study was conducted in social security affiliated outpatient clinics including three governmental and several private centers in 22 districts of tehran. demographic data, personal information, social characteristics and ...

The study uses data from eight censuses conducted between 1970 and 2011 to reconstruct long term trends in terminal celibacy in South Africa. The cohort analysis covers those born between 1870 and 1971. Results show a quasi-stable prevalence of terminal celibacy for cohorts born before 1920, followed by a steep rise. Levels and trends were notably different for the four population groups. Black...

The reasons for becoming celibate following diagnosis with HIV/AIDS were examined using focused interviews with 63 infected older adults (ages 50-68). Forty-eight percent reported they were currently celibate or had been celibate following diagnosis with HIV/AIDS. Women reported celibacy (78%) more than men (36%). Although men and women reported some similar reasons for celibacy, most notably f...

The first demographic transition refers to the original declines in fertility and mortality, as witnessed in western countries already from the 18 and 19th Centuries onward, and during the second half of the 20 Century in the rest of the world. At present, there is hardly any country left without a beginning of a fertility decline brought by the manifest use of contraception. Moreover, this fir...

History 311 Katherine Smith April 11, 2011 Between A Rock and A Hard Place: Marriage Implications for Women in the Reformation At first glance, the changing trends concerning marriage during the Reformation appear to embody a fundamental shift toward a partnership model of more equal religious status between men and women. Martin Luther, for example, argues in The Estate of Marriage that marria...

The purpose of this study was to identify HIV prevention goals of college students, to determine if there are differences in goal setting between males and females, and to determine if an association exists between goal setting and behavior. The data are from a study designed to identify HIV prevention practices of college students. The results of the study showed that 71.4% of the respondents ...

BACKGROUND Effective sexual health promotion programs need to be based on evidence; this study describes a set of sexual behavioral patterns, education and other subjects related to sexual life among 71th, 8th and 9th grade students in the State of Lara, Venezuela. METHODS During 2003 to 2004 school period, 2070 students filled out the Global School Health Survey (GSHS)--a school based cross-...

Methamphetamine (Meth) users report having heightened sexual pleasure, numerous sexual partners, and engaging in unprotected sex due to loss of inhibitory control. This compulsive sexual behavior contributes to increased prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, but the neural basis for this is unknown. We previously established a paradigm for compulsive sexual behavior in male rats in whi...