OBJECTIVES Despite the possibility of early detection of cervical cancer, participation in screening programmes among young Koreans is low. We sought to identify associations between risk factors and participation in screening for cervical cancer among young Koreans. DESIGN Nationwide cross-sectional study. SETTING Republic of Korea. PARTICIPANTS 3734. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The Korea Na...

BACKGROUND Cancer-screening programs are effective in reducing cancer prevalence and mortality; however, cancer remains the leading cause of death in elderly people in Korea. The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with elders' participation in the National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) and differences in screening rates by gender. METHODS Original data from the Korea N...

Purpose of this paper This paper examines customers’ participation in the production of commercial hospitality. Drawing on a study of queer consumers (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals), the paper considers the ways in which frequently circulated understandings, or myths, shaped consumers’ actions. The case study is used to highlight previously under examined dimen...

OBJECTIVES To identify age differences in physical activity (PA) participation for women. METHODS Data from 3,952 women 25+ from the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) were used to analyze participation patterns for 17 PA types. RESULTS The top five leisure PAs by participation rate for all ages were walking (42%), dancing (20%), treadmill (15%), biking (11...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the impact of an experience of a benign mammographic result on intention to seek medical help immediately in the case of breast abnormalities, and on intentions and thoughts about future participation in screening. SETTING The Dutch Breast Cancer Screening Programme for women aged 50-69. METHODS Subjects were women who were invited for an initial breast examination...

Conventional techniques for assessing the knowledge and clinical competence of undergraduate medical students are widely acknowledged as being unsatisfactory. We introduced an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) for our fourth year medical students at the end of their accident and emergency (A&E) medicine attachment. This paper outlines the organisation of the examination and the r...

CONTEXT Optimising student learning and academic performance is a continuous challenge for medical schools. The assessment policy may influence both learning and performance. Previously, the joint contribution of self-regulated learning (SRL) and participation in scheduled learning activities towards academic performance has been reported. However, little is known about the relationships betwee...

Our commentary on Forman et al paper explores their thesis that right to health language can frame global health policy responses. We examined human rights discourse in the outcome documents from three 2015 United Nations (UN) summits and found rights-related terms are used in all three. However, a deeper examination of the discourse finds the documents do not convey the obligations and entitle...

The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire and You (PAR-Q) and the Physical Activity Readiness Medical Examination (PARmed-X) were Canada’s primary front-line pre-participation screening tools for physical activity. The PAR-Q contains a simple 7question battery designed to determine whether individuals are able to become more physically active or engage in a fitness appraisal.1 When a person...

PURPOSE Recent evidence suggests that platelets play a major role in ischemia-reperfusion injury, not only through thrombus formation but also through participation in inflammatory reactions with leukocytes. This study was designed to investigate the contribution of platelets in leukocyte recruitment to inflamed regions in vivo. METHODS Thrombocytopenia was produced in male Long-Evans rats by...