Using a prospective, longitudinal study design, this paper addresses the impact of genetic counseling and testing for deafness on deaf adults and the Deaf community. This study specifically evaluated the effect of genetic counseling and Connexin-26 and Connexin-30 genetic test results on participants' deaf identity and understanding of their genetic test results. Connexin-26 and Connexin-30 gen...

OBJECTIVE To explore factors that facilitate the receipt of mental health treatment among juvenile crime victims. METHOD Telephone interviews were conducted with a national sample of 157 caretakers whose children had suffered a serious sexual or physical assault in the previous year. RESULTS Twenty-two percent of caretakers had thought about getting professional counseling for their child v...

This study examined physician attitudes and practices pertaining to patient counseling about smoking in Belgrade, Serbia. Data were collected using a cross-sectional survey of 86 physicians at multiple health care facilities. Approximately 74% of physicians agreed that they should routinely ask patients about their smoking habits and 79% agreed that physicians should routinely advise their smok...

Article history: Received on: 25/11/2013 Revised on: 19/12/2013 Accepted on: 24/01/2014 Available online: 30/01/2014 The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and nature of patient counseling barriers as perceived by pharmacists. The data was collected by adding a question about the existence and nature of counseling barriers, if they exist, to the standard patient counseling form...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a growing health concern in Kuwait. Obesity has been identified as a key risk factor for many chronic diseases including hypertension, dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus. It has been shown that community pharmacists' involvement is associated with successful weight management in developed countries. This study was conducted to investigate the role of community pharm...