PURPOSE U.S. military women and dependents have few options for abortion when facing an unintended pregnancy overseas. Federal law prohibits the use of Department of Defense facilities and funds for abortion except when the woman's life is at risk, and privately funded abortions are permitted at military facilities only if a pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. The purpose of this study w...

The UK National Health Service has a long history of recruiting overseas nurses to meet nursing shortages in the UK. However, recruitment patterns regularly fluctuate in response to political and economic changes. Typically, the UK government gives little consideration of how these unstable recruitment practices affect overseas nurses. In this article, we present findings from two independent r...

AIMS This study aims to examine Queensland suicide trends in the Australian-born population and in the overseas-born populations over the past 2 decades. METHODS All suicide cases for the period 1991-2009 were identified in the Queensland Suicide Register. Age-standardised suicide rates were calculated. Joinpoint regression and Poisson regression were applied. RESULTS A significant decline ...

There is a long tradition in the UK of recruiting migrant labour into the NHS to fill nursing vacancies (Buchan, 1999). The recruitment of nurses from overseas has increased in recent years as part of a Department of Health drive to redress staff shortages. There are now more than 35 000 new overseas nurses who have registered since 2000 (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2004). These nurses make ...

In Australia, domestic tourism generated AUD71 billion in 2009-10, representing approximately 75.6% of national tourism revenue. While the number of domestic overnight visitors increased by 2.3% in that year, the number of Australians travelling overseas grew by 15.9%. This shows that there is a high tendency for more Australians to travel overseas. There are two possible reasons: first, the in...

Overseas Road Notes are prepared principally for road and transport authorities in countries receiving technical assistance from the British Government. A limited number of copies is available to other organisations and to individuals with an interest in roads overseas, and may be obtained from: Limited extracts from the text may be reproduced provided the source is acknowledged. For more exten...

INTRODUCTION The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering implementation of overseas medical screening of student-visa applicants to reduce the numbers of active tuberculosis cases entering the United States. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the costs, cases averted, and cost-effectiveness of screening for, and treating, tuberculosis in United States-bound students from countries with v...

OBJECTIVE The study aimed to establish current levels of overseas volunteering and placement activity across all staff grades within the National Health Service (NHS) in the North West of England. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. INSTRUMENT Descriptive statistics. SETTING 4 main regional hospitals in the North West of England, and additional NHS staff training events. PARTICIPANTS Conveni...