BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute stroke education has focused on stroke symptom recognition. Lack of education about stroke preparedness and appropriate actions may prevent people from seeking immediate care. Few interventions have rigorously evaluated preparedness strategies in multiethnic community settings. METHODS The Acute Stroke Program of Interventions Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparit...

Awareness, education, preparedness, predictive, and early warning systems can assist communities in mitigating the disruptive consequences of natural disasters like typhoons. Preparation for mitigation typhoons are vital to disaster risk management because they provide accurate pertinent knowledge, skills, attitude before, during, after typhoon processes. This article summarizes an innovative, ...

UNTIL RECENTLY, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPons have not been the focus of domestic planning, unlike our long-standing preparedness for a nuclear attack. Today, however, these weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are readily available to many countries, including so-called rogue states. Even more alarming, WMDs are a viable alternative to conventional weapons for terrorist groups and disgruntled ...

BACKGROUND Non-invasive screening investigations are rarely used for assessing the activation and progression of the hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axis through puberty. This study aimed to establish a normal range for urinary gonadotrophins in children progressing through puberty. METHODS Urine samples were collected from 161 healthy school children (76 boys, 85 girls) aged 4-19 yrs. Height ...

The Implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Preparedness emerged as a critical concern in educational institutions to ensure the well-being protection students, teachers, staff. main objective was evaluate level implementation disaster preparedness perceived by Junior High School Students one Division Davao de Oro schools. sample consisted hundred (100) respondents. researchers...

Abstract Community-wide wildfire mitigation can effectively protect homes from structure ignition. The Firewise USA program provides a framework for grassroots preparedness. Here, we examine the 500 sites in California to understand participation and demographic trends. We find important regional differences regarding influence of underlying fire hazard, history, other on new site formation. Si...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of a brief training program on primary care providers' skills, attitudes, and knowledge regarding high-risk and problem drinking. DESIGN Training plus pretesting and posttesting for program efficacy. SETTING Ambulatory primary care clinic; academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS Fourteen attending physicians, 12 residents, and 5 nurse practitioners were random...

In the late summer of 2014, it became apparent that improved preparedness was needed for Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in at-risk countries surrounding the three highly affected West African countries (Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia). The World Health Organization (WHO) identified 14 nearby African countries as high priority to receive technical assistance for Ebola preparedness; two additiona...