p 53 is famous—or infamous—as a fulcrum in the development of cancer. As a transcription factor, it controls the expression of a bevy of genes that protect cells in times of stress or, when stresses exceed certain thresholds, sends them down the path to cellular suicide. Its mutation or loss is observed in many types of cancer. Karen Vousden has been studying p53 since the early stages of her c...

OBJECTIVE To examine the associations of perceived interparental relationship, family harmony and family happiness with smoking intention in never-smoking Chinese children and adolescents in Hong Kong. DESIGN, SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional surveys of 15 753 primary (grades 4-6) and 38 398 secondary (grades 7-12) never-smoking students from 71 to 75 randomly selected primary and se...

I MUST, at once, say what a pleasure it is to see so many old friends again, and I must thank most warmly those who have put me into my present privileged position. Effectively to recapture the past is beyond most of us. The attempt by an individual to do so, however, can be pleasurable and may be salutary or even poignant. But be the reaction as it may, the evocation of old and partly forgotte...

Ross Graham (RG): What attracted you to public health? Trevor Hancock (TH): After four years of family practice, I was tired of patching people up and sending them back into the war. I wanted to go upstream. This interest was also triggered by my involvement in ecological politics and my work at a health centre in Etobicoke where the majority of patients were on some form of social support. The...

An investigation into the prevalence and characteristics of child sexual abuse in the Northern Province (South Africa) was conducted. A total of 414 secondary school students in standard 9 and 10 in three representative secondary schools completed a retrospective self-rating questionnaire in a classroom setting. The questionnaire asked about childhood sexual abuse and the victim-perpetrator rel...

The main purpose of this article is to analyze the ELT scenario of community based schools in Surkhet district. This paper, presents an introduction of ELT curriculum of English in school level, current status of ELT achievement in Surkhet district, issues, challenges and problems overwhelmed around ELT in community-based schools, strategies to enhance the competence and performance of teachers...