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Selected AbstractsExtent and Nature of Sexual Harassment in the Fashion Retail Workplace: 10 Years LaterFAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES RESEARCH JOURNAL, Issue 1 2005Catherine Amoroso Leslie Sexual harassment continues to be a pervasive and costly problem for businesses, government, and educational institutions. In the past 15 years, workplace sexual harassment has become prominent in the public consciousness. In fashion retailing, an industry with a large number of young, unmarried female employees and relatively large power differentials between organizational levels, sexual harassment is an important issue. The purpose of this study was to replicate Workman's 1993 article "Extent and Nature of Sexual Harassment in the Fashion Retail Workplace." The same instrument was administered to 144 female clothing and textile students at a large state university. One hundred six participants (73.6%) had experienced at least one incident of sexual harassing behavior. This was consistent with Workman's finding of 73.5%. In the majority of the variables tested, very little had changed between 1993 and 2003. [source] Identifying interacting predictors of falling among hospitalized elderly in Japan: A signal detection approachGERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, Issue 2 2007Atsuko Nabeshima Falling is a complex phenomenon that involves interaction of multiple risk factors. The authors analyzed factors related to falls in a geriatric hospital to elucidate interaction of multiple risk factors for falls in elderly inpatients. Subjects were 364 patients (mean age, 81.7; women 76.7%) who were aged 60 years and over and had been hospitalized for more than 6 months between April 2000 and March 2001. A signal detection model was used to identify baseline variables that best divided the sample into subgroups using incidence of falling as an outcome variable. During a follow-up period, 91 patients (25%) had at least one incident of fall. Out of 14 independent variables, a higher-order interaction consisting of six significant variables was identified. Consequently, the subjects were categorized into seven subgroups whose fall rate varied 5.7,80.9%. We found that the combination of non-bedridden state, dementia, and medication of tranquilizers or sleeping drugs was the highest fall rate (80.9%). Signal detection analysis is useful to identify the combination of multiple risk factors of falling, and applicable to develop prevention programs for each subgroups. [source] Sexual and gender-related harassment in medical education and research training: results from a Swedish surveyMEDICAL EDUCATION, Issue 1 2003Charlotte Larsson Objective, The aims of this study were to establish the level of perceived sexual and gender-related harassment in undergraduate and doctoral studies, in which environment the events occurred, which categories of persons had committed the harassment, and other aspects of sexual harassment at the Faculty of Medicine, Gothenburg University. Methods, A questionnaire was distributed to all registered male and female undergraduate students (n= 605) and doctoral students (n=743) by mail to their home addresses. Results, The response rate was 62% (840/1348). Of the total study population, 59% (495/840) of respondents reported at least one experience of derogatory jokes and comments, 54% (454/840) of respondents reported at least one experience of gender-related discrimination, and 22% (187/840) of respondents reported at least one incident of sexual harassment. More severe types of sexual harassment were reported by 9% (79/840) of respondents. Women, and especially undergraduate women, were more often exposed to all kinds of harassment than were men. Lecturers/professors, doctors and co-students were the categories most often identified as the harassers. The harassment mostly occurred during lectures, clinical work and coffee breaks. The most common types of self-perceived mistreatment were derogatory jokes and comments. Conclusion, This survey shows that sexual harassment happens to both men and women, although it is more commonly experienced by female undergraduate and doctoral students, and that it occurs in both the university and hospital environments. Universities should develop action plans to prevent such events. Students and teachers should be well informed about appropriate measures to take in situations where harassment is known or suspected to occur. [source] A survey of inhalational anaesthetic abuse in anaesthesia training programmes,ANAESTHESIA, Issue 6 2008J. E. Wilson Summary This study aims to assess the prevalence and outcomes of inhalational anaesthetic abuse among anaesthesia training programmes. Online surveys were completed by chairpersons of academic anaesthesia training programmes in the United States. The response rate was 84% (106/126 programmes). Twenty-two percent of the departments had had at least one incident of inhalational anaesthetic abuse. Forty-eight percent (15/31) of the persons abusing inhalational anaesthetics were sent for rehabilitation. Only 22% (7/31) of those found to be abusing inhalational anaesthetics were ultimately able to return successfully to anaesthesia practice with sustained recovery. The mortality rate among individuals found abusing inhalational anaesthetics was 26% (8/31). The majority of the anaesthesia departments (97/104, 93%) did not have any pharmacy accounting of inhalational anaesthetics. This is the first published survey of inhalational anaesthesia abuse. Inhalational anaesthetic abuse should be considered in at-risk individuals or those with a history of substance abuse. The concern about substance abuse is not unique to American anaesthetists. Countries around the world deal with similar substance abuse issues. [source] | ||||||||||