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Useful Aspects (useful + aspect)
Selected AbstractsThe experiences of non-medical health professionals undertaking community-based health assessments for people aged 75 years and overHEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY, Issue 2 2002Julie E. Byles BMed PhD Abstract Our objective was to explore the perceptions of allied health professionals who conducted over 3000 home-based health assessments within the general-practice-dominated Australian primary healthcare system. A series of semistructured qualitative interviews were carried out within the Department of Veterans' Affairs ,Preventive Care Trial', where health assessments are undertaken by health professionals in the homes of participating veterans and war widows. Health professionals were employed within the Preventive Care Trial to conduct assessments in 10 areas of New South Wales and Queensland. Subjects were mainly registered nurses, but also included a social worker, an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist and a psychologist. The health professionals described positive attitudes towards the health assessments, and showed that they have the broad range of necessary personal and professional skills to undertake them. Home visits were seen as an essential component and the most useful aspects included direct observation of home safety and medications. This study demonstrates that health assessments for older people can be acceptably and competently undertaken by suitably qualified allied health professionals, and that an effective collaborative approach to patient care can be achieved through such a system. [source] To link or not to link: a test of the case linkage principles using serial car theft dataJOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND OFFENDER PROFILING, Issue 1-2 2008Matthew Tonkin Abstract The purpose of the present study is to test the case linkage principles of behavioural consistency and behavioural distinctiveness using serial vehicle theft data. Data from 386 solved vehicle thefts committed by 193 offenders were analysed using Jaccard's, regression and Receiver Operating Characteristic analyses to determine whether objectively observable aspects of crime scene behaviour could be used to distinguish crimes committed by the same offender from those committed by different offenders. The findings indicate that spatial behaviour, specifically the distance between theft locations and between dump locations, is a highly consistent and distinctive aspect of vehicle theft behaviour; thus, intercrime and interdump distance represent the most useful aspects of vehicle theft for the purpose of case linkage analysis. The findings have theoretical and practical implications for understanding of criminal behaviour and for the development of decision-support tools to assist police investigation and apprehension of serial vehicle theft offenders. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Temperature-dependent macromolecular X-ray crystallographyACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D, Issue 4 2010Martin Weik X-ray crystallography provides structural details of biological macromolecules. Whereas routine data are collected close to 100,K in order to mitigate radiation damage, more exotic temperature-controlled experiments in a broader temperature range from 15,K to room temperature can provide both dynamical and structural insights. Here, the dynamical behaviour of crystalline macromolecules and their surrounding solvent as a function of cryo-temperature is reviewed. Experimental strategies of kinetic crystallography are discussed that have allowed the generation and trapping of macromolecular intermediate states by combining reaction initiation in the crystalline state with appropriate temperature profiles. A particular focus is on recruiting X-ray-induced changes for reaction initiation, thus unveiling useful aspects of radiation damage, which otherwise has to be minimized in macromolecular crystallography. [source] Health behaviours of young, rural residents: A case studyAUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF RURAL HEALTH, Issue 2 2009Lisa Bourke Abstract Objective:,To analyse self-reported health behaviours of young people from a rural community and the factors influencing their behaviours. Methods:,Interviews were conducted with 19 young people, 11 parents and 10 key informants from a small rural Victorian community, asking about teenage health behaviours and the factors influencing these behaviours. Results:,Young people ate both healthy and unhealthy foods, most participated in physical activity, few smoked and most drank alcohol. The study found that community level factors, including community norms, peers, access issues and geographic isolation, were particularly powerful in shaping health behaviours, especially alcohol consumption. Smoking was influenced by social participation in the community and national media health campaigns. Diet and exercise behaviour were influenced by access and availability, convenience, family, peers and local and non-local cultural influences. Conclusion and implications:,The rural context, including less access to and choice of facilities and services, lower incomes, lack of transport and local social patterns (including community norms and acceptance), impact significantly on young people's health behaviours. Although national health promotion campaigns are useful aspects of behaviour modification, much greater focus on the role and importance of the local contexts in shaping health decisions of young rural people is required. [source] | ||||||||||