Disclosure of intimate partner violence in current marital/partner relationships among female university students and among women at an emergency department.

To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the pageDetecting intimate partner violence (IPV) might empower women to start working on the impact that the abuse experience has had on their lives. Little, however, is known about disclosure of abuse in community and in clinical settings. The purpose of this study was to explore whether there was a difference in the disclosure of abuse experience among women who were attending the emergency department (ED) at Landspitali University Hospital or were located at a university site, that is, at the University Square at the University of Iceland. A cross-sectional research design was used. Data were collected at the same time in 2009 over a period of 9 months from N = 306 women ranging in age from 18 to 67 years (n = 166 at the University Square and n = 140 at the ED). A significantly higher proportion of the women at the ED reported that they were victims of IPV in their current marital/partner relationship and scored higher on the Women Abuse Screening Tool total scale than the women at the university site. This gave a clear indication that the women at the ED experienced significantly more frequent and more severe IPV in their current marital/partner relationship compared with the women at the university site. Identifying IPV in primary and clinical settings might, therefore, function as a protective factor if these women are offered appropriate first response and interventions

The fire in Chicago [cartographic material] : (From the New York daily tribune, Wednesday, July 15).

Map of Chicago showing blocks and streets affected by the fire of 1871 and 1874.; "In the above map the shaded portions represent the ground traversed by the fire of 1871 ; the white portion the burnt district of yerterday".; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1552.New-York tribune (New York, N.Y. : 1866 : Daily

Reaching Out To Women Who Are Victims of Intimate Partner Violence.

To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the pageTo evaluate if disclosure of abuse among female university students and among women at an emergency department varied based on three different types of data collection method used; and to explore women's development of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the outcome on health.Cross-sectional research design was used (N = 306 women).The women who experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) in their current relationship, and had symptoms of PTSD, reported significantly lower physical and mental health. In addition, the women who experienced three types of abuse (physical, mental, and sexual) reported significantly more symptoms of PTSD.Detecting IPV and screening for PTSD in clinical settings might benefit women who suffer from violence in their intimate relationships.LUH Scientific Fund at the University of Iceland Scientific Fund at the University of Iceland Icelandic Nurses Association Science Fun

Icelandic and United States families of adolescents with asthma: predictors of health-related quality of life from the parents' perspective.

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field.AIMS: To evaluate cultural differences in sociodemographic factors, illness severity and parents' perception of their adolescent's quality of life for Icelandic and USA families of adolescents with asthma; and to determine predictors of parent-rated quality of life. BACKGROUND: Asthma is known to have an impact on the quality of life of affected adolescents and their families, but few studies have addressed parents' perception of their adolescent's health-related quality of life. DESIGN: Cross-sectional exploratory study. METHOD: The study involved families of adolescents with asthma included 15 from Iceland and 15 from USA, recruited from paediatric practices. Parent and adolescent participants completed questionnaires; this study is based on the parent responses. Data were collected from January-May 2006. FINDINGS: While parents from Iceland and USA were similar in demographic characteristics, parents from Iceland rated their children's health-related quality of life (PedsQL(TM) 3.0, Varni 1998) more positively than did USA parents, even though Icelandic parents were more likely than their USA counterparts to report that their adolescent's asthma is severe. Significant predictors of parent-rated quality of life included location (higher scores for Icelandic parents), gender (higher scores for parents of boys), exposure to second hand smoke in the home (higher scores for those not exposed) and frequency of troublesome wheezing (higher scores for lower frequency). CONCLUSION: Quality of life has been acknowledged as an essential health outcome measure. Even though gender difference was not found in asthma severity, parents of boys perceived their adolescent's quality of life as more positive compared with parents of girls. It might be helpful for Icelandic and USA families to integrate into care delivery models, cultural differences in parent-rated quality of life. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Asthma management interventions may improve quality of life for adolescents with asthma by reducing symptoms. Interventions promoting smoke-free homes and enhanced self-monitoring to prevent exacerbations may improve quality of life.Astra Zeneca. University of Kentucky Faculty Research

Circular yards at Cranmore Park, Walebing, Western Australia, August 1983 [picture] /

Title devised by cataloguer from caption list.; "Although commonplace later, when these were built in the 1950's from old 44 gallon drums they were a remarkable innovation... Cranmore Park, Walebing, Western Australia. August 1983."--On caption list.; Part of: Pastoral properties of Australia Collection.; Condition: Good.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4226320; Purchased from Peter Taylor, 2007.; Published in: Pastoral Properties of Australia by Peter Taylor. Sydney : George Allen and Unwin, 1984, p.98 & 99

Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age

The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset - with data collected between 2020 and 2022 - to assess measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis indicated that full scalar invariance was upheld across all nations, languages, gender identities, and age groups, suggesting that the unidimensional BAS-2 model has widespread applicability. There were large differences across nations and languages in latent body appreciation, while differences across gender identities and age groups were negligible-to-small. Additionally, greater body appreciation was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction, being single (versus being married or in a committed relationship), and greater rurality (versus urbanicity). Across a subset of nations where nation-level data were available, greater body appreciation was also significantly associated with greater cultural distance from the United States and greater relative income inequality. These findings suggest that the BAS-2 likely captures a near-universal conceptualisation of the body appreciation construct, which should facilitate further cross-cultural research