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Thirty-Year (1975 To 2005) Trends In The Incidence Rates, Clinical Features, Treatment Practices, And Short-Term Outcomes Of Patients [Less Than] 55 Years Of Age Hospitalized With An Initial Acute Myocardial Infarction, David Mcmanus, Stephen Piacentine, Darleen Lessard, Joel Gore, Jorge Yarzebski, Frederick Spencer, Robert Goldberg
Thirty-Year (1975 To 2005) Trends In The Incidence Rates, Clinical Features, Treatment Practices, And Short-Term Outcomes Of Patients [Less Than] 55 Years Of Age Hospitalized With An Initial Acute Myocardial Infarction, David Mcmanus, Stephen Piacentine, Darleen Lessard, Joel Gore, Jorge Yarzebski, Frederick Spencer, Robert Goldberg
Jorge L. Yarzebski
Sparse data are available describing recent trends in the magnitude, clinical features, treatment practices, and outcomes of comparatively young adults hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The objectives of this population-based study were to describe 3 decade-long trends (1975 to 2005) in these end points in adults 1,703 residents of the Worcester (Massachusetts) metropolitan area 25 to 54 years of age who were hospitalized with initial AMIs at all central Massachusetts medical centers during 15 annual periods from 1975 through 2005. Overall hospital incidence rate (per 100,000 residents) of initial AMI in our study population was 66 (95% confidence interval …
Women In Ict: Guidelines For Evaluating Intervention Programmes, Annemieke Craig, Julie Fisher, Linda Dawson
Women In Ict: Guidelines For Evaluating Intervention Programmes, Annemieke Craig, Julie Fisher, Linda Dawson
Associate Professor Linda Dawson
Many intervention programmes to increase the number of women in theInformation and Communications Technology (ICT) profession have been implemented over the last twenty years. Detailed evaluations help us to determine the effectiveness of these programmes yet few comprehensive evaluations appear in the literature.The research reported here describes an investigation of the evaluation of the intervention programmes focusing on increasing the enrolment and retention of females in ICT in Australia. This paper describes an empirical study which explores how evaluation has been and might be conducted and concludes with guidelines for evaluation for those developing programmes for increasing the participation of …
The Responsiveness Of State Mental Health Authorities To Parents With Mental Illness, Kathleen Biebel, Joanne Nicholson, Valerie Williams, Beth Hinden
The Responsiveness Of State Mental Health Authorities To Parents With Mental Illness, Kathleen Biebel, Joanne Nicholson, Valerie Williams, Beth Hinden
Joanne Nicholson
The majority of adults with serious mental illness living in the community are parents, many of whom may be receiving services from State Mental Health Authorities (SMHA). Innovative intervention approaches are available to improve outcomes for these parents and their children. Analyses of SMHA and state-level data, as well as qualitative interviews of administrators, service providers, and consumers, underscore the importance of organizational structure and philosophy, an advocacy presence, and available funding to SMHA efforts on behalf of parents and their families.