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{"title":"Infant mortality in the rural Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia.","authors":"N al-Nahedh","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A prospective study of a cohort of infants born in 1987 was carried out until they were one year old. Five villages were selected at random. All the babies born in 1987 in these villages were identified by a group of trained nurses. These nurses collected morbidity and mortality data on these children each time the events occurred using a structured data collection form. Data were analysed using relevant demographic and statistical techniques. A total of 4,963 babies was born during the period of study. The neonatal mortality rate was 21.4 per 1,000 live births and the infant mortality rate was 53.8 per 1,000. The postneonatal death rate was 32.5 per 1,000 live births. The causes of infant deaths as presumed from reported signs of last illness were gastroenteritis, respiratory problems, preterm birth complications and congenital abnormalities. It was concluded that there is a decline in the infant mortality rate compared with previous estimated rates, but the high levels of neonatal death rates call for improved antenatal and obstetric health services. The high postneonatal death rate indicates the potential for a further reduction.</p>","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 2","pages":"106-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700207","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20168907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychosocial assessment methods in childhood epilepsy: focus on sub-Saharan Africa.","authors":"O O Famuyiwa,&nbsp;O Ogunmekan","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The scale of evidence tilts towards the contention that epileptic children as a group are at a disadvantage regarding intellectual and emotional development and have higher rates of behavioural abnormalities than their non-epileptic peers. Differentiating factors logically point to the problem areas which should be enquired into in a comprehensive assessment of a child with epilepsy and should facilitate formulation of viable intervention stratagems. A critical review of the literature reveals that, of five major assessment methods, the use of a standardised and valid questionnaire is likely to yield the most reliable clinical information. However, a complete assessment package should include drug use monitoring, evaluation of cultural milieu and family psychodynamics.</p>","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 2","pages":"110-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700208","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20168128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hepatitis and hepatitis immunisation.","authors":"M Feely","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 1","pages":"41-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700110","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20007941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exercise by prescription.","authors":"D Browne","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700113","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>General Practitioners (GPs) see over 90% of their practice population in three years. Over 50% of the adult population is below the perceived level of physical activity as recognised by the Allied Dunbar Physical Activity score (Allied Dunbar, Health Education Authority and Sports Council, 1992). Physical fitness levels in adolescents and children are declining, while the incidence of obesity is increasing. GPs, with their Primary Health Care Team, are in a unique position to be able to discuss the health benefits of regular physical activity with their patients during the consultation and offer, if appropriate, a prescription for a course of physical activity to a local leisure centre or community activity centre. Many communities have facilities for physical activity. These include leisure centres, schools, village and church halls, the home and the general practice surgery. A directory of resources for physical activity for all age groups should be available in the surgery waiting room area. A community co-ordinator can network community facilities and resources to meet individual need. The co-ordinator can be funded by the general practice surgery, Health Authority, Local Authority, Parish or District Council. An agreed protocol for exercise prescription referrals to suitable community facilities can benefit patient health care for a variety of medical, surgical, social and mental conditions. Auditing exercise prescriptions shows a health benefit, with improved quality of living and reduced prescription medicines.</p>","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 1","pages":"52-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700113","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20007944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Asthma in children.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 1","pages":"57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700115","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20007836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sexually transmitted diseases among women in Coventry.","authors":"A A Opaneye","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700109","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 1","pages":"37-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700109","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20007939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lifestyle and injuries of professional ballet dancers: reflections in retirement.","authors":"R L Lewis,&nbsp;J W Dickerson,&nbsp;G J Davies","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700107","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Only recently has the medical and scientific community recognised that ballet is as physically strenuous and demanding as most sports activities (Clarkson et al, 1985). Generally, children are introduced to ballet before, or soon after, they start school. Those who go on to become professionals learn early in life something of the physical requirements and commitment to a sylphlike figure which, for girls in particular, is essential for success in this activity. Do the constraints adopted and imposed on ballet dancers and the injuries that they experience as part of their professional commitment have consequences for health later in life? No previous studies could be found in the","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 1","pages":"23-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700107","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20007938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effective communication of health and safety within the workplace.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 1","pages":"56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700114","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20007835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The management of health and safety at work regulations 1992.","authors":"D A Grayham,&nbsp;V O del Rosario","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700112","url":null,"abstract":"Risk assessment 3.—(1) Every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of— (a) the risks to the health and safety of his employees to which they are exposed whilst they are at work; and (b) the risks to the health and safety of persons not in his employment arising out of or in connection with the conduct by him of his undertaking, for the purpose of identifying the measures he needs to take to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed upon him by or under the relevant statutory provisions and by Part II of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997. (2) Every self-employed person shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of— (a) the risks to his own health and safety to which he is exposed whilst he is at work; and (b) the risks to the health and safety of persons not in his employment arising out of or in connection with the conduct by him of his undertaking, for the purpose of identifying the measures he needs to take to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed upon him by or under the relevant statutory provisions. (3) Any assessment such as is referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be reviewed by the employer or self-employed person who made it if— (a) there is reason to suspect that it is no longer valid; or (b) there has been a significant change in the matters to which it relates; and where as a result of any such review changes to an assessment are required, the employer or self-employed person concerned shall make them. (4) An employer shall not employ a young person unless he has, in relation to risks to the health and safety of young persons, made or reviewed an assessment in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (5). (5) In making or reviewing the assessment, an employer who employs or is to employ a young person shall take particular account of— (a) the inexperience, lack of awareness of risks and immaturity of young persons; (b) the fitting-out and layout of the workplace and the workstation; (c) the nature, degree and duration of exposure to physical, biological and chemical agents; (d) the form, range, and use of work equipment and the way in which it is handled; (e) the organisation of processes and activities; (f) the extent of the health and safety training provided or to be provided to young persons; and","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 1","pages":"47-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700112","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20007943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Submitting a paper to the Society's Journal.","authors":"J Watkins,&nbsp;G J Davies,&nbsp;G Vinten","doi":"10.1177/146642409711700106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/146642409711700106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Each Journal has its own specific requirements for authors dealing with matters such as type of papers published, instructions for their submission and their layout and content. Requirements of authors are printed on the back cover of each issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Health. This paper explores these in more detail and updates them for 1997 and onwards.</p>","PeriodicalId":73989,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Royal Society of Health","volume":"117 1","pages":"20-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/146642409711700106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20007934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}