DeKalb County Health Department

The purpose of this project was to determine if a multiple-week learner-centered hand washing program could improve hand hygiene behaviors of 2nd-graders in a northern Illinois public school system. Volunteers from the Rockford Hand Washing Coalition went into 19 different classrooms for 4 consecutive weeks and taught a learner-centered program. The program consisted of interactive class discussions and activities using GlitterBug training devices and agar plate materials. A one-factor repeated measure analysis of variance indicated a statistically significant 34% decrease in the absenteeism rate for students in the intervention group. Chi-square analyses on agar plate data indicated that students had cleaner hands after washing. Qualitative data from parents and teachers indicated that a majority of the students were engaging in hand-washing behavior. These results indicate that integrating a learner-centered interactive program in a multiple-week structure can lead to improvement in hand hygiene behavior.

An accurate understanding of how emotional experiences that juvenile sex offenders have gone through contribute to their criminal behaviors can offer important insight into the treatment process. Through analyzing the innermost mind of a juvenile sex offender, this article provides a clinical conceptualization from an attachment perspective. Clinical recommendations such as the provision of a secure base in combination with behavioral intervention are offered.

Gonozyme is a solid-phase enzyme immunoassay that detects antigens of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in clinical specimens. The test was 100% sensitive and 96.8% specific when applied to 71 urethral specimens from men with symptomatic urethritis, and 89.5% specific for 19 urethral specimens from men examined after eradication of gonorrhea by antibiotics. For cervical specimens obtained before therapy from 368 women with gonorrhea, the Gonozyme test had a sensitivity of 88.5% and a specificity of 94.3%. The test was 100% specific when used for testing of 37 cervical specimens obtained after therapy of gonorrhea. The predictive values of a positive Gonozyme test were 90.5% for cervical specimens from women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic and 97% for urethral specimens from men with urethritis. The predictive values of negative Gonozyme tests in these same circumstances were 100% for urethral specimens and 93.6% for cervical specimens.

Abstract The changes that spurred Georgia toward a unified system of mental health services would have occurred without the Balanced Service System.

OXTOBY, MARGARET J. BA; ARNOLD, ALAN J. MD; ZAIDI, AKBAR A. MS; KLERIS, GEORGE S. MD; KRAUS, STEPHEN J. MD Author Information

In an attempt to obtain basic data concerning the perceptions of professional educators toward a county mental health clinic, a schedule was devised and completed by 217 respondents. The results indicate a felt need on the part of educators for increased mental health assistance in the performance of their duties. Educators apparently feel that school systems do not meet this need and they further feel constrained, by a variety of factors, from seeking such assistance. It might be concluded from this study that educators desire a collaborative relationship with mental health clinics which include approaches in addition to traditional case consultation.