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Thursday, January 08, 2009

Psychosocial health risk factors and resources of medical students and physicians: a cross-sectional study.

30 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Epidemiological data indicate elevated psychosocial health risks for physicians, e. g., burnout, depression, marital disturbances, alcohol and substance abuse, and suicide. The purpose of this study was to identify psychosocial health ... Read more...

Efficacy of a brief behavioral intervention to promote condom use among female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

15 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVES: We examined the efficacy of a brief behavioral intervention to promote condom use among female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. METHODS: We randomized 924 female sex workers 18 years or older without known HIV infection ... Read more...

Citizens' juries in planning research priorities: process, engagement and outcome.

30 Aug 2008 BACKGROUND: Involving members of the public in setting priorities for health research in becoming increasingly common practice. One method used in public involvement exercises is the citizens' jury. OBJECTIVE: This article examines some challenges ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Behavioral Research'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Psychosocial health risk factors and resources of medical students and physicians: a cross-sectional study. 30 Sep 2008
• Efficacy of a brief behavioral intervention to promote condom use among female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. 15 Sep 2008
• Introduction to the second international translation special issue. 30 Aug 2008
• Citizens' juries in planning research priorities: process, engagement and outcome. 30 Aug 2008
• Debriefing and accountability in deceptive research. 30 Aug 2008
• Moral accountability and debriefing. 30 Aug 2008
• Sensitivity to reward loss as an indicator of animal emotion and welfare. 21 Aug 2008
• Interdisciplinarity and systems science to improve population health: a view from the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. 30 Jul 2008
• Social isolation and loneliness among older people: issues and future challenges in community and residential settings. 30 Jul 2008
• Lessons from the evolution of 401(k) retirement plans for increased consumerism in health care: an application of behavioral research. 30 Jul 2008
• Viewpoint: a conversation with Mark Dignan, by M Christine Nagy, and Jeffrey S Hallam. 29 Jun 2008
• Why 'knowledge transfer' is misconceived for applied social research. 29 Jun 2008
• Exploring refinements in targeted behavioral medicine intervention to advance public health. 19 Jun 2008
• Integrating the open field, elevated plus maze and light/dark box to assess different types of emotional behaviors in one single trial. 9 Jun 2008
• Peter B. Dews and pharmacological studies on behavior. 8 Jun 2008
• Spirited dispute: the secret split between Wallace and Romanes. 2 Jun 2008
• Public health asks of community psychology... 30 May 2008
• Proceedings of the Meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (SQAB 2007), May 24-26, 2007, San Diego, California, USA. 30 May 2008
• Oscillations in shoal cohesion in zebrafish (Danio rerio). 14 May 2008
• One surprise after another. 29 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Behavioral Research'

Definition: Research that involves the application of the behavioral and social sciences to the study of the actions or reactions of persons or animals in response to external or internal stimuli. (from American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed)

Descriptor UI: D035841

Alternative terms: Behavioral Research; Research, Behavioral;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.144; H01.770.644.108;

History Note: 2003

Technical Notes: behavioral research as a field or the progress or status of behavioral research; do not add routinely for specific studies in behavior: Manual 29.16