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N.Y. Kendra's Law A Success For Treating Mental Illness, New Study Shows
New York"s Kendra"s Law to provide assisted outpatient treatment for people with severe mental illness is effective in a wide-range of measures, and provides long-lasting benefits the longer someone with a mental illness is in the program, a comprehensive independent evaluation conducted for the state by Duke University Medical School finds.

Abstinence-Only Sex Education Debate Has High Financial Stakes, Washington Times Opinion Piece Says
By proposing to reduce funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, "the Obama administration has reignited America"s sex education debate," Washington Times columnist Cheryl Wetzstein writes in an opinion piece. She says that the "usual answers" she receives from abstinence-only opponents when she asks about their criticism of the programs is that abstinence-only education "doesn"t work, it leaves kids ignorant about how to use birth control, it doesn"t serve gay kids, and (off the record) it"s just a return to the bad old days when unenlightened, sex-hating harpies ran sex education." According to Wetzstein, some proponents of abstinence-only programs believe that another factor -- which is "never mentioned" in the sex education debate -- "is how sexually active youth are part of the market for certain commercial sex- and disease-related products, and abstinent behavior reduces that market share."Wetzstein reports that she recently spoke with Pam Mullarkey, founder of Project SOS, who is "furious" that Presdient Obama"s budget proposal would reduce funding for abstinence-only programs and increase money for teen pregnancy prevention. Mullarkey claims that abstinence-only opponents "have spent so much money trying to destroy abstinence education" because "it directly costs them big bucks" if teens abstain. Wetzstein writes that she has "dim hopes for the survival of abstinence education as we"ve know it," concluding, "But should Congress decide to "follow the money," as Mrs. Mullarkey suggests, who knows what might turn up" (Wetzstein, Washington Times, 5/19).
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Coalition For Quality & Patient Safety Of Chicagoland PSO Taps ECRI Institute PSO For Support
ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO) is pleased to announce an agreement with the Coalition for Quality & Patient Safety (CQPS) of Chicagoland PSO to provide patient safety data collection, reporting, and analysis. The Chicagoland PSO focuses on local experience, patterns, trends, and patient safety initiatives specific to Chicago and the surrounding counties. CQPS will coordinate its PSO and other patient safety efforts with other Illinois-based hospital and primary care associations, the Illinois Department of Public Health, consumers and consumer advocates, other patient safety and quality improvement stakeholders, and existing patient safety collaboratives across the state.
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National Falls Awareness Day - 23rd June 2009

The overall aim of National Falls Awareness Day, held on the 23rd June 2009 is to raise awareness of the increased risk of falling as people age. Many of the products in Mountway"s current extensive portfolio of independent living solutions can be used to aid with falls prevention. Mountway"s mobility range incorporates a selection of innovative, safe walkers to meet a variety of different users needs, including the Avant, an ergonomic 3-in-1 walking aid which incorporates a walker, perching stool and trolley in one unit. The Avant LW, a lightweight aluminium style walker is also available. The Ono is a four-wheeled economic multipurpose walker, supplied with a basket and tray as standard. Easy to fold with one hand for storage purposes, the Ono also has handles specifically suitable for arthritic hands. For the shorter user, the Salsa is a lightweight and easy to handle walker. Also from Mountway"s mobility range, the Tango is a compact, foldaway walker with cable-free braking supplied with a basket, tray and backrest as standard. The Handybar®, one of the most popular car transfer aids, also available from Mountway, is a portable support handle that clamps easily to the "u" shaped plate on a vehicle doorframe, offering extra support and leverage allowing a person to enter and exit vehicles more easily. From the bathing range, Mountway offers a variety of grab rails such as the Suction Grab Rail which features two large suckers, that when engaged with a surface, form a vacuum tight seal to provide instant support and assistance. This eliminates the need for drilling holes, leaving surfaces intact. For situations when a secured rail is needed in one fixed place, the Handy Safety Grab Bar is available in three different lengths, in both a straight or angled shape. Its ergonomic design has hidden screws and features a soft ribbed surface which is easy to grip and reduces risk of slipping. When accidently dropped, fallen walking sticks and crutches can present a trip hazard and a bending challenge, often leading to falls, but using the Snap-On can reduce the risk of this happening. The Snap-On is a magnetic device that attaches to a walking stick or crutch enabling it to be temporarily attached to a metal surface such as a fridge or a car door to prevent the crutch or stick from falling. When two crutches are required, the Snap-On crutch attachment is another magnetic device which enables the user to join the two crutches together before safely placing on a metal surface. Mountway Limited


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