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Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice, Occupational Stress And Work-Related Social Support Among Health Care Providers In China: A Sem Analysis, Shan Qiao Ph.D., Xiaoming Li Ph.D., Yuejiao Zhou, Zhiyong Shen, Bonita Stanton Aug 2018

Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice, Occupational Stress And Work-Related Social Support Among Health Care Providers In China: A Sem Analysis, Shan Qiao Ph.D., Xiaoming Li Ph.D., Yuejiao Zhou, Zhiyong Shen, Bonita Stanton

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Individuals’ attitudes toward evidence-based practices (EBP) are critical in adopting, implementing and maintaining the EBP in clinical settings. Multiple empirical studies have examined how work context may shape perceptions and attitudes towards EBP. The current study aims to further explore how both work and family contexts, as assessed by three psychosocial indicators (i.e., occupational stress, work-related social support from coworkers, and work-related social support from family), may affect attitudes toward EBP among health care providers in HIV clinics in China. We analyzed cross-sectional survey data from 357 health care providers recruited from 40 HIV clinics across 16 cities/counties in Guangxi …


Analysis Of Endocrine Response To Perceived Difference In Cross-Cultural Interactions, Carole Woolford-Hunt, Marlene Murray, Tevni Grajales Guerra, Kristina Beenken-Johnson Jan 2018

Analysis Of Endocrine Response To Perceived Difference In Cross-Cultural Interactions, Carole Woolford-Hunt, Marlene Murray, Tevni Grajales Guerra, Kristina Beenken-Johnson

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We live in a world where awareness of ethnic and cultural diversity is an ever increasing reality. Business and education turn to the social sciences to inform them about how to manage and optimize cross-cultural interactions. Although much research has been done on the impact of cross-cultural interactions on a wide range of variables, one less researched area is the endocrine response to cross-cultural interactions. In this study we set out to investigate the endocrine response to cross cultural interactions and the impact of these interactions on perceived differences. To do so we measured the pre and post levels of …