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1998

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Development Of Rapid Assessment Protocols For Evaluating The Mental Health Status Of Incoming Bosnian Refugees In Waterloo, Iowa, Susan Renee Dobie Jan 1998

Development Of Rapid Assessment Protocols For Evaluating The Mental Health Status Of Incoming Bosnian Refugees In Waterloo, Iowa, Susan Renee Dobie

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to develop rapid assessment protocols to evaluate the prevalence of common symptoms of clinical depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in the adult Bosnian refugee population in Waterloo, Iowa.

An extensive literature review was conducted to research (a) refugeeism around the world, (b) causes of refugeeism, (c) the refugee experience, (d) refugee health challenges, (e) post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees, (t) depression in refugees, (g) acculturation stress in refugees, (h) rapid assessment procedures in public health, (i) rapid mental health assessments, (j) the case of refugeeism in the former Yugoslavia, (k) the history of refugeeism …


The Meaning Of Quality In Living Service Environments: An Analysis Of The Experiences Of People With Disabilities, Elderly People And Service Workers, Ruth Marquis Jan 1998

The Meaning Of Quality In Living Service Environments: An Analysis Of The Experiences Of People With Disabilities, Elderly People And Service Workers, Ruth Marquis

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The purpose of the study was to examine the experiences of both people with disabilities and elderly people and to identify their perceptions of quality as it relates to living in a service or being supported by a service to live in the community. The study was naturalistic in design and used a phenomenological approach and inductive analysis. It involved immersion in living services for a two year period, in-depth interviews with people living and working in services and participant observation. Fifty service users between the ages of twenty-one and ninety-six, and twenty-six service workers between the ages of twenty-six …


Relationship Of Family Structure To Adolescent Drug Use, Peer Affiliation, And Perception Of Peer Acceptance Of Drug Use, Jeanne Jenkins, Sabina Zunguze Dec 1997

Relationship Of Family Structure To Adolescent Drug Use, Peer Affiliation, And Perception Of Peer Acceptance Of Drug Use, Jeanne Jenkins, Sabina Zunguze

Jeanne E. Jenkins

The sample consisted of 2,229 high school students who were administered a self-report instrument containing items measuring drug use and psychosocial variables. Dependent variables included frequency of use of five gateway drugs [cigarettes, marijuana, beer, wine coolers, and liquor], degree of affiliation with drug- using peers, and perceptions of peer acceptance of drugs. Comparison groups included single-parent [both mother- and father-headed], step-parent, and intact families. Analysis conducted separately by grade level revealed significant differences between groups on drug use variables in grades 8 and 10, with adolescents from intact families reporting less frequent drug use, fewer drug-using friends, and perceptions …


Describing Our "Humanness": Can Genetic Science Alter What It Means To Be Human?, Angela Campbell, Kathleen Cranley Glass, Louis Charland Dec 1997

Describing Our "Humanness": Can Genetic Science Alter What It Means To Be Human?, Angela Campbell, Kathleen Cranley Glass, Louis Charland

Louis C. Charland

No abstract provided.


Canadian Health, Donald Morrow Dec 1997

Canadian Health, Donald Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.


Is Mr. Spock Mentally Competent? Competence To Consent And Emotion, Louis Charland Dec 1997

Is Mr. Spock Mentally Competent? Competence To Consent And Emotion, Louis Charland

Louis C. Charland

No abstract provided.


Advocacy, Partnerships And Client Centered Practice In California, Jane Dressler, Anne Macrae Dec 1997

Advocacy, Partnerships And Client Centered Practice In California, Jane Dressler, Anne Macrae

Jane Dressler

This article highlights the many accomplishments of California based mental health occupational therapists in fostering liaisons in the community, collaborating with consumers and families and developing innovative programs. It also provides a rationale and theoretical construct for occupational therapists to provide quality interventions while both protecting and expanding their present practice through the use of client centered services.