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Enhancing The Well-Being Of Older Adults And Young Adults With Developmental Disabilities Through Participation In An Intergenerational Community Garden: Participatory Action Research, Diane L. Keen

Doctorate of Nursing Science Dissertations

The purpose of this Participatory Action Research (PAR) study was to discover ways to enhance well-being in young adults with DD and older adults in the Oak Grove community. This dissertation details how PAR was used in the Oak Grove community to identify ways to enhance purpose and meaningful activity for older adults while developing positive relationships with younger adults with DD through qualitative methods.

Ryff and Keyes (1995) discovered that although some elements of well-being remain stable as a person ages, purpose-in-life drops significantly in older adults. In addition, young adults with developmental disabilities (DD) lack meaningful relationships, which …

Community Health News, Georgia Southern University

Health Policy & Community Health: News & Publications (2011-2018)

• Georgia Southern Faculty Named APHA Social Worker of the Year

Changes In Providers' Viewpoint Eight Years After Implementation Of A Neonatal Palliative Care Program, Debra H. Brandon, Nancy Dias, Margarita Bidegain

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Critical care neonatal providers engage in decisions around the delivery of neonatal palliative care (NPC). Key to quality outcomes of infant and their families, this study explored providers" views about NPC eight years following program implementation and explored the relationship between typologies of decision making and providers" moral distress.

Attitudes Change During An Interprofessional Simulation With Physical Therapy And Nursing Students, Dawn Ferry, Robert Wellmon, Kristin Lefebvre

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The study purpose was to examine changes in physical therapy (PT) and nursing (RN) student attitudes towards interprofessional learning (IPL) and collaboration (IPC) following a high-fidelity code simulation.

Healthy Siblings Of Children Living With Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review, Emily Christensen, Victoria Von Sadovszky, Susi Miller, Bonnie Jennings

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation is to explain the science on research related to healthy siblings of children living with chronic diseases. More specifically, we will present a state of the science review on the psychosocial and physical effects of being a part of this unique family unit.

Establishing International Research Collaborations: A Cross Cultural Perspective, Diana Lynn Woods, Priscilla Souza, Renee Pozza, Fernando Sanches, Celia Caldas

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The presentation will focus on a research collaboration between a university School of Nursing in Rio de Janeiro and a university School of Nursing in California, United States. the experience and insights of establishing a collaboration, engaging students , establishing common approaches, and future plans for sustaining this collaboration.

Mothering From The Inside Out: A Mentalization-Based Intervention For Mothers Enrolled In Mental Health Services, Monica Roosa Ordway, Lourdes De Las Heras Kuhn, Thomas Mcmahon, Nancy E. Suchman

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

A pilot study of a parenting intervention delivered by an interdisciplinary clinical team improved maternal indices for mothers enrolled in community mental health services. While intervention with this vulnerable and often stigmatized population is very challenging, our program was found to be feasible and acceptable in this community-based setting.

Fort Hays State University Tiger Weekly, July 27, 2017, University Relations

Tiger Weekly Newsletters

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Experience-Based Co-Design: A Method For Patient And Family Engagement In System-Level Quality Improvement, Bianca Fucile, Erica Bridge, Charlene Duliban, Madelyn P. Law Dr.

Patient Experience Journal

Integrating patient and family member needs, wants and preferences in healthcare is of utmost importance. However, a standardized patient and family engagement model to understand these needs, wants and preferences in order to translate into high quality improvement activities is lacking. Experience based co-design (EBCD) is an approach that enables patients, family members and healthcare providers to co-design improvement initiatives together. In this study, EBCD was employed to: 1) assess the current state of information and educational resources at a local oncology center and 2) partner with patients, family members, and healthcare providers to create quality improvement initiatives targeting identified …

Romantic Discrimination And Children, Solangel Maldonado

Chicago-Kent Law Review

In recent years, social scientists have used online dating sites to study the role of race in the dating and marriage market. This research has revealed a racialized and gendered hierarchy that disproportionately excludes African-Americans and Asian-American men. For decades, other researchers have studied the risks and outcomes for children who are raised in single-parent homes as compared to children raised by married parents.

Drawing on these studies, this Essay explores how racial preferences in the dating and marriage market potentially disadvantage the children of middle-class African-American women who lack or reject opportunities to intermarry relative to children of married …

Barriers And Facilitators Of Couples' Hiv Testing And Counseling: Providers' Perceptions From An Hiv Epicenter, Natalie M. Leblanc

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This presentation will describe and synthesize findings from a study among U.S. healthcare providers (N=22) on the perceived barriers to and facilitators of couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) in a U.S.-based clinical setting. Providers will offer their perspectives and recommendations for implementation.

Assessing Interprofessional Palliative Care Movie Simulation And Debriefing: A Multisite, Multinursing Track Perspective, Mary Val Palumbo, Kathleen Marie-Anne Huun

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

A scripted movie of interprofessional teamwork (palliative care of an ALS patient) can provide simulation experience for various tracks of nursing (traditional BSN, LPN-BSN, and RN-BSN) via face-to-face or online delivery modes. Evidence of student satisfaction, self-confidence in learning, and perceived interprofessional competency can be achieved through this simulation modality.

Employee Financial Wellness Programs Project: Comprehensive Report Of Findings, Ellen Frank-Miller, Meredith Covington, Mathieu R. Despard, Geraldine Hannon, Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Center for Social Development Research

Using insights from employers and employees to generate evidence on employee financial wellness programs (EFWPs), this research report illustrates findings from a mixed-methods study assessing the potential of these programs to increase the financial stability of American workers. The research team surveyed employers that offered or were interested in offering an EFWP and subsequently conducted in-depth interviews with a subsample of those employers to acquire a greater understanding of survey responses. Further, the research team conducted intensive case studies, examining the relationship between EFWP providers and their clients as well as the dynamics of program delivery. These case studies benefitted …

Opportunities For International Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations To Improve Health Outcomes For Intimate Partner Strangulation Survivors, Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Dominic Robert Reed, Michelle Patch

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to describe the current health care literature on intimate partner strangulation from the US and UK, and to suggest areas for international research collaboration among nurses, physicians and domestic violence advocacy to better understand this unique form of violence and inform practice and policy efforts.

Methods: A literature review was conducted by U.S. and U.K. researchers to illustrate the current state of the science related to intimate partner strangulation (IPS) and its health outcomes in both regions, and to identify gaps in IPS knowledge amenable to international research collaborations.

Results: Internationally, being strangled …

A Phenomenological Study On The Experiences Of Secondary Education Counselors, Aaron Zachary Jordan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The counseling profession within the context of secondary education stands at a crossroads in terms of understand how the field is able to effectively prepare students for college and career readiness (Bain 2012). Student to counselor ratios, varied job roles, external and parental influences and a variety of other factors make the function of preparing students for college difficult. Research questions were developed for this study with the micro and macro perspectives of the school counselor and operational space of their job in mind. Respondents in this study were asked a series of in-depth, phenomenologically founded interview questions which had …

Preventing Heart Failure Readmissions By Using A Risk-Stratification Tool, Anna Dermenchyan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: To implement strategies to improve care and patients" experience and reduce readmissions for heart failure (HF) patients, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center accepted an invitation from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) to join the Patient Navigator Program (PNP). The goal for the program is for hospitals to establish a patient-centered focus that involves making hospitalization less stressful for patients by providing evidence-based quality improvement strategies. At the initiation of the program (Spring 2014), UCLA utilized a validated risk model, LACE index, to identify patients who are at high risk of readmissions before discharge. This tool has been used …

Risks And Protector Factors: Access To A Diagnosis And Services For A Child With Autism, Susan Agnes Bonis

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a growing global issue (Autism Speaks, 2016; World Health Organization, 2016) characterized by verbal and nonverbal social communication deficits, including difficulty following rules for conversation and forming and maintaining relationships (APA, 2013). The child"s ability to effectively engage in social and academic activities is impacted. Children often fall victim to criticism and bullying and respond with isolation, aggression, hostility, or self-injury (Schroeder, et al., 2014). These difficulties are compounded by inflexible adherence to routines and excessive response to sensory input (Author, 2012; 2016; Author & Sawin, 2016). A projected increase of 6-15% in ASD …

Developing A Creative Collaboration To Promote Interprofessional Education For Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Tauna Fleming Gulley

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

In November 2012, the School of Nursing and the XXX College of Osteopathic Medicine at XXXX created a workgroup aimed at structuring interprofessional learning activities for students. Since that time, the interprofessional education (IPE) initiative has expanded to include the disciplines of optometry and social work at the University of XXX, the XX College of Pharmacy in XXX and the school of nursing from XXX .

The aim of this presentation is to describe how a small university in the central Appalachian region of the United States developed a creative collaboration among various disciplines to promote interprofessional educational experiences for …

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BJC Today

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International Students’ Transition Experiences In Rural Texas: A Phenomenological Study, Ian Lertora, Richard C. Henriksen Jr., Jesse Starkey, Chi-Sing Li

The Qualitative Report

Due to the growth in the number of international students attending universities in Texas and the need to provide appropriate counseling services to them, nine international students were interviewed about their experiences of transitioning from their home country to college in rural Texas. The authors employed the transcendental phenomenological approach to qualitative research (Moustakas, 1994) which allowed for the following seven emergent themes were identified that described the participants’ experiences: American TV; Knowing Someone; Like a Movie; Everybody Saying Hi; Transportation is Inconvenient; I Miss Noodles; and Being Optimistic. The emergent themes provided the basis for implications and recommendations for …

A Logical Absurdity: Jeremy Bentham And The Auto-Icon, Anna Brenton Brawley

Episteme

Ever wonder what might be the most absurd idea to come out of the Age of Reason? This paper in the history of philosophy supplies one possibility: Jeremy Bentham’s Auto-Icon. This study places Bentham’s decision to preserve his physical body in the context of his full body of philosophical and social work, itself contextualized within the revolutionary ideas and advances of the Enlightenment. The author touches on Bentham’s philosophy, his fondness for invention and science, as well as his vehement religious and political critiques. It is argued that the Auto-Icon embodies Bentham’s desire to promote universal happiness and to set …

Enriching The Phd Experience Through International Doctoral Student Seminars, Rebecca Elizabeth Salomon, Martha A. Abshire, Matthew Alders, Sabianca Delva, Rita Forde, Mavis Machirori, Hanna Marketta Repo, Tamar U. Rodney, Camilla Strandell-Laine, Ruth-Alma N. Turkson-Ocran, Joanne Fitzpatrick, Anne Jones

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Nursing doctoral programs exist in varying models around the world. While there are many measures of success for these programs, one way is through the collaborative opportunities a program provides and the success of the students in maximizing these collaborative efforts (Edwards, Rayman, Diffenderfer, & Stidham, 2016). Doctorally prepared nurses value opportunities to learn from each other and form professional contacts as they prepare for their future careers (Jairam & Kahl, 2012). Seeking international peers through a web-based platform can be used to increase collaboration and peer support.

Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to describe an international …

People Empowerment: An Approach Towards Indigenous Early Child-Hood Curriculum, Geraldine D. Villaluz, Rscj

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

This paper is aimed at presenting an implemented community engagementof the University of San Carlos School of Education with the communities ofAgusan del Sur, Philipines, in closepartnership with the Justice Peace andIntegrity of Creation-IDC, (JPIC-IDC) Incorporated of Agusan del Sur as aresponse to a felt need in the early childhood education program of theprovince. In 2004, JPIC pooled together concerted resources from provincial andlocal government units, non-government organization and academe to create anddevelop a culture-based curriculum guide for early childhood education that isappropriate and responsive to the needs of indigenous groups in Agusan del Sur,Southern Philippines. To address these needs, …

Somatic Countertransference Experiences Of Nurse Therapeutic Touch Practitioners: A Content Analysis, Part 1: Body, Catherine Jirak Monetti, Doris Ezomo, Dorothy Nwosonyiri

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This qualitative study describes somatic countertransference (SCT) experiences of nurse Therapeutic Touch practitioners. Defined by Orbach and Carroll (2006), SCT is "the therapist"s awareness of their own body, of sensations, images, impulses, and feelings that offer a link to the client"s healing process" (p. 64).

Supporting And Retaining Village Health Teams: An Assessment Of A Community Health Worker Program In Two Ugandan Districts., Daniel C Mays, Edward J O'Neil, Edison A Mworozi, Benjamin J Lough, Zachary J Tabb, Ashlyn E Whitlock, Edward M Mutimba, Zohray M Talib

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Background

Uganda’s national community health worker program involves volunteer Village Health Teams (VHTs) delivering basic health services and education. Evidence demonstrates their positive impact on health outcomes, particularly for Ugandans who would otherwise lack access to health services. Despite their impact, VHTs are not optimally supported and attrition is a growing problem. In this study, we examined the support needs and existing challenges of VHTs in two Ugandan districts and evaluated specific factors associated with long-term retention. We report on findings from a standardized survey of VHTs and exploratory interviews with key stakeholders and draw conclusions that inform efforts to …

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Staff Council Meeting, July 2017, Marshall University Staff Council

Staff Council Minutes

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Deployment-Related Needs Of Children Of Army Reserve Soldiers, Margaret C. Wilmoth, Alicia Gill Rossiter, A. Suzanne Boyd

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The spouse of a deployed Army Reservist said that her 5 year old was the only child in his kindergarten class whose daddy was in the military. He would sit in a corner and cry during school yet refuse to talk to his daddy on Skype. Concerned for her child"s health she reached out to the community for support and encountered many barriers. Not only did she have difficulty finding a child therapist to help her son, finding one with experience caring for the unique physical and psychological healthcare needs of military children was nonexistent. The school, while willing …

Derek Hoy: The Legacy Of The First Scottish Nursing Informatician, Siobhãƒâ¡N O'Connor

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Derek Hoy was a prominent Scottish nursing informatician. This paper aims to explore his career and its impact on nursing, patients and the health services in Scotland and beyond.

Methods: A literature review of Derek's academic research was undertaken to establish his contribution to nursing informatics as a field. An exploratory case study approach was adopted to explore his career in depth. A selection of people are being interviewed including his wife and close personal colleagues in the National Health Service (NHS), Glasgow Caledonian University where he worked and the Scottish Government among others. The qualitative dataset will undergo …

Does Fathers' Involvement In Services Affect Mothers' Likelihood Of Reunification With Children Placed In Foster Care?, Amy D'Andrade

Faculty Publications

Social science literature shows associations between fathers' involvement with their children and beneficial developmental outcomes of those children. A related but smaller body of research in the child welfare services arena has found measures of father involvement to be positively associated with beneficial child welfare outcomes, including child's reunification with parent after placement in foster care. However, the pathway by which father involvement affects reunification likelihood has not been determined. This study builds on the existing body of literature by testing a theoretical basis for the relationship between father involvement (measured as service use) and mothers' reunification in a model …

Improving Hospital Discharge Arrangements For People Who Are Homeless: A Realist Synthesis Of The Intermediate Care Literature, Michelle Cornes, Martin Whiteford, Jill Manthorpe, Joanne Neale, Richard Byng, Nigel Hewett, Michael Clark, Alan Kilmister, James Fuller, Robert Aldridge, Michela Tinelli

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.