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A Quasi-Experimental Study Of A Health Patterning Modality About Childhood Vaginitis And Power In Haitian Primary Caregivers, Anne Marie Berthe Leveille-Tulce
A Quasi-Experimental Study Of A Health Patterning Modality About Childhood Vaginitis And Power In Haitian Primary Caregivers, Anne Marie Berthe Leveille-Tulce
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The purpose of the study was to appraise the power as knowing participation in change of primary caregivers of Haitian children aged 6 to 13 years old before and after participation in an education and resource health patterning modality related to risk factors and prevention of childhood vaginitis. The study was framed within the realm of Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings and the conceptual framework of Barrett’s Power as Knowing Participation in Change. A pretest-posttest quasi- experimental study was conducted. Descriptive statistics were used to answer the first research question “What are the power profiles of Haitian caregivers before …
Weight Loss Maintenance: Women's Experience During Perimenopause, Karren B. Liebert
Weight Loss Maintenance: Women's Experience During Perimenopause, Karren B. Liebert
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Women’s health may be at risk during middle age, a time when women in the United States often gain weight. Being overweight or obese during perimenopause increases a woman’s vulnerability to disabling health sequela in later life, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression and osteoarthritis, all of which increase morbidity, mortality, health care costs and decrease quality of life. Stigma and discrimination related to overweight and obesity are associated with delay and avoidance of health care, and with poorer quality health care. Weight loss often is followed by weight regain within three to five years. This qualitative study was designed …