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Empowering Patient Safety Outreach Through Interprofessional Partnerships: Educating Our Communities, Chris Childs, A. Faltinek, L. Heinz, Linda Walton, L. Zipperer Jul 2012

Empowering Patient Safety Outreach Through Interprofessional Partnerships: Educating Our Communities, Chris Childs, A. Faltinek, L. Heinz, Linda Walton, L. Zipperer

Linda J. Walton

No abstract provided.


Duration Of Untreated Psychosis & Long-Term Outcome Of First Episode, Hospitalized Schizophrenia: Search For A Missing Link In A Linear Correlation, Amresh Srivastava, Nilesh Shah, Meghana Thakar, Larry Stitt, Gurusamy Chinnasamye Oct 2009

Duration Of Untreated Psychosis & Long-Term Outcome Of First Episode, Hospitalized Schizophrenia: Search For A Missing Link In A Linear Correlation, Amresh Srivastava, Nilesh Shah, Meghana Thakar, Larry Stitt, Gurusamy Chinnasamye

Amresh Srivastava

Duration of untreated psychosis & Long-term outcome of First episode, hospitalized schizophrenia: Search for a missing link in a linear correlation Amresh Shrivastavaa,*, Nilesh Shahb, Meghana Thakarc, Larry Stittd, Gurusamy Chinnasamye a Excecutive Director , Mental Health Foundation of India (PRERANA Charitable trust) and Silver Mind Hospital, 209 Shivkripa Complex, Gokhale Road, Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 400 602, Currently: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, The University of western Ontario, & associate Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario,Canada, E Mail : amresh.edu@gmail.com b Professor of Psychiatry LTMG Hospital, University of Mumbai, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 400 022 c Clinical psychologist, Silver …


Improving Medical Students’ Learning Outcomes: Teaching A Web-Assisted Elective Course For Fourth-Year Medical Students, Misa Mi, Marlene Porter, Jolene Miller, Jodi Jameson, Jerry Natal Oct 2009

Improving Medical Students’ Learning Outcomes: Teaching A Web-Assisted Elective Course For Fourth-Year Medical Students, Misa Mi, Marlene Porter, Jolene Miller, Jodi Jameson, Jerry Natal

Jolene M. Miller

Since 1997, the Mulford Health Science Library at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus (formerly the Medical College of Ohio) has been offering a 3-credit-hour elective course for 4th year medical students. The goal of the course is to provide students with skill sets that are important for them to develop as current students and future health care practitioners. It has been the goal of the library to constantly update course content that would be relevant to the students and to seek innovative course delivery methods to enhance the students’ learning experience. A continuous improvement cycle also calls for …


Community Demographics And Access To Care Among Us Hispanics, Carole Gresenz, J. Rogowski, Jose Escarce Sep 2009

Community Demographics And Access To Care Among Us Hispanics, Carole Gresenz, J. Rogowski, Jose Escarce

Carole Roan Gresenz

No abstract provided.


End-Of-Life Decision-Making And Patient Self-Determination : A Multi-Stakeholder Analysis, Mph Thesis, University Of Queensland, Brisbane, Colleen Cartwright Aug 2009

End-Of-Life Decision-Making And Patient Self-Determination : A Multi-Stakeholder Analysis, Mph Thesis, University Of Queensland, Brisbane, Colleen Cartwright

Professor Colleen M Cartwright

No abstract provided.


Controlling Influenza A (H1n1) In China: Bayesian Or Frequentist Approach, Dejian Lai, Chiehwen Ed Hsu Jul 2009

Controlling Influenza A (H1n1) In China: Bayesian Or Frequentist Approach, Dejian Lai, Chiehwen Ed Hsu

Chiehwen Ed Hsu

In this article we discuss two approaches to controlling the newly identified influenza A (H1N1) via Bayesian and frequentist statistical reasoning. We reviewed the measures implemented in China as an example to illustrate these two approaches. Since May 2009, China has deployed strict controlling mechanisms based on the strong prior Bayesian assumption that the origin of influenza A (H1N1) was from outside China and as such strict border control would keep the virus from entering China. After more than two months of hard work by Chinese health professionals and officials, the number of confirmed influenza A (H1N1) has increased steadily …


‘You Can Fly!’: Reimagining Peter Pan And Snowboarding’S Olympic Neverland, M. Popovic, Don Morrow May 2009

‘You Can Fly!’: Reimagining Peter Pan And Snowboarding’S Olympic Neverland, M. Popovic, Don Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.


Table For Four, Fenelon And Balthasar, Megan Levy May 2009

Table For Four, Fenelon And Balthasar, Megan Levy

Megan Levy

No abstract provided.


Empowering Patient Safety Outreach Through Interprofessional Partnerships: Educating Our Communities, Chris Childs, A. Faltinek, L. Heinz, Linda Walton, L. Zipperer May 2009

Empowering Patient Safety Outreach Through Interprofessional Partnerships: Educating Our Communities, Chris Childs, A. Faltinek, L. Heinz, Linda Walton, L. Zipperer

Chris A. Childs

No abstract provided.


‘Civilian Deaths From Weapons: Iraq 2003-2008’., J Sloboda, M Hicks May 2009

‘Civilian Deaths From Weapons: Iraq 2003-2008’., J Sloboda, M Hicks

Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks

No abstract provided.


Narratives With Perspectives: Stories And Re-Membrances Of The Miracle Mile, Don Morrow Apr 2009

Narratives With Perspectives: Stories And Re-Membrances Of The Miracle Mile, Don Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.


Affordable Rental Housing For Older People In Australia: What Do Older People Want?, Colleen Cartwright Mar 2009

Affordable Rental Housing For Older People In Australia: What Do Older People Want?, Colleen Cartwright

Professor Colleen M Cartwright

No abstract provided.


Prevention Of Falls And Near-Falls In Community-Dwelling Older People: A Randomised Trial, Nancy Peel, Colleen Cartwright, Margaret Steinberg, Gail Williams Mar 2009

Prevention Of Falls And Near-Falls In Community-Dwelling Older People: A Randomised Trial, Nancy Peel, Colleen Cartwright, Margaret Steinberg, Gail Williams

Professor Colleen M Cartwright

No abstract provided.


‘The Dirty War Index’., M Hicks Jan 2009

‘The Dirty War Index’., M Hicks

Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks

No abstract provided.


'Why I Feel Bad': Refinement On The Effects Of Prostate Cancer Upon Lifestyle Questionnaire And An Initial Exploration Of Its Links With Anxiety And Depression Among Prostate Cancer Patients, Christopher Sharpley, Vicki Bitsika, David Christie Dec 2008

'Why I Feel Bad': Refinement On The Effects Of Prostate Cancer Upon Lifestyle Questionnaire And An Initial Exploration Of Its Links With Anxiety And Depression Among Prostate Cancer Patients, Christopher Sharpley, Vicki Bitsika, David Christie

Vicki Bitsika

Objective: To psychometrically refine a standardized scale for identifying those lifestyle changes that were most likely to contribute to anxiety and depression among prostate cancer (PCa) patients.

Methods: Three hundred and eighty-one PCa patients who had received their initial diagnosis between one and 96 months completed a survey of background variables, anxiety and depression inventories and the 36-item Effects of Prostate Cancer upon Lifestyle Questionnaire (EPCLQ).

Results: Levels of anxiety (24%) and depression (26%) were similar to those previously reported for PCa patients. The EPCLQ was shown to have satisfactory psychometric properties and significantly predicted anxiety and depression scores and …


Hospital Uses Ppeca "Train The Trainer" Program To Help Community Groups Empower Patients, Chris Childs, R. Reimer Dec 2008

Hospital Uses Ppeca "Train The Trainer" Program To Help Community Groups Empower Patients, Chris Childs, R. Reimer

Chris A. Childs

No abstract provided.


Can Caregiver Depression Bring A Good Parenting Intervention Down?: The Case Of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Mark Scholes, Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Rae Thomas Dec 2008

Can Caregiver Depression Bring A Good Parenting Intervention Down?: The Case Of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Mark Scholes, Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Rae Thomas

Rae Thomas

Depressed caregivers who present for parenting assistance often display excess difficulties with maintaining positive parent-child interactions and report that they cannot manage their children’s problem behaviours. In addition to this, they often report other life stressors such as marital distress, lack of social support and/or socioeconomic disadvantage. This confluence of problems means that engaging depressed caregivers in parenting services can be challenging and depression is believed to impede successful intervention outcomes. For example, research has shown that depressed participants are at increased risk of intervention dropout and that they more often fail to maintain positive parenting behaviours (Assemany & McIntosh, …


Bringing Psychological Testing To Football, Steven Graef, Alan Kornspan, David Baker Dec 2008

Bringing Psychological Testing To Football, Steven Graef, Alan Kornspan, David Baker

Alan S Kornspan

No abstract provided.


Early Identification And Treatment Of Alzheimer’S Disease: Social And Fiscal Outcomes, David Weimer, Mark Sager Dec 2008

Early Identification And Treatment Of Alzheimer’S Disease: Social And Fiscal Outcomes, David Weimer, Mark Sager

David L Weimer

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that places substantial burdens on those who provide support for family members with declining cognitive and functional abilities. Many AD patients eventually require formal long-term care services because of the absence, exhaustion, or inability of family members to provide care. The costs of long-term care, and especially nursing home care, often deplete private financial resources, placing a substantial burden on state Medicaid programs. Current evidence suggests that pharmacological treatments and caregiver interventions can delay entry into nursing homes and potentially reduce Medicaid costs. However, these cost savings are not being realized because …


Florence Nightingale, Linda Treiber Dec 2008

Florence Nightingale, Linda Treiber

Linda A. Treiber

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Performance In Sport: The Use Of Hypnosis And Other Psychological Techniques In The 1950s And 1960s, Alan Kornspan Dec 2008

Enhancing Performance In Sport: The Use Of Hypnosis And Other Psychological Techniques In The 1950s And 1960s, Alan Kornspan

Alan S Kornspan

No abstract provided.


Semantic Knowledge For Famous Names In Mild Cognitive Impairment, M Seidenberg, L Guidotti, Kristy Nielson, J Woodard, S Durgerian, Q Zhang, A Gander, M Franczak, P Antuono, S Rao Dec 2008

Semantic Knowledge For Famous Names In Mild Cognitive Impairment, M Seidenberg, L Guidotti, Kristy Nielson, J Woodard, S Durgerian, Q Zhang, A Gander, M Franczak, P Antuono, S Rao

Kristy Nielson

Person identification represents a unique category of semantic knowledge that is commonly impaired in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but has received relatively little investigation in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The current study examined the retrieval of semantic knowledge for famous names from three time epochs (recent, remote, and enduring) in two participant groups: 23 amnestic MCI (aMCI) patients and 23 healthy elderly controls. The aMCI group was less accurate and produced less semantic knowledge than controls for famous names. Names from the enduring period were recognized faster than both recent and remote names in both groups, and remote names …


Working Words: Representation And Reflection Of Two Former Sex Trade Workers Covering The Pickton Trial In Vancouver, British Columbia, D. Baldwin, Treena Orchard Dec 2008

Working Words: Representation And Reflection Of Two Former Sex Trade Workers Covering The Pickton Trial In Vancouver, British Columbia, D. Baldwin, Treena Orchard

Dr. Treena Orchard

No abstract provided.


Fundamentals Of Sport And Exercise Psychology, Alan Kornspan Dec 2008

Fundamentals Of Sport And Exercise Psychology, Alan Kornspan

Alan S Kornspan

No abstract provided.


Hiv/Aids Prevention Programming With "Traditional" Sex Workers In Rural India: Challenges For The Empowerment Approach In Community-Sanctioned Sex Work Environments, Treena Orchard, J. O'Neil, J. Blanchard, A. Costigan, S. Moses Dec 2008

Hiv/Aids Prevention Programming With "Traditional" Sex Workers In Rural India: Challenges For The Empowerment Approach In Community-Sanctioned Sex Work Environments, Treena Orchard, J. O'Neil, J. Blanchard, A. Costigan, S. Moses

Dr. Treena Orchard

No abstract provided.


Caring, Curing And Healing: A Comparative Ethnographic Study On Biomedically And Complementary Oriented Health Care Regimes In Sweden And The Usa, Consultant/Content Expert, Pg, The Board Of Research For Health And Caring Sciences At Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Anette Forss, Ph.D., Rn, Principal Investigator), Julie Fairman Dec 2008

Caring, Curing And Healing: A Comparative Ethnographic Study On Biomedically And Complementary Oriented Health Care Regimes In Sweden And The Usa, Consultant/Content Expert, Pg, The Board Of Research For Health And Caring Sciences At Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Anette Forss, Ph.D., Rn, Principal Investigator), Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Nursing, History, And Healthcare: A Website, 1 G13 Lm008295, Fg, Unpaid Consultant, Content Expert, National Library Of Medicine Scholarly Work In Biomedicine And Health Grant Program (Karen Buhler-Wilkerson, Ph.D., Rn, Faan, Principal Investigator), Julie Fairman Dec 2008

Nursing, History, And Healthcare: A Website, 1 G13 Lm008295, Fg, Unpaid Consultant, Content Expert, National Library Of Medicine Scholarly Work In Biomedicine And Health Grant Program (Karen Buhler-Wilkerson, Ph.D., Rn, Faan, Principal Investigator), Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Infant Mortality, Linda Treiber Dec 2008

Infant Mortality, Linda Treiber

Linda A. Treiber

No abstract provided.


Correspondence: Help-Negation, Coralie Wilson Dec 2008

Correspondence: Help-Negation, Coralie Wilson

Coralie J Wilson

It is positive that preliminary findings from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing suggest that more Australians than in 1997 are seeking help for common mental disorders. However, the 2007 Survey also suggests that two in three Australians who had common forms of mental disorder and 41% of those with serious thoughts of suicide during the last year did not seek or engage in professional help for their condition [1]. Even more concerning are the preliminary results suggesting that 86% of those who didn’t seek help for their common mental disorders thought they didn’t need any type …


You Can’T Always Get What You Want, But You Get What You Need, Julie Fairman Dec 2008

You Can’T Always Get What You Want, But You Get What You Need, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.