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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Health Literacy Challenges And Opportunities: Bringing Children’S Mercy And Kansas City Together, Jennifer A. Lyon, Angie Knackstedt, Barbra Rudder, Mamta Reddy Md, Courtney R. Butler
Health Literacy Challenges And Opportunities: Bringing Children’S Mercy And Kansas City Together, Jennifer A. Lyon, Angie Knackstedt, Barbra Rudder, Mamta Reddy Md, Courtney R. Butler
Posters
BACKGROUND: A multidisciplinary group at Children's Mercy Kansas City applied for and received the NNLM MCR's Immersive Workshop Grant in December, 2017, and used the funding to organize and host a two-day immersive, interprofessional workshop in April, 2018, that 1) brought together health literacy-invested groups and individuals within the Kansas City community to learn about health literacy including cultural, language, numeracy and digital inclusion factors; and 2) provided specialized training to targeted CM participants to improve the provision of bedside health information to patients and caregivers. Objectives included: increasing community-wide collaboration, sharing resources, encouraging participants to become change agents, and …
Engaging Student Nurses In A Professional Association, Nicholas Craig
Engaging Student Nurses In A Professional Association, Nicholas Craig
Student Engagement Posters
Nicholas Craig discusses student engagement at Linfield College with regard to his involement with the Critical Care Nurses' Club.
Bone Marrow Drive: Will Linfield Be The Match?, Ashley Filler
Bone Marrow Drive: Will Linfield Be The Match?, Ashley Filler
Student Engagement Posters
Ashley Filler discusses student engagement at Linfield College with regard to organizing a bone marrow registration drive.
Mlk Book Read 2019 (Research Materials), Holy Cross Libraries
Mlk Book Read 2019 (Research Materials), Holy Cross Libraries
Library Resources for Campus Events
A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to the MLK Winter Book Read, based on the best-seller “Brother, I'm Dying" by Edwidge Danticat.
Unconscious Bias In Medicine, Dorothy E. Roberts, Pcom Office Of Diversity And Community Relations
Unconscious Bias In Medicine, Dorothy E. Roberts, Pcom Office Of Diversity And Community Relations
Diversity and Inclusion
2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture Series
Given by Dorothy E. Roberts, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, George A. Weiss University, Professor of Law
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Gujarati), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Gujarati), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Tagalog), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Tagalog), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
The Role Of Faith Communities In Improving Supports To Reduce Loneliness And Social Isolation In Immigrants 65+, Reshma Banu, Sirena Liladrie, Behije Noka
The Role Of Faith Communities In Improving Supports To Reduce Loneliness And Social Isolation In Immigrants 65+, Reshma Banu, Sirena Liladrie, Behije Noka
The Role of Faith Communities in Improving Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+
This report titled “The Role of Faith Communities in Improving Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+” connects survey findings with the importance of offering programs and services through faith groups and makes recommendations for creative collaborations with them in strengthening the community’s response to unmet needs of older immigrants.
Author Bios: Reshma Banu is a graduate from the Social Service Worker Program – Immigration and Settlement Stream at Sheridan College. Sirena Liladrie is a professor in the Social Service Worker Program at Sheridan College and Principle Investigator of the project. Behije Noka is a graduate of …
Journey To Refuge: Understanding Refugees, Exploring Trauma, And Best Practices For Newcomers And Schools, Trina D. Harlow
Journey To Refuge: Understanding Refugees, Exploring Trauma, And Best Practices For Newcomers And Schools, Trina D. Harlow
NPP eBooks
Pre-K through 12th grade schools within the United States have become much more diverse in recent years. Schools are now commonly not only diverse because of diverse students born in the United States, but also have many immigrant students. A growing number of these immigrant students are resettled children who have refugee status. In schools, these recent immigrants are called newcomers. This book is a culmination of research and anecdotal experiences regarding the refugee issue as it pertains to these students in American schools and schools elsewhere in the world. Scholars, policy makers, educators, those who work in the refugee …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Punjabi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Punjabi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Polish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Polish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Arabic), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Arabic), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Spanish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Spanish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Traditional Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Traditional Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Urdu), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Urdu), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Simplified Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Simplified Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Hindi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Hindi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Italian), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet - Staying Socially Connected (Italian), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tip Sheet
This handout for older adults includes a list of research-informed tips that an older adult can use to engage socially in a variety of ways.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Traditional Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Traditional Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Spanish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Spanish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Polish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Polish), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Social Isolation Detection Checklist, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Social Isolation Detection Checklist, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Social Isolation Detection Checklist
The Social Isolation Detection Checklist is a preliminary screening tool that can help you determine if an older adult might be at risk of social isolation. This tool can be completed one on one with an older adult. Alternatively, if you have been working with an older adult for an extended period of time and are familiar with their case history you can use your insider knowledge, intake records and case notes to complete this tool and determine risk. A list of recommendations (referrals) that correspond directly with the various categories in the Detection Tool is also included.
This resource …
Intervention Best Practices, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Intervention Best Practices, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Intervention Best Practices
The Intervention Best Practices resource summarizes some of the best practices being used in programs and initiatives designed to address social isolation and/or loneliness. The various case studies included display innovative thinking and ideas from around the world. This resource can be used to inform program planning and implementation.
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring …
Impact Of Socialization In Elderly Public-Housing Residents, Taylor M. Wilkerson, Schanea Ward, Amy Popovich, Pamela Parsons, Faika Zanjani
Impact Of Socialization In Elderly Public-Housing Residents, Taylor M. Wilkerson, Schanea Ward, Amy Popovich, Pamela Parsons, Faika Zanjani
Graduate Research Posters
Older adults who experience social isolation have higher rates of mortality relative to their counterparts. Social interactions are an important way to combat this isolation. This research aims to better understand how social isolation in older adults living in low-income households in Richmond, Virginia (RVA) is related to their economic, physical, and psychological health status. As part of the iCubed Health and Wellness Aging Core and in collaboration with the Richmond Memorial: East End Housing Coalition for Older Adults, older adults from a selected public housing unit (n=28) self-reported their financial status, experiences with physical and psycho-social health, and feelings …
Tips For Planning And Implementing Inclusive Programs, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tips For Planning And Implementing Inclusive Programs, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Tips for Planning and Implementing Inclusive Programs
The Tips for Planning and Implementing Inclusive Programs resource is intended to assist those involved in planning programs to support social inclusion. Tips are included for data-driven program development, for outreach to isolated and/or lonely older immigrants and for addressing barriers through a culturally competent lens.
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies to effectively …
Coping With Loneliness – A Resource For Older Adults, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness – A Resource For Older Adults, Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Urdu), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Urdu), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Simplified Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Simplified Chinese), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Punjabi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Punjabi), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Italian), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping With Loneliness - A Resource For Older Adults (Italian), Sheridan Centre For Elder Research
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults
Coping with Loneliness – A Resource for Older Adults is a reflection tool that includes prompts and activities to help a lonely older adult consider their feelings and come up with potential solutions by taking stock of their feelings, strengths and supports. This resource can be completed by an older adult individually, with the assistance of others, or in a group setting.
This document is available in the following languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu
This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre …