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Meeting The Health Care Needs Of Miedically Underserved, Uninsured, And Underinsured Appalachians, Ida Slusher, C. Fletcher-Withrow, M. Whitaker
Meeting The Health Care Needs Of Miedically Underserved, Uninsured, And Underinsured Appalachians, Ida Slusher, C. Fletcher-Withrow, M. Whitaker
Ida Slusher
There is the need for critical changes in the United States health care system to meet the rising costs of health care and the massive number of people without health insurance. The Berea Health Ministry Rural Health Clinic (BHMRHC) is a nurse-managed, rural primary health care clinic that was designed to respond to the health care needs of the underserved, uninsured, and underinsured populations in a designated nine county area of Appalachian Kentucky. The process used in the development and implementation of BHMRHC is described as a model to assist in the future development of similar clinics.
Self-Care Agency And Self-Care Practice Of Adolescents, Ida Slusher
Self-Care Agency And Self-Care Practice Of Adolescents, Ida Slusher
Ida Slusher
The purposes of this study were threefold: (a) to describe self-care agency, (b) to describe self-care practice, and (c) to describe the relationship between self-care agency and self-care practice in adolescents. The usefulness of Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (SCDNT) with adolescents also was evaluated. Participants in this study included 173 adolescents, 14 to 19 years of age. Data were collected in classroom settings in two diverse high schools. Denyes Self-Care Agency Instrument-90 and Denyes Self-Care Practice Instrument-90 were administered. Results revealed the presence of self-care agency and self-care practice. Although self-care practice was lower than self-care agency, a significant …