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Functional Mobility of Community-Dwelling Older Persons: An Ethnographic Pre-Feasibility Study
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The purpose of this pre-feasibility study was two-fold: first, to examine perceptions and experiences of mobility challenges in the urban Brazilian community-dwelling older persons; second, to examine study participants’ perceptions about a sit-to-stand activity. The method of exploration was...
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Health promotion and quality of life among mothers of preadolescents: A focused ethnography
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Pasco, A.C.Y., Olson, J., Luduena, A.
Focused ethnography was used to identify beliefs, values and practices of Health Promotion and Quality of Life among mothers of preadolescents in Argentina. This study described how they influence their preadolescents’ choices and protect them from risk behaviors. Data were collected from a...
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Health promotion and quality of life among mothers of preadolescents: A focused ethnography study in Timbo/SC-Brazil
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This is a focused ethnography study of 10 preadolescents’ mothers who participate in OASE (Help Group of Evangelic Women) in Timbó, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The purpose of the study was to describe variances in patterns of health promotion, quality of life and preadolescents’ risk behavior from...
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Identification of nursing assessment models/tools validated in clinical practice for use with diverse ethnocultural groups: an integrative review of the literature
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Mollell, O., Richter, S., Ortiz, Y., Young, S., Higginbottom, G.M.A., Mogale, S.
Background: High income nations are currently exhibiting increasing ethno-cultural diversity which may present challenges for nursing practice. We performed an integrative review of literature published in North America and Europe between 1990 and 2007, to map the state of knowledge and to...
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Impact of Informational Capabilities on Market Access of Smallholder Farmers during COVID-19: A Study in Bangladesh
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Market accessibility, as an essential livelihood criterion in today’s commoditized world, needs a group of buyers and sellers to transact values among themselves through negotiation. Communication – an exchange of information for mutual understanding – plays a vital role in this negotiation....
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Spring 2016
Researchers in the fields of psychology and business have studied workplace bullying since the 1980s, and more recently it has gained attention in the healthcare arena. It is of specific interest to nurses, as nurses are reported to have the highest prevalence rates among health professionals....
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International nursing leadership related to the drugs phenomenon: a case study of the partnership experience between the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) and the University of Alberta - Faculty of Nursing
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Gray, G., Roldan, M.C.B., Luduena, A.C., Silva, J.H., Oblitas, F.Y.M., Pillon, S., David, H.M.S., Castillo, M.M.A., Galera, S.A.F., Randuz, V., Chaves, K.A.P., Wright, M.G.M., Cartana, M.H.F., Olson, J., Caufield, C.
In this article, the authors discuss the value of international health in advancing the nursing profession through the development of strong leadership in the area of drug demand reduction. Paradigms for nursing leadership are briefly reviewed and linked to the development of the “International...
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International nursing leadership related to the drugs phenomenon: A case study of the partnership experience between the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) and the University of Alberta-Faculty of Nursing
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David, Helena M.S., Castillo, Maria M.A., Chavez, Ketty A.P., Galera, Sueli A.F., Olson, Joanne, Cartana, Maria H.F., Gray, Genevieve, Luduena, Alicia C., Randuz, Vera, Wright, M.G.M., Oblitas, Flor Y.M., Roldan, Maria C.B., Pillon, Sandra, Silva, Julia H., Caufield, Catherine
In this article, the authors discuss the value of international health in advancing the nursing profession through the development of strong leadership in the area of drug demand reduction. Paradigms for nursing leadership are briefly reviewed and linked to the development of the \"International...
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Fall 2014
My investigation lives in the borderlands of health sciences research where inquiry, nursing and healthcare practices intersect in inter-disciplinary spaces. The relational aspects of nurses and other healthcare practitioners working together with patients is the area of my inquiry into the...
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2007
Wallin, L., Thompson, D.S., Moore, K., Estabrooks, C., Scott-Findlay, S.
Background: There has been considerable interest recently in developing and evaluating interventions to increase research use by clinicians. However, most work has focused on medical practices; and nursing is not well represented in existing systematic reviews. The purpose of this article is to...