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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Chronic Health Problems"”.
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Evaluation of an education program for parents of children with chronic health problems or disabilities
… of resources, for parents of children with chronic health problems or disabilities. Twenty-eight parents (20 mothers and 8 fathers) of children with a variety of chronic conditions participated in a 16 hour structured educational program based on the common adaptive tasks facing parents when …
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Circular Progress: Health and Healthcare within Albertan Indian Residential Schools, 1920 - 1950
… the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health of the pupils in Indian Residential Schools from 1920 – 1950. It focusses on a single province – Alberta – and utilizes an inter-disciplinary approach to understand how the interaction between the biological and the psychosocial conditions of …
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School Travel for Families Living with Childhood Disability
… independent mobility and a troubling range of chronic health problems. Concern over these issues has led to an increase in attention to school transportation among planning scholars and practitioners. School transportation has come to be regarded as an opportunity for creating change since …
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Contributing factors to child stunting in Guatemala: A systems analysis focused on enteric disease transmission and mycotoxin exposure
… -- is a United Nation's indicator for chronic malnutrition that has been linked to both acute and chronic health problems. Data from Guatemala suggests for children under five years of age, 49% are classified as stunted. This dissertation tests the following hypotheses, among children …
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Use of an Enhanced Engagement Approach to Increase Engagement in an Online Support Group
… useful resources for individuals with chronic health problems who often face challenges in receiving desired support from similar others. Barriers such as limited mobility, time, distance, and desire for anonymity limit access to this support in traditional face-to-face groups. However, …
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Sleep, cardiometabolic health, and neurocognitive performance in esports players
… circadian rhythms, and physical and mental health over time. Despite the growing popularity of esports among adults, few studies have investigated the relationships between sleep, cardiometabolic health, and neurocognitive performance in this population. Specifically, the vast majority of …
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Factors Influencing Nurses' Intentions to Provide Weight Management Education to Hospitalized Obese Adults
Obesity is a sensitive, global health problem that impacts individuals of all ages and places individuals at risk for various chronic health problems. Nurses caring for hospitalized obese clients are in a prime position to provide them with timely information on weight management. This study …
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Differences between participants and nonparticipants of a community-based senior health education program
… with participation in a formal seniors' health education program. It was hypothesized that three identifiable groups, two of which would be nonparticipants of the health education program of interest, would be found. One group of nonparticipants would be very active, and score more …
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A Model for the Provision of Adaptive eHealth Information Across the Personal Social Network
… the facilitation of mediated communication of health updates and support needs across the social network, on behalf of individuals experiencing acute or chronic health problems. This led to the user-centred design, development and evaluation of a prototype software tool. Investigatory applied …
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Large-scale optimization for green logistics and stochastic resource allocation for food security
… several important management and policy analysis problems in food supply chain systems utilizing large-scale optimization, stochastic resource allocation, and data-analytics methodologies. We focused on three main research questions: 1) How can retailers build green, efficient last-mile logistics …
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End-of-life care in residential aged care: The perceptions of bereaved family members
… percentage of older people living with multiple chronic health problems including dementia. This increase in the aged population with complicated health issues has required governments and health care systems internationally to provide suitable accommodation and health care support such as …
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Journeys and experiences of life after tracheostomy: a case study of patients, their kin/friends and health care professionals.
… insertion or the technical and clinical problems associated with removal. Little research has looked at the longer-term impact of temporary tracheostomy experiences on patient lives. Additionally, most literature on this group comes from the USA and Asia: little is known about UK …
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Health-related quality of life and disease burden of psoriasis in Iran
The concept of health has dynamically been changing by rise of new needs and diversity in human preferences. Also by improvement of life expectancy from the beginning of 20th century, the concept of health for the person and the society has evolved. Advancements in science and technology has made …