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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Health/illness"”.
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The road to equally well: Promoting physical health for adolescents with mental health illness
People with mental illness have higher mortality and morbidity rates than the general population. There is a raft of reasons why this occurs but includes stigma and discrimination, poorly connected health services with unclear professional role clarification and the illness itself. Adolescence is a …
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Exploring experiences and perspectives of health, illness and death in selected contemporary African postcolonial texts
… explored the depictions and perspectives of health, illness and death in selected postcolonial texts written after the year 2000. Although tantamount attention has been directed to notions of health, illness and death in literary texts (medical narratives) largely from scientific and clinical …
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Diabetes Status, Predisposing, Enabling, and Oral Health Illness Level Variables as Predictors of Preventive and Emergency Dental Service Use
… of Andersen and Newman Framework of Health Services Utilization dimensions (predisposing, enabling, and illness variables) in predicting dental service utilization during the past year using a nationally representative sample from a 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination …
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An examination of critical issues in traditional Chinese acupuncture research
… TCM can be understood to constitute a distinct health care paradigm in the Kuhnian sense of having its own ontology, fundamental tenets, assumptions and practices. As TCA is practised within the framework of the TCM paradigm with its associated concepts of the person, health, illness and …
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Risk Assessment in Corrections: An Analysis of Variables Related to Suicide Attempts and Self-Mutilation
… 50% of incarcerated individuals have a mental health illness, further reinforcing the need for concise, evidence-based risk assessment practices. The Virginia Department of Corrections collected data on suicide attempts, completed suicides, and incidents of self-injurious behavior for 17 months …
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Health locus of control of children with a chronic health condition
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the health locus of control among a group of pediatric patients (n = 15) at Cooper University Hospital between the ages of 10 and 17 (mean age = 13.93) with chronic health conditions. The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale, form C, was used …
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The Way Work Should Be™ Fostering a Stigma-Free Workplace for Mainers
… The Way Work Should Be ™, aims to enhance Mental Health & Illness education and establish a Stigma-Free Workplace. NAMI Maine, a leader in mental health advocacy, will partner with organizations throughout Maine to provide essential resources, including mental health toolkits, training for …
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An evaluation of an online mental health awareness resource: perspectives of Mindsight certificate holders
Rationale: Mental illness is a growing concern with stigma acting as a barrier for help-seeking and accessing appropriate avenues of care. This study aimed to determine the perceptions of the web-based resource Mindsight, which promotes mental health/illness awareness. Methods: A mixed methods …
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Gaps in the Mental Health System,Justice System and The Transition to Adulthood: An Analysis of Unmet Needs
… that have at least one diagnosable mental health illness. The multiple needs for rehabilitation among these young adults have often gone unmet, and thus, they have become an extremely vulnerable subgroup in the justice system. The purpose of this study was to explore issues of disparity …
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Beyond opioid regulation: Why a social and cultural analysis of pain in America is a prerequisite for ethical evidence-based pain policy
… of a medical humanities approach to health, illness, and healing.
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The effect of deployment on the rate of major depression and substance abuse in active duty military from 2001-2006
… Enduring Freedom have affected the mental health of the U.S. military, as evidenced by an increasing trend in mental health illness. This thesis evaluates the effects of deployment history on major depression and substance abuse in the active duty population from 2001 to 2006. The research …
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The strategic development of a health care organisation : a longitudinal study of the South African physiotherapy profession, 1971 to 2000
… institution which is primarily concerned with health, illness and the physical elements of movement In the human body. Together with South African society as a whole this Institution has experienced monumental changes over the last 30 years. The objective of this research is to describe and …
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A study of the cultural appropriateness of service delivery models in the Australian mental health system
… the cultural appropriateness of the mental health system in relation to the Vietnamese refugee community in Australia. Culture and mental health, as widely acknowledged in the field of transcultural psychiatry, are closely linked. No aspect of the diagnosis or treatment methods can be …
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The stories we sell: A narrative analysis of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising\r\n
… perspective from which to consider issues in health policy, one which allows and encourages an active, participatory stance on the part of patients and the public as a whole. This kind of critical, interpretive reframing of pharmaceutical advertising not only divests the industry of the …
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Evaluating the Felony Mental Health Court of Harris County, Texas
Mental health is one of the most critical yet complicated areas for public health researchers. The dynamic characteristics of contemporary clinical notions of mental illness and the accompanying landscape of ever-changing health policies can create unique challenges for research efforts. In spite …
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Embodied Remedies: Plant Medicine in the Art of Fiona Hall, Janet Laurence and Lauren Berkowitz
… Lauren Berkowitz - who all explore the themes of health, healing and botanical medicine in their works of art. Focusing primarily on their works from the 1990s and 2000s - a period marked by a growing belief in the infallibility of medicine, counter-culture scepticism of this paradigm, and a …
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Embodied Remedies: Plant Medicine in the Art of Fiona Hall, Janet Laurence and Lauren Berkowitz
… Lauren Berkowitz - who all explore the themes of health, healing and botanical medicine in their works of art. Focusing primarily on their works from the 1990s and 2000s - a period marked by a growing belief in the infallibility of medicine, counter-culture scepticism of this paradigm, and a …
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Below the parapet: a phenomenological exploration of adult inter-personal relationships for individuals who grew up with a sibling with a severe mental illness
Siblings of those with severe mental health illness (SMI) have long been overlooked in research and, what interest there has been, seems to have been borne out of the desire to establish how best to engage them in providing care and support for their mentally ill brother or sister when their …
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Beyond Participation: The therapeutic ‘self-photograph’ and participatory photography in peer-led mental health design and evaluation
… experiences and resolves stigma around mental health illness. This emerging visual representation contributes to survivorship narratives and enhances the health of communities. Throughout two participatory photography programmes in National Health Service (NHS) mental health contexts, I …
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