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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"readiness to change"”.
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Increasing Readiness to Change Among Smokers in a Primary Care Setting
… interviewing, for increasing motivation to quit among male smokers in the pre-contemplation and contemplation stages of change who were primary care patients at an Eastern urban VA medical center. Contrary to expectations, participants receiving motivational interviews did not increase …
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Attributional Style, Presenting Symptoms, And Readiness to Change in Female Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors
The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the effect that attribution style and presenting symptoms has on the self-reported readiness to change of female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The aim was to demonstrate that the stages of change are a useful concept in …
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Assessing Readiness to Change and Identifying Risk Factors Leading to an Alcohol-Related Injury
Alcohol use is a leading risk factor in injuries and accounts for nearly half of all patients in the emergency room. Brief interventions are conducted in the ER setting to target patients who are seeking medical attention and who screen positive for alcohol misuse. It is believed that providing …
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The Relationship Between Sense of Coherence, Readiness to Change, and Alcohol Use in Emerging Adults
… Drinking patterns at this age can often extend into habitual behaviors which cause lasting impacts on adult life. Sense of Coherence (SOC) helps an individual look at life in a positive manner to overcome stressful events and buffer against negative alcohol related outcomes (Tobamidanik & …
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Assessing College Students Readiness To Change Alcohol Use Behavior Related to Perceptions of Alcohol Effects on Sexual Assault
… in violent crime. Binge drinking continues to be an issue on college campuses and has been directly associated with the increased the risk of sexual assault. The lack of programming effectiveness by institutions of higher education to deter the incidence of sexual assault related to alcohol …
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The role of readiness to change and other patient factors in the prediction of dropout from treatment-for problem drinking of alcohol.
… was examining the predictive role of patients' readiness to change drinking behaviour, in drought from treatment for problem drinking. The predictive role of patient demographic factors, socioeconomic factors, personal history and drinking factors in drought from treatment for problem drinking …
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L' échelle Multidimensional Pain Readiness to Change Questionnaire: un examen de sa structure factorielle et de son utilité clinique en réadaptation physique
… (2003) étaient appuyés par des analyses factorielles effectuées auprès d'un groupe d'adultes souffrant d'une douleur musculosquelettique chronique. Un deux objectif a été de déterminer si les scores au MPRCQ pouvaient prédire les résultats thérapeutiques d'un programme de réadaption …
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Understanding the Illinois community college faculty attitude of change: commitment, involvement, and readiness
Changes affecting community colleges are becoming more difficult because of fewer available resources and because the pace of change is accelerating in the external environment. These realities mean that community colleges are now at a crossroads where managing the change process has become more …
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Towards a stage model of learning organization development.
… can develop characteristics that enable them to be competitive in an increasingly competitive business environment. While there is an assumption that LOs have the ability to manage change, few empirical studies are available to prove whether an organization with strong LO characteristics also …
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Patterns of cannabis use in first-episode psychosis
… that patients with psychosis are more likely to<br/>use illicit substances than the general population, with cannabis being the most<br/>popular. Research has also shown that cannabis use is associated with poor<br/>prognostic outcomes in patients with an established psychotic disorder. It …
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A Brief Mindfulness Intervention to Decrease Binge Drinking among College Students: A Controlled Study
… college students who were randomly assigned to a Mindfulness Group or an assessment only Control Group. Assessments were administered to both groups at the initial intervention and weekly for the subsequent four weeks. The Mindfulness Group received information about mindfulness and …
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Leading Change for Transgender and Gender Diverse Healthcare: Assessing Organizational Readiness
… addressed by many healthcare leaders, adding to the urgency to advance equitable, inclusive care. Additionally, structural cisnormativity and binary gender frameworks continue to perpetuate misinformation, erasure, and health disparities. Addressing these entrenched barriers requires systemic …
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Online Health Education Curriculum Evaluation: Differential Findings Among College Students
… an on-line health education curriculum intended to prevent harm associated with college student alcohol consumption and related behaviors. Using existing data from 225 higher education organizations and 23,127 individuals manipulated into a clustered randomly assigned post-test only evaluation …
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Effectiveness of Visual Aids on Preventive Dental Goals
Purpose: To assess a caregiver’s oral health attitudes, habits, and behaviors pre and post intervention, and to determine whether a particular delivery-style (verbal-only or with visual supplementation) of a motivational interviewing session is more effective in improving oral health behaviors as …
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The Importance of Life Goals in the Treatment of Marijuana Dependence
… motivational properties for specific behavior change efforts. The present study examined the types of life goals and ratings of life goal attributes as predictors of marijuana treatment outcomes in a sample of marijuana dependent individuals. Results were generally not consistent with …
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Obesity Education For Hmong Adolescents With Obesity In Pediatric Primary Care
… of this quality improvement project was to develop and implement an obesity education and counseling program for Hmong adolescents aged 13-17 years with obesity in a primary care clinic, incorporating motivational interviewing and culturally sensitive diet counseling to promote healthy …
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Lean effectiveness model for products and services : servicing existing systems in aerospace and technology
… and growth. The Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool (LESAT) is a product of the Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This tool is used by many enterprises to assess strengths, areas of improvement, and the enterprise's readiness to change. LESAT …
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Physical Activity of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Feasibility and validity of measuring physical activity and physical activity intention and their relationship to the spectrum of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
In comparison to the wider population people with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience higher rates of morbidity and mortality associated with inactive lifestyles, however little is known about the pattern of their physical activity (PA). To address the inadequacies that currently exist around …
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Promoting Women Income Generating Activities for Sustainable Life: The Case Study of Wakasa Women Economic Group in Karanga Ward Moshi Municipality Tanzania
… who lives in that community and is well-known to the author. WAKASA has two subgroups, the research focused on WAKASA B, a group with 28 active members, 26 of whom were involved in the needs assessment. Strengths of the group included: willingness to be part of the group, to work towards common …
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