A bit more understanding: Young adults' views of mental health services in care in Ireland [PDF]
, 2015 Children and young people in the care system typically experience very high levels of mental health difficulties, yet their views of these difficulties and of mental health services have rarely been explored.
McElvaney, Rosaleen, Tatlow-Golden, Mimi
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Home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019 Background Dementia is a terminal illness making the palliative and hospice approach to care appropriate for older people with advanced dementia. Objective To examine clinical and health services outcomes of a quality improvement pilot project to provide
Shelley A. Sternberg +9 more
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COVID-19 pandemic in long-term care: An international perspective for policy considerations
International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023 This paper identifies key factors rooted in the systemic failings of the long-term care sector amongst four high income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to offer practice and policy solutions to prevent future tragedies.
Doris Grinspun +4 more
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Developing Primary Liaison Psychiatric Services for HIV/AIDS Patients in Community [PDF]
, 2017 In Indonesia, the number of HIV/AIDS patients has grown at significant level. HIV can be a source of major stress which can lead to changes in mental health, such as persistent sadness, feeling empty and anxiety. The ability of liaison officer could help
Ahsan, A. (Ahsan), Lestari, R. (Retno)
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Access and use of interventions to prevent and treat malaria among pregnant women in Kenya and Mali: a qualitative study. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Coverage of malaria in pregnancy interventions in sub-Saharan Africa is suboptimal. We undertook a systematic examination of the operational, socio-economic and cultural constraints to pregnant women's access to intermittent preventive ...
Achieng, Florence +11 more
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Correction to: home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019 .
Shelley A. Sternberg +9 more
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Financial abuse: circumstances of occurrences against older adults
Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2020 Objective: To analyze the occurrences of financial abuse against older adults. Methods: a descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study with a qualitative and quantitative approach was conducted through the analysis of 209 Police Reports (PR) of ...
Miriam Fernanda Sanches Alarcon +4 more
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Incidence and costs of unintentional falls in older people in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2003 STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of accident and emergency (A&E) attendances, admissions to hospital, and the associated costs as a result of unintentional falls in older people. DESIGN: Analysis of national databases for cost of illness. SETTING:
Chaplin, S., Legood, R., Scuffham, P.
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Does mobile phone ownership predict better utilization of maternal and newborn health services? a cross-sectional study in Timor-Leste. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundIncreasingly popular mobile health (mHealth) programs have been proposed to promote better utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services.
Gu, Jing +5 more
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Supporting mental health and emotional well-being among younger students in further education [PDF]
, 2008 Over the last 25 years there has been an increase in reported behavioural and emotional problems among young people. Moreover, students in higher education (HE) are reported to have increased symptoms of mental ill health compared with age-matched ...
Aggleton, Peter +4 more
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