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Acceptability and feasibility of video-based coaching to enhance clinicians’ communication skills with patients

BMC Medical Education, 2022
Background Despite a growing call to train clinicians in interpersonal communication skills, communication training is either not offered or is minimally effective, if at all.
Jennifer Freytag, Jinna Chu, Sylvia J. Hysong, Richard L. Street, Christine M. Markham, Thomas P. Giordano, Robert A. Westbrook, Sarah Njue-Marendes, Syundai R. Johnson, Bich N. Dang   +9 more
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Mental wellbeing in crisis line volunteers: understanding emotional impact of the work, challenges and resources. A qualitative study

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2021
Background : Crisis line volunteers are a valuable addition to formal care. Although there is growing evidence of decreased mental wellbeing of crisis line volunteers, a comprehensive overview of perceived emotional impact from the perspective of ...
Renate Catharina Wilhelmina Johanna Willems, Constance Hélene Christine Drossaert, Patricia Vuijk, Ernst Thomas Bohlmeijer   +3 more
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eHealth adoption and use among healthcare professionals in a tertiary hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Qmethodology study [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Background The aim of the study was to explore the viewpoints of healthcare professionals (HCPs) on the adoption and use of eHealth in clinical practice in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Muhammad Awwal Ladan, Heather Wharrad, Richard Windle   +2 more
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Primary care provider notions on instituting community-based geriatric support in Uganda

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Understanding of the most economical and sustainable models of providing geriatric care to Africa’s rising ageing population is critical. In Uganda, the number of old adults (60 years and above) continues to rise against absence of policies ...
Jude Thaddeus Ssensamba, Mary Nakafeero, Hellen Musana, Mathew Amollo, Aloysius Ssennyonjo, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka   +5 more
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How nurses support family caregivers in the complex context of end-of-life home care: a qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Family caregivers are crucial in providing end-of-life care at home. Without their care, it would be difficult for many patients to die at home. In addition to providing care, family caregivers also need support for themselves.
Yvonne N. Becqué, Judith A. C. Rietjens, Agnes van der Heide, Erica Witkamp   +3 more
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A new approach for improving access to primary care and public health in India: the 3T Model [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives
Health inequities in India encompass limited primary care access, dearth in healthcare personnel, especially in rural fragile geographies. A health system strengthening (HSS) approach through an innovative 3T-model can solve this ubiquitous problem.
Satadal Saha, Bibaswan Basu, Ruchira Mukherjee   +2 more
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Improving team coordination in primary-care settings via multifaceted team-based feedback: a non-randomised controlled trial study

BJGP Open, 2021
Background: Coordination is critical to successful team-based health care. Most clinicians, however, are not trained in effective coordination or teamwork. Audit and feedback (A&F) could improve team coordination, if designed with teams in mind. Aim: The
Sylvia J Hysong, Amber B Amspoker, Ashley M Hughes, Houston F Lester, Erica K Svojse, Kashif Khan, Praveen Mehta, Laura A Petersen   +7 more
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Further Validation of a Dutch Translation of the Sussex Oxford Compassion for the Self Scale in Samples of Crisis Line Volunteers, Military Personnel and Nursing Students

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Self-compassion is considered an important, transdiagnostic factor for mental health. The Sussex Oxford Compassion for the Self Scale (SOCS-S) is a recently developed comprehensive measure of self-compassion, that was found to have promising psychometric
Eva de Krijger, Renate Willems, Peter ten Klooster, Ellen Bakker, Harald Miedema, Constance Drossaert, Ernst Bohlmeijer   +6 more
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How Demanding Is Volunteer Work at a Crisis Line? An Assessment of Work- and Organization-Related Demands and the Relation With Distress and Intention to Leave

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Crisis line services, run by volunteers, offer a listening ear 24/7 to people who cannot or do not want to use professional help. Although previous studies have identified various potential stressors crisis line volunteers face, as yet a ...
Renate C. W. J. Willems, Renate C. W. J. Willems, Constance H. C. Drossaert, Harald S. Miedema, Ernst T. Bohlmeijer   +4 more
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Association of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, and Hyperlipidemia With Gulf War Illness Among Gulf War Veterans

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Approximately 30% of the 700 000 Gulf War veterans report a chronic symptom‐based illness of varying severity referred to as Gulf War illness (GWI).
Sarah T. Ahmed, Ruosha Li, Peter Richardson, Saurendro Ghosh, Lea Steele, Donna L. White, Alice Nono Djotsa, Kellie Sims, Elizabeth Gifford, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Salim S. Virani, Robert Morgan, George Delclos, Drew A. Helmer   +13 more
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