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Patient Empowerment [PDF]

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 2004
Patient empowerment is defined as helping people to discover and use their own innate ability to gain mastery over their diabetes (Funnell MM, Anderson RM. Diabetes Educ. 1991;17:37-41). While you cannot empower a patient, nurses can use strategies that will assist patients in this process. These include providing education for informed decision-making,
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Successful implementation of the Healthy Diné Nation Act in stores on the Navajo Nation

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021
In 2014, the Navajo Nation Council passed the Healthy Diné Nation Act (HDNA), a 2% tax on unhealthy foods and beverages and a waiver of the 5% sales tax on healthy foods and water, to support health promotion and disease prevention among the Navajo ...
Carmen George, Carolyn Bancroft, Shine Salt, Caleigh Curley, Cameron Curley, Regina Eddie, Tierra Edison, Hendrik de Heer, Priscilla R. Sanderson, Del Yazzie, Ramona Antone-Nez, Sonya Shin   +11 more
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Online Communities as a Driver for Patient Empowerment: Systematic Review

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
BackgroundThe use of online resources has changed how people manage health care processes. Patients seek information about health conditions, guidance in treatment, and support from peers online, complementary to traditional health care trajectories ...
Johansson, Victoria, Islind, Anna Sigridur, Lindroth, Tomas, Angenete, Eva, Gellerstedt, Martin   +4 more
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Patient empowerment through the internet

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2008
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Perspective—The Paramount Impact of Lupus Patient Empowerment

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology, 2023
Patient empowerment in lupus is a process wherein patients actively participate in decision-making with healthcare professionals and take responsibility for their own condition.
Laniyati Hamijoyo, Jonathan Paul Consignado, Sandra V. Navarra   +2 more
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Patient empowerment in Flemish hospital wards : a cross-sectional study

, 2021
Objective: Measuring empowerment of patients on Flemish hospital wards by the short form of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13) and exploring the association between patient empowerment and patient-centred care, health literacy, patient- and context ...
Beeckman, Dimitri, Eeckloo, Kristof, Malfait, Simon, Theys, Sofie, Van Hecke, Ann, Verhaeghe, Sofie   +5 more
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Qualitative evaluation of a community health representative program on patient experiences in Navajo Nation

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Community Health Representatives (CHRs) overcome health disparities in Native communities by delivering home care, health education, and community health promotion.
Amber Lalla, Shine Salt, Elizabeth Schrier, Christian Brown, Cameron Curley, Olivia Muskett, Mae-Gilene Begay, Lenora Shirley, Clarina Clark, Judy Singer, Sonya Shin, Adrianne Katrina Nelson   +11 more
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Strengthening the role of Community Health Representatives in the Navajo Nation

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Strengthening Community Health Worker systems has been recognized to improve access to chronic disease prevention and management efforts in low-resource communities. The Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment (COPE) Program is a Native non-
Caroline King, Alex Goldman, Vikas Gampa, Casey Smith, Olivia Muskett, Christian Brown, Jamy Malone, Hannah Sehn, Cameron Curley, Mae-Gilene Begay, Adrianne Katrina Nelson, Sonya Sunhi Shin   +11 more
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Re-thinking technology and its growing role in enabling patient empowerment [PDF]

, 2018
© The Author(s) 2018. The presence and increase of challenges to eHealth in today’s society have begun to generate doubts about the capability of technology in patient empowerment, especially within the frameworks supporting empowerment.
Akeel, Aisha Umar, Mundy, Darren
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Managing the Psychology of Health Care: What it means and what it is worth

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020
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Ilan Shahin
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