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Addressing Health Disparities in Middle School Students’ Nutrition and Exercise [PDF]
, 2003 Those with low income, especially women of African American and Hispanic heritage have the greatest risk of inactivity and obesity. A 4-session (Internet and video) intervention with healthy snack and gym labs was tested in 2 (gym lab in 1) urban low ...
Bansal, Naveen K. +7 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton +2 more
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Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2009 Background: Nurse educators are critical players in assuring quality of nursing education. They experience ever-changing health care environment while preparing the nursing work.
Taghreed Abd El-Aziz +1 more
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Implementing the IOM Future of Nursing Report - Part I: How to Dramatically Increase the Formal Education of America's Nursing Workforce by 2020 [PDF]
, 2011 Outlines strategies for realizing calls for competency-based curricula; seamless educational progression; more funding for accelerated programs, educational capacity building, and student diversity; and stronger employer ...
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For adults with intellectual disability and their families, future planning and moving out of the family home in Australia will increasingly occur within the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As a market‐based, individualised funding system its impact on this transition remains largely unknown. This paper reports on a
I. Belperio +5 more
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Solving Colorado's Health Professionals Shortage: Initial Lessons Learned From the Health Professions Initiative Evaluation [PDF]
, 2007 Gives an overview of the trust's 2005-08 Health Professions Initiative to address expected shortages in all healthcare professions, its impact so far, and the strategies grantees are implementing to help strengthen the training ...
Kaia Gallagher, Tanya Beer
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It is the priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and Australian governments, to provide infants with enriching environments in which they may thrive. This is particularly critical during the perinatal period. Yet, an increasing number of notifications and interventions by child protection authorities are occurring in ...
Neve Mucabel‐Bue +11 more
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The Compatibility of Students’ Personality for Studying Nursing and Working in their Profession [PDF]
مجله ایرانی آموزش در علوم پزشکی, 2004 Introduction. The high rate of attrition among nursing students and their lack of interest for continuing their profession have caused some nursing leaders to think about the necessity of considering the students’ personality during the process of ...
Mohsen Adib haj bagheri, Mansour Dianati
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Understanding Occupational and Skill Demand in New Jersey's Health Care Industry [PDF]
, 2005 The health care industry in New Jersey employs almost 350,000 people. However, state, national, and international shortages of nurses is raising widespread concern in the industry.
Denise Pierson-Balik +6 more
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