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Impact of Socialization in Elderly Public-Housing Residents [PDF]
, 2019 Older adults who experience social isolation have higher rates of mortality relative to their counterparts. Social interactions are an important way to combat this isolation.
Parsons, Pamela +4 more
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor +12 more
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Social isolation in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus—a path analysis
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundDue to aging, the use of antidiabetic drugs, and dietary restrictions following a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the social interactions of older adults with T2DM are often limited.
Jing Wang +6 more
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The effects of social isolation on well-being and life satisfaction during pandemic
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021 The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic placed many locations under ‘stay at home” orders and adults simultaneously underwent a form of social isolation that is unprecedented in the modern world.
Ruta Clair +3 more
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The Unique Social Isolation Homosexual Adolescents Experience [PDF]
, 2006 A pioneering group of teenagers are identifying themselves as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender or Questioning (GLBTQ). GLBTQ adolescents experience a unique social isolation as compared with other minority and oppressed groups.
Finnerty, Marisa
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez +13 more
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Rate of Social Isolation by Geographic Location Among Older Adults: AAA LongROAD Study
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Introduction: Social isolation is a modifiable risk factor for negative health outcomes among older adults. This work assessed the relationship between geography (i.e., urban vs.
Laura Lynch +10 more
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Gestures in the wild : studying multi-touch gesture sequences on interactive tabletop exhibits [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper we describe our findings from a field study that was conducted at the Vancouver Aquarium to investigate how visitors interact with a large interactive table exhibit using multi-touch gestures.
Carpendale, Sheelagh, Hinrichs, Uta
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Despite their increased risk for functional impairment resulting from cancer and its treatments, few adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with a hematological malignancy receive the recommended or therapeutic dose of exercise per week during inpatient hospitalizations.
Jennifer A. Kelleher +8 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Background International research shows that social isolation is harmful for health, especially for the elderly. Its objective and subjective dimensions are important to distinguish as each stands in a different relation with health. The first aim of the
Maddalena Fiordelli +4 more
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