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Huang, Lyen C.; Johnson, Jordan E.; Bleicher, Josh; Blumling, Allison N.; Savarise, Mark; Wetter, David W.; Cohan, Jessica N.; Harris, Alex A.S.; Kaphingst, Kimberly A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Background: Patients rarely dispose of left-over opioids after surgery. Disposal serves as a primary prevention against misuse, overdose, and diversion. However, current interventions promoting disposal have mixed efficacy. Increasing disposal in rural communities could prevent or reduce the harms caused by prescription opioids. Aims: Identify…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Therapy, Surgery, Rural Areas
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Brady, John P.; Bruce, Douglas; Foster, Elissa; Shattell, Mona – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Background: Due to the increasing availability of medical-grade cannabis for treatment of chronic conditions, we examined how prospective users navigate the process of researching, procuring, and using cannabis. Given the barriers prospective users experience, self-efficacy may be a factor for those who incorporate cannabis into treatment. Aims:…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Research, Marijuana, Drug Therapy
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Tiffany, Elizabeth; Wilder, Christine M.; Miller, Shannon C.; Winhusen, Theresa – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2016
Aims: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is implementing opioid overdose (OOD) education and naloxone distribution to reduce rising rates of OOD deaths. This study assessed knowledge and interest in OOD prevention with naloxone at a VHA hospital where naloxone kits were not yet available. Methods: Veterans receiving opioids for =3 months,…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Prevention, Veterans, Pain
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Balogun-Mwangi, Oyenike; Ballou, Mary; Matsumoto, Atsushi; Faver, Lee; Todorova, Irina – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2016
Guided by the feminist ecological model and employing a participatory action research approach, the present study focused on the experiences of 10 women with chronic pain in an integrated healthcare setting. The women in this study participated in a seven-session group, which incorporated important dimensions of gender role awareness, power,…
Descriptors: Females, Pain, Attitudes, Feminism
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Oyira, Emilia James; Mgbekem, Mary; Osuchukwu, Easther Chukwudi; Affiong, Ekpenyong Onoyom; Lukpata, Felicia E.; Ojong-Alasia, Mary Manyo – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Objective: To examine background of midwives the effectiveness in delivery pain and anxiety/fear control of expectant mothers in Nigeria. Methods: Two null hypotheses were formulated. The survey design with sample of 360 post-natal women was selected from a population of 78,814 through the polio immunization registers of selected health center in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obstetrics, Females, Allied Health Personnel
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Oyira, Emilia James; Emon, Umoe Duke; Essien, N. C.; Ekpenyong, Affiong Onoyom – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
This study sought to investigate western and traditional educational background of midwives with regard to their effectiveness in delivery pain control in Cross River State-Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the investigation. The study adopted the survey design. The sample consisted of 360 post-natal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Birth, Allied Health Personnel, Questionnaires
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Leonard, Guillaume; Tousignant-Laflamme, Yannick; Mercier, Catherine – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2013
Psychological barriers to rehabilitation are generally viewed as pre-existing patient traits that clinicians are asked to evaluate and modify. In the present case report, we provide evidence that these barriers can also be involuntarily created or perpetuated by the clinician himself when too much attention is placed on physical abnormalities.…
Descriptors: Physical Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Pain, Rehabilitation
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Schrader, Susan L.; Nelson, Margot L.; Eidsness, LuAnn M. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2009
During the past century, dramatic changes have occurred in the way death is experienced in the United States. A death in 1900 typically occurred as a result of sudden illness and injury among the young at home. Today, Americans are more likely to die from long-term, chronic illness in later life, often in institutional settings. In addition to the…
Descriptors: Death, Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, American Indians