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Direct linkKrov, Kathleen Nadler – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There is a need to increase the number of baccalaureate prepared registered nurses to safely meet the complex healthcare needs of citizens of the United States. Since there is no research on the characteristics of registered nurse students persisting in baccalaureate education, this quantitative descriptive case study was designed to identify the…
Descriptors: Nurses, Goal Orientation, Self Efficacy, Adult Education
Download full textBlachman, Dara; Laughlin, Lynda; Lukacs, Susan; Pastor, Patricia; Howie, LaJeana; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Baum, Katrina; Lopez, Marsha; Jekielek, Susan; Nord, Mark; Morisi, Teri; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Colpe, Lisa; Fungwe, Thomas; Ghandour, Reem – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2009
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" provides annual updates on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. A more detailed report alternates every other year with a condensed version that highlights selected indicators. This year, the Forum is publishing the full report…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Well Being, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Simmons, Darlene R. – Journal of School Nursing, 2007
International travel can provide the unique opportunity to experience other cultures. For nurses, it can also provide a window through which different health care structures and services can be viewed. Many similarities and differences can be found between the country visited and the United States in terms of health issues, nursing education,…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Health Services, Health Needs, Travel
Holden, E. Wayne; Blau, Gary M. – American Psychologist, 2006
Comments on three articles (see records EJ733583, EJ733584, and EJ733585) on the status of children's mental health services in the United States, which appeared in the September 2005 issue of the "American Psychologist." The current authors suggest that, although this series of articles provides important information, the articles fall…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Children
Peer reviewedGlazer, Nathan – Public Interest, 1971
Compares the American health care system with those of England and Sweden; presents evidence to support view that cultural factors influence health care significantly. Health care systems in small countries with homogenous populations tend to accept cultural factors, but do so with less ease in countries with heterogenous populations and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Health Facilities, Health Needs, Health Personnel
Vernon, McCay; Leigh, Irene W. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2007
The issue of mental health services available to adults and children in the United States who are deaf is addressed. Included is a historical perspective on the changes in these services over the last 50 years. Within this scope, the current status of services is described in some detail. Psychological research on children who are deaf is…
Descriptors: Health Services, Psychological Studies, Deafness, Mental Health
Heppner, P. Paul – Counseling Psychologist, 2006
The central thesis of this article is that focusing on cross-cultural competence will enhance both the science and the practice of counseling psychology. Developing cross-cultural competence is a lifelong journey, replete with many joys and challenges, that will (a) increase the sophistication of our research, (b) expand the utility and…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Cultural Context, Counseling Effectiveness, Health Needs
Buchanan, Larry M. – Leadership, 2007
It is widely recognized throughout the health care industry that the United States leads the world in health care spending per capita. However, the chilling dose of reality for American health care consumers is that for all of their spending, the World Health Organization ranks the country's health care system 37th in overall performance--right…
Descriptors: Health Care Costs, Health Insurance, Health Needs, School District Spending
Parish, Susan L.; Huh, Jungwon – Health & Social Work, 2006
Despite having similar or better potential access to health care, women with disabilities experience worse health care and worse preventive care than nondisabled women. This study examined the health care of a national probability sample of 8,721 disabled and 45,522 nondisabled women living in the United States. Logistic regression models,…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Females, Disabilities, Health Services
US Department of Health and Human Services, 2009
While data sources exist to measure and monitor the health of children in the United States, few take into account the many contexts in which children grow and develop, including their family and community environments. The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), conducted in 2007, addresses multiple aspects of children's health and…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Public Health, Health Promotion, Health Conditions
Peer reviewedLee, Philip R. – Journal of Allied Health, 1977
An approach to health policy is proposed that can lead to a more rational use of America's resources to meet the people's health needs. The Federal government's pursuit of two goals needed to implement this approach are discussed along with other aspects of health and health conditions in America. (HD)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Health Conditions, Health Needs
Peer reviewedGriffin-Shirley, Nora; Trusty, Sharon; Kelley, Emily; Siew-Jin, Lai Keun; Macias, Eduardo P. – RE:view: Rehabilitation Education for Blindness and Visual Impairment, 2004
Current diabetes vision care guidelines suggest that people receive at least an annual dilated eye examination 5 years after the diagnosis of Type I diabetes and a dilated eye examination at the time of diagnosis of Type II diabetes, and at least annually thereafter. Hispanics in the United States have a three-fold greater prevalence of diabetes…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Blindness, Adults, Hispanic Americans
Rimmer, James H.; Yamaki, Kiyoshi – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2006
While much of the industrialized world struggles for clues to the growing rise in obesity in their respective countries, researchers and service providers involved in understanding the health characteristics and health behaviors of persons with intellectual disability (ID) struggle with their own issues regarding the increased prevalence of…
Descriptors: Obesity, Mental Retardation, Community Involvement, Health Behavior
Smith-Morris, Carolyn – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2006
In the past five years, there has been a surge in the attention shown to community and community-based health programs among Native Americans, particularly for chronic health problems such as diabetes. Community participation in health programming--from the efforts of community health workers (CHWs), to participatory research, to the impact of…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Chronic Illness, Incidence, Community Involvement
Peer reviewedJournal of American College Health, 2005
Assessing and understanding the health needs and capacities of college students is paramount to creating healthy campus communities. The American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) is a survey instrument developed by the American College Health Association (ACHA) in 1998 to assist institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Safety, Prevention, College Students
