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Mills, Terry L.; Wilmoth, Janet M. – Family Relations, 2002
A cross-sectional sample of three-generation families was used to evaluate life-sustaining medical treatment attitudes and decision factors. Results show that the older generation perceived mental capacity, family burden, and pain as most important considerations. Among the middle generation the type of life-sustaining treatment was important. The…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Family Attitudes, Hospices (Terminal Care)
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de Jong, O. R. W.; Hopman-Rock, M.; Tak, E. C. M. P.; Klazinga, N. S. – Health Education Research, 2004
Implementation studies are recommended to assess the feasibility and effectiveness in real-life of programmes which have been tested in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We report on an implementation study of two evidence-based exercise and health education programmes for older adults with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee or hip. Three types of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Health Education, Self Efficacy, Older Adults
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Ferber, Sari Goldstein; Feldman, Ruth – Infancy, 2005
This study examined delivery pain as a possible risk factor for the development of mother-infant interaction. Eighty-one mothers completed the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. A retrospective evaluation of labor pain was performed using the Visual Analog Scale at 2 days…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Play, Mothers, Infants
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Markert, Ronald J.; O'Neill, Sally C.; Bhatia, Subhash C. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2003
Introduction: The objectives of continuing medical education (CME) programs include knowledge acquisition, skill development, clinical reasoning and decision making, and health care outcomes. We conducted a yearlong medical education research study in which knowledge acquisition in our CME programs was assessed. Method: A randomized…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Skill Development, Research Design, Research Methodology
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Young, Bridget; Rice, Helen; Dixon-Woods, Mary; Colver, Allan F.; Parkinson, Kathryn N. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
This qualitative study investigated what disabled children thought most important in their lives and examined how well their priorities are represented in KIDSCREEN, a generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument. Participants were a subgroup of families who had previously taken part in a study of quality of life and participation in…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Recreational Activities, Family Life, Quality of Life
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Broach, Ellen; Dattilo, John – Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 1996
Reviews literature on the effects of aquatic therapy (swimming and exercise) to improve function. Research shows that aquatic therapy has numerous psychological and physical benefits, and it supports the belief that participation can provide a realistic solution to maintaining physical fitness and rehabilitation goals while engaging in enjoyable…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Body Image, Depression (Psychology), Exercise
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Clark, Glenn T.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1993
The use of interactive computer-based simulation of cases of chronic orofacial pain and temporomandibular joint disfunction patients for clinical dental education is described. Its application as a voluntary study aid in a third-year dental course is evaluated for effectiveness and for time factors in case completion. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Clinical Experience, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Robertson, Mary Kathryn; Umble, Karl E.; Cervero, Ronald M. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2003
Introduction: This article critiques the questions asked and methods used in research syntheses in continuing education (CE) in the health professions, summarizes the findings of the syntheses, and makes recommendations for future CE research and practice. Methods: We identified 1.5 research syntheses published after 1993 in which primary CE…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Health Occupations, Health Personnel, Professional Continuing Education
Rankinen, Tuomo; Bouchard, Claude – President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Research Digest, 2002
This paper categorizes the many benefits of physical activity, offering information concerning the type of dose necessary to get that benefit. In 2000, Health Canada and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with other agencies, sponsored a symposium to determine whether there was a dose-response relationship between…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Anxiety, Body Composition, Body Weight
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Alexander, Leslie M.; Currie, Candace – Health Education, 2004
Increasing numbers of young people use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for education, work and leisure activities. Research on ICT and Upper Limb Disorders (ULDs) in adults has shown that functional impairment, pain and discomfort in the upper limbs, neck and shoulder increases with frequency and duration of exposure to computer…
Descriptors: Health Education, Computer Uses in Education, Adolescents, Computers
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Marks, Ray – Health Education, 2005
Purpose: The first aim of this review article is to systematically summarise, synthesise, and critically evaluate the research base concerning the use of two art forms, namely, dance-based exercises and Tai Chi, as applied to people with arthritis (a chronic condition that results in considerable disability and, particularly in later life,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Well Being, Art, Foreign Countries
Directions in Rehabilitation Counseling, 1991
This volume of 12 lessons--each one written by either a medical or a mental health professional--provides expert information on a variety of medical and psychological issues in rehabilitative counseling. The lessons, each of which concludes with a few multiple-choice questions, are as follows: (1) "An Update on Post-Traumatic Stress…
Descriptors: Change, Child Abuse, Chronic Illness, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Lammers, Jane W. – 1991
This handbook discusses the most common childhood conditions that teachers, parents, and caregivers see in children between the ages of 4 and 10; describes signs and symptoms of over 30 common childhood health problems; provides practical strategies for getting children back to the well state once they are ill; and offers guidance as to when…
Descriptors: Allergy, Child Caregivers, Child Health, Chronic Illness
Steinhaus, Arthur H. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1945
This bulletin is committed to the thesis that the success of any educative experience varies as thoughts are or are not accompanied by appropriate feelings; that education must ever be alert to both of these happenings; and that the teacher can influence the feeling phase of an experience even as he can the cognitive phase. In limiting its efforts…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Safety, Health Behavior, Health Education
Directions in Rehabilitation Counseling, 1994
This volume of 12 lessons--each one written by either a medical or mental health professional--provides expert information on a variety of medical and psychological issues in rehabilitative counseling. The lessons, each of which concludes with a few multiple-choice questions, are as follows: (1) "Behavioral Techniques for Treatment of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Athletics, Career Counseling
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