Browsing by Author Affiliations "Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA"
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Co-development and strengthening of a new curriculum, global collaboration between a low- and high-resource countries
This session presents on the collaborative project between a new undergraduate Baccalaureate nursing program in a low resource country, Nigeria and an accredited undergraduate Baccalaureate nursing program in a high-resource ... -
Contraceptive use among low-income and ethnic minority women living in three urban underserved neighborhoods
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Thursday, July 24, 2014: Purpose: Ineffective and non'use of contraceptives have been associated with increased risk of unplanned pregnancy in the United States. Unplanned pregnancy rates and their ... -
Nursing research and responsible partnership in the global setting
The ethics of international research and the importance of cultural competency have been discussed in nursing literature, but this endeavor takes a step towards deeper understanding of the responsibility of high-resource ... -
Nursing students' perceptions and attitudes towards evidence-based practice, research and graduate education in nursing
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: Part of the roles of nurses identified in 'The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health' report released in 2010 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Robert ... -
Overcoming barriers to diabetes in homeless adults through the Environmental Barriers to Adherence Scale (EBAS)
Homeless persons have diabetes rates similar to the general population, however are more likely to face barriers. This quality improvement project identified barriers to diabetes care in homeless individuals through the ... -
Preterm birth and continuation of child's follow-up care after hospital discharge
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Wednesday, July 24, 2013: Purpose: The complications of preterm birth is enormous on the child such that non-use or inadequate use of recommended follow-up during the immediate first year of life ... -
Promotion of girls reproductive knowledge through a health camp intervention
(2018-06-18)Two one-week health promotion day camps on promoting a culture of health and educating girls aged 9-15 years about their bodies was effective in increasing girls' knowledge about their reproductive health, namely, ovulation ... -
Promotion of healthy nutrition knowledge through a girls' health camp
Two one-week health camps with a well-focused nutrition sessions to promote the culture of health among 89 young girls aged 9-15 years was effective in increasing the nutrition knowledge and attitudes of the girls who ... -
A review of reasons for women's contraceptive switching and discontinuation
(2017-09-29)More than half of pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and many of these are associated with contraceptive non-use. This session presents 20 reasons that women reported for switching or discontinuing contraceptives. ... -
Social determinants of women's mental health and barriers to help-seeking in three ethnically diverse, impoverished, and underserved communities
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Purpose: Depression and anxiety are significant mental health issues in the United States today that tend to affect ethnically diverse, impoverished women disproportionately. ... -
Successful strategies for recruiting low-income minority group women in a community-based health promotion program
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014: Purpose: Low-income and minority groups need to be well represented in health promotion studies so as to identify and address the existing health disparities in the U.S. However, ... -
A systematic review of the content of mother-daughter reproductive health communication
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Purpose: Teen pregnancies are usually unintended and continues to pose a threat to the social and economic status of the woman. Early adolescence ...
