Feasibility of Audio ‐Computer‐Assisted Self‐Interviewing With Color‐Coding and Helper Assistance (ACASI‐H) for Hmong Older Adults
This study's purpose was to test the feasibility of culturally and linguistically adapted audio computer‐assisted self‐interviewing (ACASI) with color‐labeled response categories and helper assistance (ACASI‐H) for collection of health data with Hmong older adults. Thirty dyads (older adult and a helper) completed an ACASI‐H survey with 13 health questions and a face‐to‐face debriefing interview. ACASI‐H survey completion was video‐recorded and reviewed with participants. Video review and debriefing interviews were audio‐recorded and transcribed. Directed and conventional content analyses were used to a...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - April 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Maichou Lor, Barbara J. Bowers Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Longitudinal Outcomes of Home Care in Korea to Manage Pressure Ulcers
In this study, we examined the outcomes of a home care program for pressure ulcers (PrUs) in an economically vulnerable group. The 184 participants were admitted with PrUs and received services from a home care agency in South Korea during a study window of 5 years. The changes in PrU staging over time were analyzed in relation to the agency's home care data and the participants’ health data. At enrollment, approximately 60% had a single ulcer; 40% had two or more. Most patients’ ulcers were at stages 3 or 4, and most patients were bedridden. The maximum odds of reduced ulcer size from one measurement point to the next...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - April 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Eunhee Lee Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Reclaiming Our Spirits: Development and Pilot Testing of a Health Promotion Intervention for Indigenous Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence
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Indigenous women are subjected to high rates of multiple forms of violence, including intimate partner violence (IPV), in the context of ongoing colonization and neo‐colonization. Health promotion interventions for women who experience violence have not been tailored specifically for Indigenous women. Reclaiming Our Spirits (ROS) is a health promotion intervention designed for Indigenous women living in an urban context in Canada. In this paper, we describe the development of the intervention, results of a pilot study, and the revised subsequent intervention. Building on a theory‐based health promotion interve...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - April 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Colleen Varcoe, Annette J. Browne, Marilyn Ford ‐Gilboe, Madeleine Dion Stout, Holly McKenzie, Roberta Price, Victoria Bungay, Victoria Smye, Jane Inyallie, Linda Day, Koushambhi Khan, Angela Heino, Marilyn Merritt‐Gray Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Maternal and Child Characteristics Associated With Mother –Child Interaction in One‐Year‐Olds
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Mothers’ interactions with their young children have predicted later child development, behavior, and health, but evidence has been developed mainly in at‐risk clinical samples. An economically and racially diverse sample of pregnant women who were not experiencing a high‐risk pregnancy were recruited to participate in a community‐based, longitudinal study of factors associated with child cognitive and social‐emotional development during the first 3 years. The purpose of the present analysis was to identify associations between the characteristics of 1125 mothers and their 1‐year‐olds and the mothers...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - April 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: J. Carolyn Graff, Andrew J. Bush, Frederick B. Palmer, Laura E. Murphy, Toni M. Whitaker, Frances A. Tylavsky Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - March 15, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: Author Guidelines Source Type: research
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - March 15, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: Issue Information ‐ TOC Source Type: research
Network Structure of Perinatal Depressive Symptoms in Latinas: Relationship to Stress and Reproductive Biomarkers
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Based on emerging evidence, mood disorders can be plausibly conceptualized as networks of causally interacting symptoms, rather than as latent variables of which symptoms are passive indicators. In an innovative approach in nursing research, we used network analysis to estimate the network structure of 20 perinatal depressive (PND) symptoms. Then, two proof‐of‐principle analyses are presented: Incorporating stress and reproductive biomarkers into the network, and comparing the network structure of PND symptoms between non‐depressed and depressed women. We analyzed data from a cross‐sectional sample of 515 ...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - February 20, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Hudson Santos, Eiko I. Fried, Josephine Asafu ‐Adjei, R. Jeanne Ruiz Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - February 9, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Margaret H. Kearney Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - January 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Kathleen Knafl, Robin Whittemore Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research
African ‐American Fathers' Perspectives on Facilitators and Barriers to Father–Son Sexual Health Communication
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African‐American males ages 13 through 24 are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), accounting for over half of all HIV infections in this age group in the United States. Clear communication between African‐American parents and their youth about sexual health is associated with higher rates of sexual abstinence, condom use, and intent to delay initiation of sexual intercourse. However, little is known about African‐American fathers' perceptions of what facilitates and inhibits sexual health communication with their preadolescent and adol...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - January 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Schenita D. Randolph, Tanya Coakley, Jeffrey Shears, Roland J. Thorpe Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Aligning Mission and Position in a Critical Policy Leadership Tool: SNRS Nursing Research White Paper Message From the President
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - January 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Nan Smith ‐Blair, Demetrius J. Porche Tags: SNRS NEWS Source Type: research
US Military Service Members ’ Reasons for Deciding to Participate in Health Research
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Researchers have reported challenges in recruiting US military service members as research participants. We explored their reasons for participating. Eighteen US military service members who had participated in at least one health‐related research study within the previous 3 years completed semi‐structured individual interviews in person or by telephone, focused on the service members’ past decisions regarding research participation. Service members described participation decisions for 34 individual research experiences in 27 separate studies. Service members’ reasons for participation in research cluster...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - January 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Wendy A. Cook, Kristal C. Melvin, Ardith Z. Doorenbos Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Potentially Modifiable Factors Associated With Physical Activity in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis
This study was a secondary analysis of data collected in the spring of 2012 during the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) Registry. NARCOMS participants were surveyed regarding smoking using questions from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey; disability using the Patient Determined Disease Steps; fatigue, cognition, spasticity, sensory, bladder, vision and hand function using self‐reported Performance Scales; health literacy using the Medical Term Recognition Test; and physical activity using questions from the Health Information National Trends Survey. We used a forward binary l...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - January 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Nadia Reider, Amber R. Salter, Gary R. Cutter, Tuula Tyry, Ruth Ann Marrie Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Adaptive Modeling: An Approach for Incorporating Nonlinearity in Regression Analyses
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Although regression relationships commonly are treated as linear, this often is not the case. An adaptive approach is described for identifying nonlinear relationships based on power transforms of predictor (or independent) variables and for assessing whether or not relationships are distinctly nonlinear. It is also possible to model adaptively both means and variances of continuous outcome (or dependent) variables and to adaptively power transform positive‐valued continuous outcomes, along with their predictors. Example analyses are provided of data from parents in a nursing study on emotional‐health‐relate...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - January 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: George J. Knafl, Lamia P. Barakat, Alexandra L. Hanlon, Thomas Hardie, Kathleen A. Knafl, Yimei Li, Janet A. Deatrick Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
How Postpartum Women With Depressive Symptoms Manage Sleep Disruption and Fatigue
This study's findings suggest the need to allocate resources and tailor interventions to meet the needs of women who are most vulnerable to the health effects of ongoing persistent severe fatigue, disordered sleep, and sub‐clinical and clinical levels of depressive symptoms. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Source: Research in Nursing and Health)
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - January 13, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Jennifer J. Doering, Dauphne A. Sims, Donald D. Miller Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
