Evaluating self-help support groups for medical students

Self-help groups.

OBJECTIVE To assess Ontario family physicians' attitudes toward, awareness of, and practices related to self-help groups in general and cancer self-help groups specifically. DESIGN Mailed survey using a modified Dillman method. SETTING Ontario family practices. PARTICIPANTS A random sample of 1500 Ontario members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, of whom 949 responded. A tota...

The Effect of Self-Efficacy Education Based on Self-Care Behaviors in Self-Help Hypertensive Groups

 Introduction: High blood pressure is a chronic disease requiring long-term treatment; which despite being asymptomatic, leads to fatal complaints and complications. Therefore, the present study was aimed to determine the effect of the education based on self-efficacy theory on self-care behaviors of hypertensive self-help groups in integrated health service centers in Mashhad in2019. Methods:...

Evaluating Groupware Support for Software Engineering Students

Software engineering tasks, during both development and maintenance, typically involve teamwork using computers. Team members rarely work on isolated computers. An underlying assumption of our research is that software engineering teams will work more effectively if adequately supported by network-based groupware technology. Experience of working with groupware and evaluating groupware systems ...

Why support groups provide help and hope.

Receiving a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease and understanding the need for transplantation or dialysis in order to survive strikes at the very core of your being. I was diagnosed with CKD in 1968 when I was two years old and have learned how to cope with the many challenges presented to me—from years of dialysis to multiple transplants. Support from “someone who has been there” can be an em...

Community-Based Self-Help Groups for the Treatment of Agoraphobia