OBJECTIVES As the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increases, so does the prevalence of HIV-positive health care workers. This study explored what effect this will have on occupational therapy service provision. Attitudes and policies of 118 occupational therapy administrators were examined in relation to mandatory testing for HIV, attitudes on treating HIV-positive patients, wo...

have benefitted from the addition of concrete examples and more theoretical material. Those chapters provide so little information that they would be of minimal use to a new administrator or to a staff member seeking to understand the political environment of a college campus. Several thought-provoking chapters balance these deficiencies, however. Frank Cervone provides an excellent description...

Targeting the patient's needs and preferences has become an important contributor for improving care delivery, enhancing patient satisfaction, and achieving better clinical outcomes. This study aimed to examine the impact of applying quality management practices on patient centeredness within the context of health care accreditation and to explore the differences in the views of various health ...

this study designed a structural model taking into account the views of staff on human resource management systems, human resources, job satisfaction and organizational loyalty pays yeast industry in iran. this study used structural equation modeling (sem). by using cluster sampling and cochran's formula, 288 patients were selected. the structural equation analysis and factor analysis were...

INTRODUCTION The quality of school wellness policy implementation varies among schools in the United States. The objective of this study was to characterize the school wellness policy environment nationally and identify factors influencing the quality and effectiveness of policy implementation. METHODS We invited school administrators from 300 high schools to complete a questionnaire; 112 adm...

Voluntary nurse turnover, which is costly and disrupts patient care, has not been studied as an organizational phenomenon within substance abuse treatment organizations. In this exploratory study, we examined the frequency and correlates of nurse turnover within treatment programs affiliated with the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. During face-to-face interviews conducted...

PURPOSE In this study the levels of staff turnover reported in the nursing home literature (1990-2003) are reviewed, as well as the definitions of turnover used in these prior studies. With the use of primary data collected from 354 facilities, the study addresses the various degrees of bias that result, depending on how staff turnover is defined in nursing homes. DESIGN AND METHODS Data came...

Over one million women are employed in child care and are among the lowest wage workers in the US. The health and working conditions of 674 child care workers (118 administrators and 556 staff) from 74 centers is described using baseline data from a larger intervention trial. Participants were 39.9 (±13.0) years old; 55.4% African American, 37.1% Caucasian, and 5.3% of Hispanic ethnicity. Seven...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To elaborate, refine, and validate the professional navigation framework in a Canadian context. RESEARCH APPROACH A two-step approach consisting of a qualitative evaluative design and formal consultations. SETTING Two applications of professional navigators in Quebec and Nova Scotia, Canada. PARTICIPANTS Patient navigators, medical oncology specialists, nurses and oncol...

ETDs initiatives are operating all over the world, e.g. NDLTD (http://www.ndltd.org), the project Cyberthéses (http://www.cybertheses.org), Dissertation Online (http://www. dissonline.de). Those projects have been recognized as a cost-effective and self-sustainable mechanism for modernizing IT in higher education institutions. ETD projects involve the joint participation of students, researcher...