school children. Some practical ways of meeting these objectives are offered. The question of "who should do genetic counseling" is answered with an argument for cooperation among geneticists, physician specialists, allied health personnel, and non-M.D. geneticists. This book will be useful to genetic counselors and teachers of medical genetics in medical schools and allied health programs. It ...

Graduate Program in Clinical Hematology Sciences, Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Molecular Hematology Research Unit, Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Supported, in part, by the 90 anniversary of Chulalongkorn University F...

One of the founding assumptions underlying the health professions is the belief that there is a strong relationship between engagement in occupations, health, and wellbeing. The ability to perform everyday occupations (occupational performance) has a positive effect on health and wellbeing. However, there is also conflicting evidence indicating that participation in multiple roles or in certain...

BACKGROUND Knowledge translation (KT) aims to close the gap between knowledge and practice in order to realize the benefits of research through (a) improved health outcomes, (b) more effective health services and products, and (c) strengthened healthcare systems. While there is some understanding of strategies to put research findings into practice within nursing and medicine, we have limited k...

Purpose The aim of this study was to conduct a comprehensive investigation into declining and emerging occupations job titles develop national career progression pathway for the tourism hospitality (T&H) sector. Design/methodology/approach Anchored on Social Cognitive Career Theory, used face in-depth interviews 33 industry stakeholders: policymakers, trade association, training providers b...

BACKGROUND There is strong public support for acute hospital services to move to genuine 7-day models, including access to multidisciplinary team assessment. This study aimed to identify factors that might enable an effective and cost-effective weekend allied health services on acute hospital wards. METHODS This qualitative study included 22 focus groups within acute wards with a weekend alli...

BACKGROUND An economic evaluation of interventions for older people requires accurate assessment of costing and consideration of both acute and long-term services. Accurate information on the unit cost of allied health and community services is not readily available in Australia however. This systematic review therefore aims to synthesise information available in the literature on the unit cost...

possibly all three. IFIs focus on a client’s needs and difficulties, rather than an esoteric disease process. Although the Allied Health Minimum data set adequately describes the characteristics of the client and of the care provider, it does not provide information on why the allied health professional is intervening. Collecting this data will help in understanding the demand for the service a...

BACKGROUND In many countries, the referral-consultation process faces a number of challenges from inefficiencies and rising demand, resulting in excessive wait times for many specialties. We collected referral data from a sample of family doctors across the province of Ontario, Canada as part of a larger program of research. The purpose of this study is to describe referral patterns from primar...