In no country in the world today, women’s wages equal men’s. Scientists who investigated mechanism for the gender pay-gap have focused mainly on macro-level factors such as the over-representation of women in lowpaying jobs and different training of men and women. However, models attempting to explain the gender paygap with such factors reveal that a large proportion of the gap remains unexplai...

Misuse and overuse of medical imaging have gained widespread attention due to rising costs, radiation exposure risks, and limited comparative effectiveness evidence. Involving patients in shared decision making offers an opportunity to more clearly define risks and benefits, thus allowing patients to consider both personal values and the best available evidence.

UNLABELLED Predialysis nurses have an important role in supporting patients who must make decisions when renal replacement therapy is needed. However, no effective interventions have been established for nurses who provide this decision support. The Ottawa Decision Support Framework provides a structure to develop such interventions, which include a patient decision aid and decision coaching. ...

OBJECTIVES To develop a measure of decision-making involvement in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and asthma. METHODS Parent-child dyads completed the Decision-Making Involvement Scale (DMIS) and measures of locus of control and family communication. DMIS items were subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Temporal stability and construct valid...

The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Abortion, in collaboration with the Population Council’s Nairobi office, held a seminar on “Decision-making regarding abortion—determinants and consequences” in Nanyuki, Kenya, 3-5 June 2014. The seminar was supported by funds provided by the IUSSP, and with additional technical and financial support from STEP UP (Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintende...

In contemporary popular leisure trends, modern restaurants have been innovative regarding all aspects of the restaurant business, such as food, leisure, and consumption, thus evolving into cafés with unique characteristics and styles, which differ greatly from traditional restaurants. In order to meet consumers’ preferences of delicious food and beautiful decor, many new cafés have opened, and ...

A descriptive correlational design was used to examine the clinical decision making of nurses regarding elder abuse. The relationship of the nurses' applied knowledge of elder abuse, years of experience as a Registered Nurse (RN), clinical level of practice status, the use of intuition, and clinical decision outcomes for patients in cases of suspected elder abuse were examined. The convenience ...