BACKGROUND Education is one of the key elements in the promotion of a thorough paradigm for active aging. The aim of this study is to analyze factors that contribute the empowerment of older adults in a rural Mexican community and, thus, promote active aging. METHODS The study was conducted in a rural Mexican community (Valle del Mezquital), based on an action-research paradigm. One hundred a...

This study explored relationships among structural empowerment, psychological empowerment, and burnout in registered staff nurses working in outpatient hemodialysis settings. The sample consisted of 233 registered staff nurses. The Emotional Exhaustion Subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Conditions for Work Effectiveness II Questionnaire, and Psychological Empowerment Instrument were...

This report is concerned with the concept of empowerment support as a nursing intervention that facilitates the development of mastery, competence, self-worth, and control in the adult female survivor of childhood incest. Empowerment support has been derived from Orem's theory of nursing system. In that theory, empowerment support is encompassed in particular "methods of helping." Theories and ...

This paper presents a cognitive model which describes the effect of a CIO’s transformational leadership on empowerment and leadership performance. The empirical literature on transformational leadership and empowerment demonstrates strong effects on leadership performance, but the literature has been limited to inquiries dealing with one of these issues. However, there have been little articles...

Employee empowerment theory and research lacks a single, unifying model capable of integrating the multiple levels of activity and complex relationships that characterize the empowerment process. The model proposed in this paper describes the empowerment process from intervention design to subsequent employee behavior. The dynamics of the empowerment process are presented as reflecting the inte...

The purpose of this article is to present and discuss the values and limits of microfinance within the context of poverty reduction, international development and community empowerment. The main thesis is that microfinance requires a more complex strategy than simply the provision of credits. The development of financial capital depends on the increase in human capacity and social capital. Micr...

INTRODUCTION It is estimated that more than 382 million people suffer from diabetes across the globe, most of which are between the age of 40 and 59 years. ICT can play a key role in better management of diabetes and in patient empowerment. Patient empowerment involves patients to a greater extent in their own healthcare process and disease management becomes an integrated part of their daily l...

INTRODUCTION Considering that empowering expectant mothers is an important issue to maintain a healthy pregnancy, this study was conducted to evaluate the predictors of empowerment among Iranian pregnant women. METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted in Golestan, North of Iran in 2015. A total number of 161 pregnant women were selected through random cluster sampling from urban healt...

Background: Nursing profession is increasingly confronted with many challenges, thus nurses must be empowered to participate in all levels of decision making to enhance their commitment and improve patient care. Aim: This study aimed at identifying the influence of empowerment on nurses’ participation in decision making PDM. Method: Descriptive-correlation design was used. The study subjects in...

AIM The purpose of this theoretical paper is to propose an integrated model of nurse/patient empowerment that could be used as a guide for creating high-quality nursing practice work environments that ensure positive outcomes for both nurses and their patients. BACKGROUND There are few integrated theoretical approaches to nurse and patient empowerment in the literature, although nurse empower...