Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 Latino cancer patients diagnosed in California; 10 health professionals from the San Francisco Bay Area and Fresno, California; and 10 Cancer Information Services (CIS) information specialists from the regional offices handling calls from Spanish-speakers. Interview guides were designed by the investigators to answer three main research question...

This article explores the perceived barriers inhibiting youth’s access to higher education. The goes beyond hard explore “lack of aspiration” as a soft barrier impeding education amongst youth. In this article, term “soft barrier” refers lack aspiration, less tangible aspect that is much more subjective and easily measurable. On other hand, “hard barriers” are understood factual issues recognis...

PURPOSE In 2006, Sharp Health Plan (SHP) conducted a campaign to increase mammography screening for at-risk female members that consisted of mailing each eligible member an informational mammography postcard with an appointment tracker. Then came an automated phone call reminder. After the mammography campaign, 70 percent of SHP members sought mammography screening while 30 percent remained non...

From its inception, psychology has been characterized by conceptual fragmentation and slow scientific progress (Henriques, 2004; Meehl, 1978). In contrast, the natural sciences have achieved in recent decades a remarkable degree of consilience--the linking of fact, theory, and method across disciplines (and subdisciplines) and across nested levels of informational complexity (Wilson, 1998). Alt...

Overview: The Guide to Community Preventive Service’s methods for systematic reviews were used to evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches to increasing physical activity: informational, behavioral and social, and environmental and policy approaches. Changes in physical activity behavior and aerobic capacity were used to assess effectiveness. Two informational interventions (“point-of-d...

BACKGROUND Members of the transgender community have identified healthcare access barriers, yet a corresponding inquiry into healthcare provider perspectives has lagged. Our aim was to examine physician perceptions of barriers to healthcare provision for transgender patients. METHODS This was a qualitative study with physician participants from Ontario, Canada. Semi-structured interviews were...

Industrial symbiosis (IS) can contribute to achieving a win-win situation between industry and environment for local regional circular economies. Many authors have recognized that variety of barriers hinder the implementation IS. However, there is very limited research on quantitatively evaluating IS barriers. In this paper, we propose model which combines Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Techn...

This is a theoretical-reflective study that aimed to analyze the contexts associated with gynaecological care for women with physical disabilities. Discussion consisted of contextual analysis according to Hinds, Chaves and Cypress, leading to four interconnected layers: immediate, specific, general and metacontext. Analysis showed that gynaecological assistance to clients with physical disabili...

The use of Information and Communication Technologies can be seen as an important factor for social inclusion in its different aspects economic, social, relational and informational, among others. Inclusion potentiality is even more relevant for groups of people who face limiting life conditions which determine social barriers. This study investigated the social support offered to people with d...