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Survivors of domestic violence (DV) have a wide range needs when they seek help from DV programs. While there is growing evidence that advocacy and other supportive services for survivors are helpful increasing wellbeing, little known about the mechanisms best promote these goals. This study sought to further understand role survivor service duration on survivors’ physical mental health, safety...

Despite a widespread conviction that children ought to be independently represented in child protection court proceedings in the United States, there is little consensus as to what the role of that independent child advocate ought to be or, indeed, who should fulfill that role. This study accomplished three purposes: articulated an aggressive, ambitious and continuous role for the child's repre...

Purpose. To determine family medicine residents' perceived knowledge and attitudes towards the built environment and their responsibility for health advocacy and to identify their perceived educational needs and barriers to patient education and advocacy. Methods. A web-based survey was conducted in Canada with University of Toronto family medicine residents. Data were analyzed descriptively. R...

S ince the early days of the profession, occupational therapists have endorsed a humanistic philosophy that values individual choice, engagement in productive activity, and the right to self-fulfillment and equal opportunity for each individual. These values are evident in occupational therapy s rvices and in the multiple advocacy roles that therapists assume. Many therapists have been strong a...

Empathy is an important component of the provider-patient relationship. In the United States one in five persons has a disability. Persons with disabilities perceive gaps in health care providers' understanding of their health care preferences and needs. The purpose of this study was to use valid and reliable assessment methods to investigate the association between empathy and attitudes toward...

G T r r a a t g f a W Grassroots advocacy—as the term implies—is a form of advocacy that grows organically and, uite often, spontaneously at the local r regional level. As the leading food nd nutrition experts, registered dititians (RDs) are in a unique position o shape public policy, particularly at he ground level, by participating in a ull spectrum of advocacy activities. “To advance our pro...

Many countries are in the earliest stage of reforming the care sector. Reformers face challenges as they develop public policy to expand family based care and shrink institutional care. To mention a few: installing the keystone component of care reform - a system to monitor and support children post-institutionalization; enabling children to grow up where they belong, in families; meeting child...