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Current Issue Vol. 41, No. 3 September 2009

Editorial / Éditorial

The Slaying of Facts by Dubious Hypotheses and Ugly Misrepresentations: The Musings of a Canadian Editor on the 2009 Health-Care Debate in the United States

It has been a cool summer in eastern Canada, but as we move into August it is warming up. This change in temperature can be attributed not just to climatic conditions but also to the heat that is being generated by the health-care debate south of the border...(fulltext)
Laurie N. Gottlieb

Guest Editorial / Collaboration spéciale

Social Network, Social Support, and Health

It is hard for us as nurses to escape the important role played by poverty and human development. While this issue encompasses so much of our work, paradoxically we often render it invisible in our practice and our research...(fulltext)
Miriam Stewart

Discourse /Discours
Personal Communities as Sources of Social Support
Vincent Chua, Julia Madej, and Barry Wellman

Reflections /Réflexions
Social Determinants of Health
Monique Bégin

Physical Activity, Depressive Symptoms, and Social Support Among African-American Women With Type 2 Diabetes / L'activité physique, les symptômes de la dépression et le soutien social
chez les Afro-Américaines atteintes de diabète de type II
This descriptive-correlational study examined the associations among physical activity, depressive symptoms, and perceived social support in 45 middle-aged and older African-American women with type 2 diabetes receiving care in 1 of 3 community-based primary care centres...(abstract)
Janice C. Collins-McNeil, Ezra C. Holston, Christopher L. Edwards, Debra Benbow, and Yvonne Ford

Working It Out Together: Family Caregivers' Perceptions of Relationship-Building With In Home Service Providers / Négocier un terrain d'entente : les perceptions des soignants membres de la famille sur la dynamique des relations avec les prestataires de services de santé à domicile
Provision of in-home services to seniors involves the contributions of numerous professional and paraprofessional health-care providers but is largely dependent upon the involvement of caregiver networks consisting of friends and family members...(abstract)
Thomas W. Gantert, Carol L. McWilliam, Catherine Ward-Griffin, and Natalie Allen

Barriers Affecting Access to and Use of Formal Social Supports Among Abused Immigrant Women / Les obstacles à l'accès aux services de soutien et à leur utilisation chez les immigrantes victimes de mauvais traitements
Social support is critical for women dealing with intimate partner violence (IPV). When support from their informal sources, such as family, friends, and neighbours, is limited, women tend to access services provided by health professionals, social workers,...(abstract)
Sepali Guruge and Janice Humphreys

The Role of Paternal Support in the Behavioural Development of Children Exposed to Postpartum Depression / Le rôle du soutien paternel dans le développement comportemental des enfants exposés à la dépression postpartum
Fathers' ability and availability to provide social support to their depressed partners and thus promote their children's development and success may be influenced by their workforce participation, health, and years of education...(abstract)
Nicole Letourneau, Linda Duffett-Leger et Mahin Salmani

Development and Validation of the Double Duty Caregiving Scale / Conception et validation d'un instrument de mesure de la double tâche en matière de prestation des soins
In order to gain an understanding of double duty caregiving (DDC), defined here as the provision of care to elderly relatives by practising health professionals, a DDC scale has been developed...(abstract)
Catherine Ward-Griffin, Janice Keefe, Anne Martin-Matthews, Michael Kerr,
Judith Belle Brown, and Abram Oudshoorn

Challenges and Motivators Influencing the Academic Performance of English as an Additional Language (EAL) Nursing Students: The Perspectives of the Students / Point de vue des étudiantes pour qui l'anglais est une langue additionnelle (ALA) sur les facteurs de motivation et de démotivation relatifs à la réussite des études en sciences infirmières
Canada's rising immigrant population has led to an increasing number of nursing students for whom English is an "additional language" (EAL). Although many of these students are successful academically, there is a persistent small number who...(abstract)
Tam Truong Donnelly, Elaine McKiel, and Jihye Jasmine Hwang

Workplace Violence Reported by Canadian Nurses / Les cas de violence au travail rapportés par les infirmières canadiennes
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, origins, and forms of workplace violence reported by nurses working in acute-care settings in the Canadian province of Quebec...(abstract)
Lucie Lemelin, Jean-Pierre Bonin, and André Duquette

Accessing Health Services While Living With HIV: Intersections of Stigma / Accéder aux services de santé quand on vit avec le VIH/sida : la stigmatisation en tant que conjonction de facteurs
AIDS stigma has serious consequences. This study explored those practices within health-care organizations that persons with HIV perceive as stigmatizing...(abstract)
Judy Mill, Nancy Edwards, Randy Jackson, Wendy Austin, Lynne MacLean, and Frances Reintjes

Equitable Health-Care Access: The Experiences of Refugee and Refugee Claimant Mothers With an Ill Preschooler / PL'égalité d'accès aux services de santé : l'expérience des réfugiées et des demandeuses d'asile qui s'occupent d'un enfant d'âge préscolaire malade
Little is known about access to health services for preschool children in refugee or refugee claimant families living in Canada...(abstract)
Ellen Olive Wahoush

 

 
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