Nurses' Attitudes Concerning Analgesia Administration for Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Pain management of vaso-occlusive crises is a fundamental priority in the lifelong care of children and adolescents with sickle cell disease.

Aim: This study examined nurses' attitudes towards caring for children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and SCD pain management in those with vaso-occlusive pain.

Method: A structured, self-reporting survey was provided to a convenience sample of 298 nurses across 10 hospitals serving Jordan's northern and middle regions.

Fears and uncertainties of expectant mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: trying to reclaim control.

Purpose: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has exponentially spread across the globe and formed one of the greatest health threats in history. Pregnant women are vulnerable, and their vulnerability is amplified by the associated containment measures of the pandemic. In this study, we aim to explore and describe expectant mothers' experiences during the lockdown of COVID-19.

Understanding attitudes and norms related to sexual and gender-based violence among youth in Jordan: an egocentric social network study protocol.

Introduction: Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a major public health concern in Jordan, especially among youth. Social acceptance of SGBV is alarmingly high, including among youth. Refugee populations may be at particular risk given limited social support and access to health services combined with increased social and economic pressure and vulnerability.

Beliefs About Illness and Treatment Decision Modelling During Ill-Health in Arabic Families.

Background: The use of self-prescribed antibiotics and other unproven herbal remedies is common in the Arab world. Understanding how family members decide to manage illness is an important priority for health care providers.

Purpose: This paper presents a new model that can be viewed as an extension to the Health Belief Model and help clarifies the cognitive processes families use to manage illness in an Arab family in Jordan.

Health care professionals' attitudes towards youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in Jordan: a cross-sectional study of physicians, midwives and nurses.

Background: Youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are thought to make such services for adolescents more accessible and acceptable; however, provider attitudes may still present an important barrier. Improving youth SRH service utilization has been recognized as a national priority in Jordan; however, existing services remain underutilized. Previous studies found that youth perceive SRH services to be inadequate and that providers are not supportive of their needs.

Feasibility Testing of a Self-Management Program Book to Improve Adherence to PAP in Persons Newly Diagnosed With Sleep Apnea.

Objectives: To obtain feasibility data on a self-management program to improve adherence with positive airway pressure (PAP) in individuals with newly diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea.

Methods: A mixed-methods design assessed program effectiveness and participants' opinions on program ease-of-use. Structured interviews with the treatment group occurred one week and one month after initiation of PAP therapy.

Understanding Intimate Partner Violence in Jordan: Application of the Ecological Model.

Purpose: To compare and contrast the Heise "ecological model of gender-based violence" with factors related to "intimate partner violence" (IPV) in Jordan.

Methods: Findings of empirical studies examining IPV against Jordanian women were analyzed using the Heise ecological model (1998).

Conclusion: Factors identified in the literature were generally consistent with the ecological model.

Sleeping with the enemy: sleep and quality of life in patients with lung cancer.

Background: Patients with lung cancer have the poorest sleep quality compared with other patients with cancer and noncancer control subjects. However, few studies have examined sleep longitudinally.

Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize and correlate sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, sleep-wake actigraphy, and quality of life (QOL) before, during, and after chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The experience of a diagnosis of advanced lung cancer: sleep is not a priority when living my life.

Purpose/objectives: To describe common practices and shared meanings of sleep-wake disturbances in individuals with newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) before treatment and evaluate their preexisting sleep disturbances.

Research Approach: Open-ended interviews of patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer.

Setting: A Veterans Administration hospital and a comprehensive cancer center in the northeastern United States.