A Call to Journal: Grief Work and Poetry-A Reflection.

In this poetic work, journaling is shared as a means to navigate grief. The call is to spiritual leaders to encourage those grieving to be creative in their journey. This is a tool to support understanding the experience of grief as a healthcare provider.

Prioritizing the Prevention of Diabetic Foot Disease: We Each Have a Role to Play.

Background: Individuals living with diabetes mellitus (DM) are at an increased risk for multiple serious health complications including diabetic foot disease (DFD). Daily, DFD contributes to increased morbidity, mortality, increased hospitalization, limb amputation, and reduced quality of life. Prevention of DFD is a foundational component of diabetes management.

"My Cancer Is Worth Only Fifteen Weeks"? A Critical Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Financial Toxicity and Cancer in Canada.

Background: Cancer patients experience financial hardship due to rising expenses related to cancer treatment and declining income levels associated with reduced employability. Employment Insurance Sick Benefits (EI-SB) is a social income support program which provides temporary income replacement to Canadians when they fall ill. Although EI-SB is designed to maintain continuity of income during an illness, little is known about the perspectives of cancer patients who receive EI-SB.

Health professionals' perspectives on delivering patient-focused wound management: a qualitative study.

Objective: This study examined the perspectives of health professionals on the barriers and solutions to delivery of patient-focused wound management and outcomes.

Methods: A qualitative, descriptive study design was used. Participants were health-care managers, clinical leaders, nurses and allied health members who are part of wound care services.

Si vous pensez que c'est juste un mal de jambe… détrompez-vous: ce que les leaders en santé doivent savoir sur la maladie artérielle périphérique.

Environ 800 000 Canadiens ont une maladie artérielle périphérique (MAP), une cause majeure d'amputation. Pourtant, le public et les cliniciens connaissent très peu cette maladie. Le présent article traite de la campagne de sensibilisation Si vous pensez que c'est juste un mal de jambe… détrompez-vous que l'Association canadienne du soin des plaies a lancée pour contrer cette tendance.

Just leg pain? Think again: What health leaders must know about peripheral arterial disease.

Approximately 800,000 Canadians have Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). Peripheral arterial disease is also a leading cause of limb amputation. Yet public and clinical awareness of PAD is very limited.

The role of qualitative research in understanding diabetic foot ulcers and amputation.

Purpose: To enhance the learner's competence with knowledge about using qualitative methodologies to understand diabetic foot ulcers and amputations.

Target Audience: This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care.

Objectives: After participating in this educational activity, the participant should be better able to:1.

Factors associated with health-related quality of life in chronic leg ulceration.

Background: Individuals with chronic leg ulceration may have significantly impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) due to pain, impaired mobility, poor sleep, depression, restricted work capacity, and social isolation. The study purpose was to examine the associations among sociodemographic and clinical factors and HRQOL in a large sample of community-dwelling adults being treated for leg ulcers.

Methods: Data are from the cross-sectional baseline assessment of the Canadian Bandaging Trial, a multi-center, randomized controlled trial conducted to assess time to healing with two forms of high-compression bandaging.

Evaluation of a peer-led self-management education programme PEP Talk: Diabetes, Healthy Feet and You.

PEP (Peer Education Programme) Talk: Diabetes, Healthy Feet and You is a peer-led self-management programme developed to address the problems of growing prevalence of diabetes and its complications, and limited health care dollars. An evaluation of the programme, how it might be situated within a public health perspective and potential bridges for its implementation in communities throughout Canada and worldwide, are presented. The programme consisted of workshops that were conducted by volunteer peer leaders and health care professionals in 12 communities in 10 Canadian provinces; the volunteers were supported through monthly mentoring teleconferences, on-line tips and discussion board conversations.

Leg ulcer nursing care in the community: a prospective cohort study of the symptom of pain.

Background: Chronic wounds are managed almost entirely by community nurses. Almost all individuals with leg ulcers report acute pain usually related to dressing change. Little is known about pain after healing.