Understanding the menopausal experiences of women with intellectual disabilities: A scoping review.

During the process of ageing, women experience important hormonal, endocrine and biological changes. Menopause is a natural phenomenon in female development, during which women's ovarian function shifts from a reproductive to a non-reproductive state. The experience of menopause is unique for every woman, including women with intellectual disabilities.

Death, dying and caring: exploring the student nurse experience of palliative and end-of-life education.

Background: Undergraduate education and training are fundamental in preparing student nurses for working in palliative and end-of-life care.

Aim: This article explores the experiences of student nurses in their palliative and end-of-life undergraduate nurse education.

Methodology: Sandelowski and Barroso's (2007) framework for undertaking a metasynthesis was used.

Association of public explanations of why children struggle and support for policy solutions using a national sample.

Purpose: Despite evidence showing the importance of structural determinants for child well-being and the existence of policies that can promote child well-being, many communities are not adopting these policies. Limited awareness of structural determinants may explain this gap. This study establishes the public's recognition of structural determinants and their associations with support for policies that promote child well-being.

Opportunities for psychologists to enact community change through adverse childhood experiences, trauma, and resilience networks.

A growing body of evidence on the inequitable distribution of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; e.g., Merrick et al.

Health Literacy Influences Men's Active and Passive Cancer Information Seeking.

Background: For cancer prevention information to be effective, it must be accessible to its target populations. Prevalence of inadequate health literacy (HL) is high, but there is a dearth of information on the impact of HL on men's cancer information seeking.

Objective: We investigated (1) men's cancer information seeking behaviors, (2) the effect of HL on men's cancer information seeking behavior, and (3) men's preferences for cancer information, considering their HL level.

Older adults' views on their person-centred care needs in a long-term care setting in Ireland.

Background: person-centred care should be responsive to the needs of older adults in long-term care. It is central to collaborative and high-quality healthcare delivery.

Aim: to explore the perceptions of older Irish adults aged 65 years of age or more regarding the person-centred climate of the long-term care setting in which they live.

Promoting men's knowledge of cancer risk reduction: A systematic review of interventions.

Objective: To critically appraise and discuss evidence from interventions designed to increase men's knowledge about cancer risk reduction.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted. Six electronic databases were searched for interventions published between January 1st 2006 and May 30th 2016 in English.

Men's information-seeking behavior regarding cancer risk and screening: A meta-narrative systematic review.

Objective: Preventive strategies are known to reduce cancer risk and incidence and improve prognosis. Men seldom seek medical information about cancer prevention and risk reduction. The aim of this meta-narrative systematic review was to critically appraise evidence from qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies that explored men's information-seeking behaviors in relation to cancer prevention and risk reduction.

Unaccompanied Children at the United States Border, a Human Rights Crisis that can be Addressed with Policy Change.

In recent years, unaccompanied minors have been journeying to the United States (U.S.)-Mexico border in great numbers in order to escape violence, poverty and exploitation in their home countries.

Preparedness of Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland for an Influenza Pandemic, an Infection Control Perspective.

Background: When an influenza pandemic occurs most of the population is susceptible and attack rates can range as high as 40-50 %. The most important failure in pandemic planning is the lack of standards or guidelines regarding what it means to be 'prepared'. The aim of this study was to assess the preparedness of acute hospitals in the Republic of Ireland for an influenza pandemic from an infection control perspective.

Breast cancer in younger women from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Research identifies unique challenges for younger women diagnosed with breast cancer at or before 45 years of age. This paper explores the experiences of younger women from diverse cultural backgrounds with breast cancer to see if there are differing healthcare provision needs across cultures. Sandelowski and Barroso's framework for undertaking a meta-synthesis is used in this paper.

Familias Fuertes: a feasibility study with Mexican immigrants living in low-income conditions in the southeastern United States.

Families Fuertes (FF) is a seven-session, family-centered program for supporting positive youth development of Latino children aged 10 to 14 years. The Pan American Health Organization adapted it from the Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth for Spanish-speaking countries. The suitability of FF for recent immigrants to the United States is, however, unknown.

Cancer screening in women with intellectual disabilities: an Irish perspective.

In the Republic of Ireland, more than 8000 women with intellectual disabilities (IDs), aged 20 years and over, are registered for service provision. Their health needs challenge preventative health services including breast and cervical cancer screening programmes. This review explores the literature about cancer screening participation rates and issues related to screening for Irish women with IDs.

[Social representations, associated with cardiac heart failure, of couples of whom one member is living with the illness].

There is a dearth of literature on the beliefs and constructs that influence couples' experience with cardiac heart failure (HF). This article summarizes a qualitative study that aimed to describe social representations associated to HF of II couples with one member diagnosed with the illness. The social representations that emerged from the study as well as the similitude and difference between spouses trigger interesting reflections on their link with the illness experience.

Successful recruitment and retention of Latino study participants.

A high prevalence of risk behaviors among the rapidly growing Latino youth population in the United States adds urgency to the need to identify effective recruitment and retention strategies for research studies and prevention programs. The objectives of this study are to (a) describe the culturally responsive recruitment and retention strategies used in the Familias Fuertes-Georgia program and (b) discuss the evaluation of the relative importance of these strategies. Familias Fuertes (i.

The consultation component of the clinical nurse specialist role.

The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) role in Canada has 5 key components: clinical practice, consultation, education, research, and leadership. This study focuses on the consultation component: how it is described by CNSs and the facilitators and barriers to its implementation. A qualitative descriptive design was used to interview 8 CNSs who worked with adult populations in a university hospital setting.

Stakeholders' conceptualizations of the nurse practitioner role in the pediatric emergency department.

In Quebec, as in the rest of Canada, the increasing service demands placed on emergency departments (EDs), and the dwindling resources of physicians, nurses and trainees, have obliged those managing EDs to question whether new roles need to be introduced. Increasing acuity and complexity of care, coupled with rising numbers of pediatric patients seeking care for non-urgent health issues, have created a need to address long waiting times for non-urgent patients, as well as more standardized care (using approved and evidence-based protocols) for acutely ill patients during their ED stay. Presently, the nurse practitioner (NP) role may be operationalized in Quebec EDs, as recent legislation has cleared the path for its introduction.

The use of video as a pedagogic tool for the training of perioperative nurses: a literature review.

This review of the literature considers the use of video as a pedagogic tool (teaching instrument) for the training of new perioperative nurses. The literature review seeks to address the question of which usage of the video medium can be integrated into the education of new OR nurses. Kolb's model of experiential learning, whereby knowledge is acquired by transforming experience into new ways of thinking and behaviours, is the theoretical framework used to analyze the pertinent literature.

A qualitative evaluation of a family nursing intervention.

Congestive heart failure is a major source of anxiety for both patients and their family. This article presents the results of a qualitative case study aimed at evaluating family nursing interventions from the perspective of the family members and a clinical nurse specialist (CNS). A CNS applied a family nursing intervention program with 4 couples.

Parental satisfaction with an early family intervention program.

The objective of this study was to evaluate parental satisfaction with a family intervention program. The program provides help and support for parents with newborns who have specific health problems (e.g.

[Parents' satisfaction at the birth of a handicapped child following a family intervention].

The aim of this study is to estimate parents' satisfaction following a surgical procedure on their child. This includes support as well as additional information and documentation for the individual parent (cognitive and emotional), conjugal, parental and other family members. The majority of parents are satisfied with the treatment program, realizing that the treatment enables them to adapt to their new situation, that is, as parents of a newborn child suffering from health problems.