Publications by authors named "S M Schim"
Reporting child abuse or neglect is an ethical expectation and a legislated mandate of behavioral and health care professionals in the United States. In particular, researchers who investigate parent-child dyads are responsible for submitting procedures and informed consent documents to institutional review boards that provide for the protection of children. The challenge for researchers is to recognize failing quality of parent-child interaction, prior to any event of maltreatment and to intercede in a deteriorating dynamic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To assess Italian nurses' cultural competence, as they are increasingly called upon to care for people of foreign origins.
Design: A cross-sectional, multicentric study.
Methods: From September 2013 to May 2014, a survey was carried out among Italian nurses.
There are many assumptions about recruitment of African Americans to cancer studies. The population is often characterized as older, low income, with limited education, scarce resources, and distrust of the health care system. Support systems for African Americans are reported to be centered on family and church communities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To outline parents' descriptions of extended family involvement and support surrounding decision making for their extremely preterm infant.
Design: Collective case study design in a prospective, descriptive, longitudinal research. Seventy-five digitally recorded interviews were done with parents before and after the birth.
Background And Purpose: Development of a valid, reliable instrument to measure spiritual self-care practices of patients with heart failure.
Methods: African American patients (N = 142) with heart failure participated in the study. Spiritual advisors from several religious groups reviewed the Spiritual Self-Care Practices Scale (SSCPS) for content validity.