Perceived ownership in a community coalition.

Coalitions are emerging as a force for change in many communities and offer the opportunity for broad community involvement in the planning and implementation of needed health promotion and health education services. Perceived ownership promotes greater participation by the community but efforts to systematically evaluate ownership are lacking. The aim of this study was to determine ownership of a local ElderCARE Coalition's activities and its health promotion program, Healthy WAY, as perceived by coalition members.

Faculty practice as partnership with a community coalition.

Faculty practice as partnership with a community coalition can be a dynamic strategy for retooling the future of nursing. The Escalante ElderCARE Coalition was formed in 1991, with the Community Health Division of the Arizona State College of Nursing taking a leadership role. Since that time, more than 50 aging network and community agencies have become involved.

The importance of the health education program environment for pregnant and parenting teens.

Teenage Pregnancy is recognized as one of this country's most critical social issues. Each year, one out of ten females aged 15 to 19 becomes pregnant. In addition, there are a number of documented complications and consequences for the pregnant teenagers, their children, families and society.

Use of perinatal and infant health services by Mexican-American Medicaid enrollees.

Objectives: Lack of health insurance and a regular source of medical care are barriers affecting use of health services by Mexican Americans. We studied perinatal and infant health service use by Mexican-American women and non-Hispanic white women and their infants enrolled in Arizona's Medicaid program and explored characteristics associated with use of health services.

Design: A descriptive comparative study that used data collected from office records, birth certificates, and household interviews.

Coping strategies of chronically ill adolescents and their parents.

The purpose of this exploratory pilot study was to determine the coping strategies used by adolescents with chronic illnesses and compare those strategies with the strategies used by their parents. Adolescent coping strategies were measured by the Jaloweic Coping Scale, while parental perceptions of their coping strategies were assessed using the Hymovich Chronicity Impact and Coping Instruments: Parent Questionnaire (CICI:PQ). Fifteen chronically ill adolescents and their parents were administered the tools.