Merav Ben Natan

..Accordingly, efforts should be channeled at attempts to generate changes in soldiers' views of condom use, intensifying normative pressures operated by their social milieu, and increasing their self-control in the use of condoms...

..To explore the views of the Israeli public on expanding the authority of nurses and identify factors affecting these views...

..The purpose of the current research was to examine whether the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) succeeds in predicting nursing and medical staff reporting of suspected child abuse...

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..Research recommendations include the promotion of positive behavioral attitudes toward disclosure, leading to an increase in behavioral intentions of disclosure...

..This study examined whether the Theory of Planned Behavior adds significantly to the prediction of intention and actual blood donation of the general Israeli population...

..This indicates the significance of nurses' roles in imparting information and increasing awareness among mothers...

..The aim of the present study is to compare the attitudes of nursing students and nurses working in maternity wards towards late abortions performed after the 16th week of pregnancy and to identify the factors influencing their attitudes...

..We conclude that nurses have an important responsibility in assessing the medication-taking behaviors of older adults...

..Responses include increasing financial support, enhancing educational opportunities, expanding the nursing role, and using new technologies...

..To investigate factors affecting women's intention to smoke during pregnancy...

..This study aimed to compare the importance attributed to different end-of-life needs by terminally ill older adult patients in long-term care facilities, their families and care providers (physicians and nurses)...

..While nurses are aware of domestic violence and understand the significance of identification, this is often not manifested in practice...

..The main predictors among nurses were behavioural beliefs and prior experience, and among physicians were subjective norms and prior experience...

..This study may facilitate the development of nurse recruitment programs...

..The findings indicated that the staff believes that families must assume more roles than the families think they should. In contrast, families believe that they should be more informed of the physical care of residents...

..The proportion of lesbian women who contract the human papilloma virus may reach 13% or even 21%; however, lesbian women were found to receive Pap smear tests less often or less regularly...

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..In order to reinforce a positive image of nursing as a career, nurse educators should alter negative stereotypes about the profession...

..The study was based on two theoretical paradigms: the theoretical model for predicting causes of maltreatment of elderly residents developed by Pillemer, and the Theory of Reasoned Action developed by Ajzen & Fishbein...

..Also discussed are the research and practical implications of these findings...

..High staff turnover was associated with a greater risk of mental or physical neglect, and the total number of maltreatment incidents...