Hsiu Hung Wang

..to explore the effects of a group health education programme on the childbearing knowledge, attitude, and behaviours among Southeast Asian immigrant women in Taiwan...

..Under these circumstances, healthcare professonals are actively involved in practice, education and research of long-term care services that ensure elderly and disabled people can live a healthier and better life...

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..The Test of Critical Thinking Skills for Life-And-Death content (TCTS-LD) instrument requires the administration of additional tests to assess reliability and validity for future use in the assessment of perceptions on life and death...

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..20 with three degrees of freedom (p = 0.24) in the rural group, indicating good fit between the data and the two models. These two models provide guidelines for community nurses to design appropriate self-care programs for elderly women...

..The results also could be used as a reference for related research and policy development in other countries...

..To examine the depressive symptoms of older residents at nursing homes and the relationship between their depressive symptoms and certain selected variables...

..To investigate fluid intake, dehydration and the key factors affecting nursing home residents' fluid intake and dehydration...

..Such findings may be due to methodologic limitations. This suggests that further investigation is needed...

..This study provided a holistic view on the relationship between stress and health in the context of stress and proposed a direction for future research and practice...

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..To develop and test psychometric characteristics of the Relationship Power Scale (RPS), which can be used to explore the relationship power of female adolescents in heterosexual relationships...

..The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a videoconference intervention program in improving nursing home residents' social support, loneliness, and depressive status...

..7% of the participants. CONCLUSIONS: Health care professionals should provide adolescent mothers with the information they need to improve their attitude and self-efficacy toward contraception before they enter the postpartum period...

..The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of depressive symptoms and the risk factors that correlated with depressive symptoms among elders living alone...

..This paper is a report of a study conducted to develop and test a theoretically derived Cigarette Dependence Questionnaire for adult male smokers...

..These results provide health professionals with important information to understand the reality adolescents encounter and to design effective contraceptive programs for male adolescents...

..These findings provide a reference for the development of contraceptive intervention programs for sexually active female adolescents in Taiwan...

..There is growing concern about the factors affecting the prenatal examinations of immigrant women...

..Findings can help nursing administrators understand and clarify the meaning of workplace bullying in order to take appropriate measures to improve the working environment for nursing professionals...

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..To examine associations between demographic variables, acculturation, and health-related quality of life among Vietnamese immigrant women in transnational marriages in Taiwan...

..To explore caregiver's strain, the relationship between social support and caregiver's strain and the predictors of caregiver's strain among mothers with school-aged intellectually disabled children in Taiwan...

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..This study also aims to identify predictors of their postpartum health status...

..It is our belief that the commitment of Taiwan's nursing professionals will help secure the critical role of nursing in the national long-term care services system and quality healthcare...

..In conclusion, it is important to regularly assess the physical function and nutritional status of nursing home residents and adjust their dietary intake accordingly...

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..An understanding of health-related quality of life (HRQL) among female Vietnamese spouses is essential to develop appropriate health policies and interventions for this population...

..To evaluate and compare the appropriateness of the Silver Yoga exercise programme for community and institutional elders and to determine their preferences towards yoga exercises...

..The results suggest that caregivers, especially female caregivers, urgently require adequate professional health care assistance in order to reduce the negative physical and physiological effects of caregiving on the health caregiver...

..Further internet-based quantitative and qualitative research is necessary to clarify relevant sexual health issues. Finally, we offer design suggestions for sexual education homepages...

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..70. CONCLUSION: The Chinese version of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire is a fairly reliable and valid scale, but needs to be revised to accommodate cross-cultural differences...

..In addition, this article reflects on how to leverage self-awareness, gender sensitivity, education strategies and role modeling to create a gender-friendly environment in nursing education...

..Promoting the health of transitional frail elders (e.g., through therapeutic-based yoga exercises) is essential to reduce healthcare expenditures caused by chronic health problems...

..A nursing intervention designed to restore body image perceptions and to reduce anxiety and emotional distress in this vulnerable group should be developed and administered...

..The role of perceived social support in the health of caregivers should be further investigated as a possible protective determinant in the caring process...

..The results can help health care providers to identify post-traumatic responses of abused women at an early stage and can also provide information for planning further treatment strategies for abused women...

..The results of this study can help health care professionals understand the HPL and to design appropriate health-promoting educational programs to improve the well-being and overall quality of life of Southeast Asian women in Taiwan...

..These findings differ from the previous research testing the English version. Studies addressing the specific features of cigarette dependence in different socio-cultural contexts are needed...

..As to the propositions that "Menstruation is a bothersome event," and "Menstruation is a natural event," there were no significant differences between the two groups...

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..Designing a systematic in-service training program to enhance working competency and performance of PHNs is also suggested...

..The International Council of Nurses pursues policy issues related to nursing manpower. Although it has not yet experienced a shortage of nurses, Taiwan still lacks comprehensive policy and management systems governing nursing manpower...

..The findings of this study can serve as a guide to healthcare providers who want to design an effective systematic menstrual health education program for female adolescents...

..Moreover, healthcare professionals should understand that designing and providing culturally sensitive and appropriate healthcare to these women is very important for promoting their and their children's health...

..This study suggests that prevention and treatment of leprosy-related physical impairments and chronic diseases are important...

..It is hoped that an understanding of the processes by which policy is formed will provide nurses with the knowledge and skills to participate in policy-making and raise the influence of the professional commitment involved in nursing...

..This study provides evidence to healthcare professionals that they should not only treat the physical injuries of abused women, but must also learn how to assess and adequately attend to their mental health problems...

..Based on research results, we suggest improving female adolescents' self-care behavior against dysmenorrhea through enhanced health education in schools...

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