The impact of farm lifestyle and health characteristics: Cervical cancer screening among Southern farmwomen

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A cross-sectional study design used to compare the proportion of women failing to obtain cervical cancer screening in three Southern states to state-level Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data and to identify factors contributing to cervical cancer screening and detection behaviors is illustrated. Rural women face substantial access barriers to healthcare as they are generally older, poorer, lack insurance, and have lower levels of education.

United States, Diagnosis, Cervical cancer, Cancer, Country life, Rural life, Farm life, Women farmers, Cancer screening

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Building life skills for children with cystic fibrosis: Effectiveness of an intervention

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A study was conducted to test the effectiveness of an intervention to improve psychosocial adjustment, functional health, and physiologic health in children between 8 and 12 years of age, with cystic fibrosis (CF) by teaching them life skills for managing their chronic illness in their everyday lives. The results indicated that the social skills intervention was effective in decreasing the social consequences of CF in children's lives.

Analysis, Cystic fibrosis, Chronically ill children, Social skills in children, Children's social skills

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Nurses' attitudes toward provision of care and related health outcomes

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A retrospective exploratory study is employed to examine the contribution of attitudinal, normative and control influences on the intrapartum nurses' attitude towards provision of care to pregnant women during labor. The analysis demonstrates that attitude as well as social pressures highly influence the nurses' behavior and hence should be taken care of by the healthcare providers to ensure better patient care and health outcomes.

Patient outcomes, Pregnant women, Health attitudes, Obstetrical nursing

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