NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Comprehensive Employment and…2
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 54 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kjersti Karlsen; Ellen Kathrine Munkhaugen; Hanne Kari Fossum; Trine Lise Bakken; Arvid Nikolai Kildahl – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Individuals with intellectual disabilities are at increased risk of mental health disorders, but may struggle to access appropriate services. While assessment/treatment may need to be adapted, knowledge is limited about what such adaptations may entail. Method: During a service development project, the participants (33 professionals,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Mental Health, Comorbidity, Adults
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
LeVasseur, Mary; Purzycki, Edward; Williams, Helene – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
This chapter presents the process and operational considerations when developing and implementing mindfulness-based programs for both patients and staff in hospital and health-care settings.
Descriptors: Metacognition, Program Implementation, Patients, Hospitals
Patricia A. Cuff, Rapporteur; Erin Hammers Forstag, Rapporteur; Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education, Contributor; Board on Global Health, Contributor; Health and Medicine Division, Contributor – National Academies Press, 2024
The National Academies Global Forum on Innovations in Health Professional Education held a public workshop in November 2023. Speakers explored how health professional educators and providers with health systems science (HSS) training can prepare learners to work together within health systems, resulting in better patient care, improved population…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Health Education, Systems Approach, Health Services
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McClelland, Gabrielle T.; Fitzgerald, Martin – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: The aim of this study was to establish the utility of a bespoke mobile app for mental health service users and clinicians. Design: Qualitative design using four focus groups. Methods: Work was conducted in three stages. The first stage involved a focus group with mental health service users and eight clinicians from a mental health…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Allied Health Personnel, Mental Health
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chang, Huey Fang; Power, Emma; O'Halloran, Robyn; Foster, Abby – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Communication partners (CPs) find it challenging to communicate with people with communication disorders post-stroke. Stroke communication partner training (CPT) can enhance CPs' ability to support the communication and participation of people post-stroke. While evidence for the efficacy of aphasia-based CPT is strong, implementation…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Evidence Based Practice, Communication Disorders, Aphasia
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gabel, Stewart – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2013
Demoralization is a feeling state of dejection, hopelessness, and a sense of personal "incompetence" that may be tied to a loss of or threat to one's own goals or values. It has an existential dimension when beliefs and values about oneself are disconfirmed. Numerous sources describe high rates of dissatisfaction and burnout in…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Health Personnel, Psychological Patterns, Burnout
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Robben, Sarah; Perry, Marieke; van Nieuwenhuijzen, Leontien; van Achterberg, Theo; Rikkert, Marcel Olde; Schers, Henk; Heinen, Maud; Melis, Rene – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Care for the frail elderly is often provided by several professionals. Collaboration between them is essential, but remains difficult to achieve. Interprofessional education (IPE) can improve this collaboration. We developed a 9-hour IPE program for primary care professionals from 7 disciplines caring for the frail elderly, and aimed…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Primary Health Care, Health Services, Cooperation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McGillivray, Jane A.; McCabe, Marita P. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
There is a pressing need for the development of programs for the early identification and treatment of depression in individuals with mild intellectual disability. The aim of this study was to ascertain the perspective of 64 key stakeholders (people with intellectual disability, healthcare professionals, family/caregivers & support workers)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Identification
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1978
Presented is the report by the Working Group on the education of managers in health services in the World Health Organization, European Region. The report is organized into the following sections: health care management and managers; key issues in health service management (public policy-making and health care management, the managerial role of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Health Personnel, Health Services, Nurses
Sutherland, Mary S. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1981
The planning cycle for health program goals and objectives involves determining needs and establishing, implementing, and evaluating goals. Necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities of health planners are delineated. (CJ)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Health Needs, Health Personnel, Health Services
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cornwell, Lisa; Hawley, Suzanne R.; St. Romain, Theresa – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: Coordinated school health programs (CSHPs) bring together educational and community resources in the school environment. This method is particularly important in rural areas like Kansas, where resources and trained health professionals are in short supply. Rural Stafford County, Kansas, struggles with health professional shortages and…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Physical Education, Income
Long, A. F.; And Others – 1986
This paper reports on a one-year study supported by the European Regional Office of the World Health Organization. The aims of the study were to develop a methodological approach to identify national practices in health manpower and, in particular, health manpower planning, and to explore them in relation to the European "health for all"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Personnel, Health Services, Long Range Planning
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
The health care skill gap is expected to worsen, but Career and Technical Education (CTE) is playing an integral part in preparing the next generation of workers. This article discusses the efforts of Greentree Health Science Academy in addressing the need to develop the next generation of health care professionals. In collaboration with…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Older Adults, Employment Opportunities, Technical Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Probst, Heidi; Eddy, David; Doughty, Jo; Hodgson, Denyse – E-Learning, 2009
Training health professionals within university environments has traditionally focused on face-to-face methods. Practitioners working within the UK National Health Service (NHS) have found it difficult to gain leave from work to attend for study due to the demands of the NHS and staff shortages. In response, the authors developed a distance…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Health Services, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Merrill, Jeffrey – Social Policy, 1975
The Works Public Administration, said to be the first serious effort made in U.S. to address the problem of wide-scale unemployment through a public sector effort, is looked at in great detail in relation to its applicability as a suitable model for implementation in the health field. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Health Personnel, Health Programs, Health Services
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4