Personal Support Workers' Experience of Collaboration in a Long-Term Care Facility in Rural Ontario

The growing complexity of healthcare needs of residents living in long-term care necessitates a high level of professional interdependence to deliver quality, individualized care. Personal support workers (PSWs) are the most likely to observe, interpret and respond to resident care plans, yet little is known about how they experience collaboration. This study aimed to describe PSWs’ current experiences with collaboration in long-term care and to understand the factors that influenced their involvement in collaboration. A qualitative approach was used to interview eight PSWs from one long-term care facility in rural Ontario. Thematic analysis revealed three themes: valuing PSWs’ contributions, organizational structure, and individual characteristics and relationships. Collaboration was a difficult process for PSWs who felt largely undervalued and excluded. To improve collaboration, management needs to provide opportunities for PSWs to contribute and support the development of relationships required to collaborate.

Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Poverty, and Malnutrition in Honduran Children Living in Remote Rural Communities

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are endemic in Honduras, but their prevalence according to the levels of poverty in the population has not been examined. The present cross-sectional study is aimed to determine the role of different levels of poverty in STH prevalence and infection intensity as well as the potential associations of STH infections with malnutrition and anemia. Research participants were children attending a medical brigade serving remote communities in Northern Honduras in June 2014. Demographic data were obtained, and poverty levels were determined using the unsatisfied basic needs method. STH infections were investigated by the Kato-Katz method; hemoglobin concentrations were determined with the HemoCue system; and stunting, thinness, and underweight were determined by anthropometry. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and univariate and multivariable logistic regression models. Among 130 children who participated in this study, a high prevalence (69.2%) of parasitism was found and the poorest children were significantly more infected than those living in less poor communities (79.6% vs. 61.8%; P = 0.030). Prevalence rates of Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides, and hookworms were 69.2%, 12.3%, and 3.85%, respectively. In total, 69% of children had anemia and 30% were stunted. Households’ earthen floor and lack of latrines were associated with infection. Greater efforts should be made to reduce STH prevalence and improve overall childhood health, in particular, among the poorest children lacking the basic necessities of life.

Prevalencia de factores de riesgo para cáncer de mama en mujeres de dos poblaciones: urbana y rural

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería con Énfasisi en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Obesidad y sedentarismo en poblaciones rural y urbana

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería con Enfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Índice de masa corporal, actitudes y conductas de alimentación en adolescentes de área urbana y rural

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Enfermería con Énfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL .

Riesgo dietético aterogénico y presencia de hipercolesterolemia y obesidad en la población rural mayor de diez años de edad, Nuevo León, México, 1990

Tesis (Maestría en Salud Pública con Especialidad en Nutrición Comunitaria) UANL.

Lo urbano en lo rural : transformación del espacio periurbano y la creación de las necesidades

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Orientación en Trabajo Social) U.A.N.L.

Ensayo bibliográfico sobre sociologia rural

UANL

Evaluación del desempeño docente en el área de matemáticas modulo 1 en la Preparatoria No.2 de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

[Tesis] (Maestro en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Relaciones Industriales)- UANL, 2003

Autoestima y consumo de alcohol y tabaco en estudiantes de secundaria del área rural

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería con énfasis en Salud Comunitaria) U.A.N.L. Facultad de Enfermería.

De lo rural a lo urbano: las peleas de gallos en Monterrey.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias Sociales) UANL, 2014.

Los peces de Nuevo León y la pisicultura rural

UANL

Políticas y estrategias para el desarrollo rural de América Latina en la decada de los 80

UANL

Fecundidad en el área rural de México

UANL

Opus 99, presupuestación, programación y control de obras : manual de referencia, modulo I

UANL