Biomedical subjects

C A Andre

Publications and source records attributed to C A Andre.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1999

Nurses re-entering the workforce: a special needs group.

Registered Nurses wishing to re-enter the paid workforce have been shown to experience low self-esteem and high levels of anxiety. An intensive twelve-week re-entry program was designed to address these needs through a process of critical pedagogy. In this paper the student cohort since 1995 is described and the program, its structure, style, physical environment, teaching, and course content are introduced. Evaluation of student outcomes was ascertained by a convenience survey in which a questionnaire was posted to successful students. The results included employment rates of 97.4% and high levels of work and personal satisfaction. Both the benefits and the limitations of the program are discussed in light of the questionnaire responses.

Adult↗

PubMed1989

Women's business: the challenge of childbirth.

This paper was delivered as the opening address at the First National Conference of Childbirth Educators held in Melbourne, Australia, November, 1988. It is published with permission and support from the organisers. This paper develops and links insights available from anthropology, sociology, feminism and economics to the challenge facing childbirth educators. This challenge needs illumination from a number of directions before it can be understood, explained and met. The challenge described in the paper is that of re-establishing the importance and value of 'women's business'. This phrase, developed further at the beginning of the work, is from Aboriginal culture. It conveys the uniqueness of matters belonging to women. Childbirth is currently big business. Its management, whilst masquerading as scientific or medical, is clearly socio-economic. Until this is understood big business will continue to dominate women's business. The paper sets out to develop and defend these assertions and establish a role and responsibility for childbirth educators in relation to them.

Anthropology, Cultural↗

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A review of recent clinical trials of the nutritional supplement Chlorella pyrenoidosa in the treatment of fibromyalgia, hypertension, and ulcerative colitis.

CONTEXT: It has been suggested that the consumption of natural "whole foods" rich in macronutrients has many healthful benefits for those who otherwise ingest a normal, nonvegetarian diet. One example is dietary supplements derived from Chlorella pyrenoidosa, a unicellular fresh water green alga rich in proteins, vitamins, and minerals. OBJECTIVE: To find evidence of the potential of chlorella dietary supplements to relieve signs and symptoms, improve quality of life, and normalize body functions in people with chronic illnesses, specifically fibromyalgia, hypertension, and ulcerative colitis. DESIGN: Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trials. SETTING: Virginia Commonwealth University's Medical College of Virginia. PATIENTS: Fifty-five subjects with fibromyalgia, 33 with hypertension, and 9 with ulcerative colitis. INTERVENTION: Subjects consumed 10 g of pure chlorella in tablet form and 100 mL of a liquid containing an extract of chlorella each day for 2 or 3 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: For fibromyalgia patients, assessments of pain and overall quality of life. For hypertensive patients, measurements of sitting diastolic blood pressure and serum lipid levels. For patients with ulcerative colitis, determination of state of disease using the Disease Activity Index. RESULTS: Daily dietary supplementation with chlorella may reduce high blood pressure, lower serum cholesterol levels, accelerate wound healing, and enhance immune functions. CONCLUSIONS: The potential of chlorella to relieve symptoms, improve quality of life, and normalize body functions in patients with fibromyalgia, hypertension, or ulcerative colitis suggests that larger, more comprehensive clinical trials of chlorella are warranted.

Chlorella↗