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J B Sherman

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PubMed1992

Intervention program for obese school children.

The purpose of this study was to implement and evaluate a program for obese school children. A pretest-posttest design was utilized. Data was collected related to weight status, skinfold measurements, self-esteem, and nutritional knowledge. A convenience sample of 26 children, in the fourth to sixth grades, completed this 9-week program. The results indicate that self-esteem increased significantly (p less than .001) between the pretest and posttest interval. Weight status and nutritional knowledge showed no improvement. Exercise was difficult to assess on self-report, therefore no conclusions were were drawn in relation to this variable. Future research will be directed toward refining this intervention program.

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PubMed1992

Care needs of home-based cancer patients and their caregivers. Quantitative findings.

The purpose of this study was to identify care needs of home-based patients receiving treatment for cancer and their caregivers. The sample consisted of 30 patients receiving radiation therapy and/or immunologically based treatments for a variety of cancers and 29 caregivers. Patient and caregiver needs scales were used to elicit the needs of patients and caregivers. Patients and caregivers were able to cite their unique needs. Patients had more needs for themselves in the areas of personal care, activity management, and interpersonal interaction than did the caregivers. The necessity for individualization of care was noted by both patients and caregivers, an area that nursing is in a unique position to address.

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PubMed1991

Obesity in Mexican-American preschool children--a population group at risk.

This research built on our previous work focusing on the Mexican-American population as one group at risk for the development of obesity. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship among knowledge of nutrition, feeding practices, values, and select demographic variables of Mexican-American mothers and obesity in their preschool children. One hundred forty-three mothers of children were recruited to participate. Each mother was interviewed and asked to complete questionnaires regarding maternal nutrition knowledge, maternal feeding practices, weight locus of control, and ideal infant body habitus. Compared to thin infants and their mothers, obese children had a significantly greater mean birth weight and their mothers had a significantly greater body mass index. Analysis of responses to the ideal infant body habitus scale revealed that mothers of obese children selected a chubby baby as ideal significantly more often than mothers of nonobese children. The data collected from this study can alert public health nurses to children at risk for obesity.

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PubMed1991

Evaluation of public health science in the graduate community health nursing curriculum.

The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate a unique course in Public Health Science that has recently been implemented in our College of Nursing. This course seeks to provide a synthesis of public health and nursing. The course description as well as the course objectives are outlined. A 22-item questionnaire was developed to obtain demographic information regarding the students enrolled in the course, their community health experience prior to entering the graduate program, their clinical area of specialization, reasons for enrollment in the course, strengths and weaknesses of the course, the degree to which the course met the objectives, and recommendations for future courses in Public Health Science. The findings suggest that the content of Public Health Science has been integrated into the graduate community health nursing program with much success.

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PubMed1991

Factors associated with obesity in school children.

Factors associated with obesity in school children, based on current research in the field, are described. Both family environment and individual characteristics have been shown to relate to children's weight status. Research to date supports the complex interrelationships between nutritional knowledge, feeding practices, values, and select demographic variables and the development of obesity in school children. An example of an ethnic group at risk for the development of obesity is provided. The present study suggests implications for school nursing practice in relation to the problem of obesity in children.

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PubMed1990

Obesity in children: a research update.

Factors associated with obesity in children are described based on current research in the field. Consideration is given to the family environment as well as to individual characteristics that have been shown to relate to children's weight status. Research to date supports the complex interrelationships between nutritional knowledge, feeding practices, values, and select demographic variables and the development of obesity in children. This article suggests areas for further research to advance understanding of obesity in children.

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PubMed1989

Evaluation of a worksite wellness program: impact on exercise, weight, smoking, and stress.

This study evaluated the effects of a wellness program at the workplace in relation to its impact on exercise, weight, smoking, and stress of the employee participants. A quasi-experimental design was selected in which data were collected at three specific intervals: before and immediately after program completion, and three months after program completion. The sample consisted of experimental and control groups. Persons (n = 59) who did participate in the wellness program made up the experimental group, and those (n = 49) who did not participate in the wellness program served as controls. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. No significant differences were noted between participants and nonparticipants in the areas of exercise, weight, smoking, and stress between the initial evaluation and after completing the wellness program. The areas of stress reduction and increased exercise were emphasized more in the participants than the nonparticipants, however.

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PubMed1989

Caring: commitment to excellence or condemnation to conformity?

The art of caring to alleviate illness and to promote health is nursing's unique commitment to society and the health-care industry. How this practice is implemented dictates the success or failure of prescribed strategies. In addition, the way in which caring is implemented defines emotional maturity on both a personal and professional level. Several goals to rehabilitate the psychologically codependent person include: Developing an awareness of the origins of codependency and how early family experiences affect subsequent behavior and beliefs about oneself; Identifying the personal price and payoffs for continuing codependent behaviors; The ability to openly express personal needs, wishes, feelings, and opinions while respecting the rights of others; Learning to discriminate between loving/caring and the destructive control of codependency; and The ability to take responsibility for another rather than being responsible to another. Codependent behaviors are prevalent within professional nursing practice, as evidenced by examples provided from three specialty areas in nursing and the fact that women (who are traditionally assigned the cultural role of caring) constitute the majority of professional nurses. Therefore, it is a professional challenge to each nurse to ascertain whether practices are functional or dysfunctional: is the professional interpretation of caring a commitment to excellence or a condemnation to conformity in the unique delivery of health-care practice?

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Home care needs.

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