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Key Intervention Concepts
While some agencies offer special programs for mothers living with mental illnesses, these are, in fact, rare. Individual providers or mothers themselves may piece together services and resources to support their parenting efforts and achieve parenting goals. Key intervention concepts can be incorporated into a formal intervention specifically targeted to mothers or may simply become […]
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Translating Family Recovery Principles into Practice
Translating Family Recovery Principles into Practice with Mothers Psychiatric rehabilitation provides a conceptual framework for thinking about recovery. Additional theories provide suggestions for specific ways of working within this larger frame. These include: (a) attachment theory !the notion that relationships matter; (b) social cognitive theory ! the fact that thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes are related […]
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principles of the recovery model
principles of the recovery model The Family Recovery Model The potential for understanding and supporting mothers is optimized when seen through the family lens. An ecological model of family recovery, therefore, lays out the relationships between parent and child characteristics, the family and the environment, and the interactions and transactions among them to suggest targets […]
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psychiatric rehabilitation documentation
Psychiatric rehabilitation provides the theoretical underpinnings in a number of interventions in which mothers living with mental illnesses are receiving services in the USA. “Psychiatric rehabilitation promotes recovery, full community integration, and improved quality of life” for individuals whose mental illnesses impair their functioning, through services that are collaborative, person directed, and individualized to promote […]
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musculoskeletal health promotion
musculoskeletal health promotion Synonyms Health of muscles and skeletal system musculoskeletal health Definition Physical activity contributes to the development of bone mass during childhood and adolescence and to the maintenance of skeletal mass during adulthood. Increased bone mineral density during adulthood is positively associated with aerobic exercise. Through itsload bearing effect on the skeleton, […]
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Motivation in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Motivation in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Motivation in relation to health promotion and disease prevention relates to the willingness of individuals to participate in health promotion interventions and to implement the recommendations for a healthy life style or the coping with disease in daily life. The motivation of individuals is essential if the suggestions […]
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health professionals working together
health professionals working together Effectivemanagement of health workers’ migration has to consider both sides: the push and the pull factors. The World Health Report 2006 proposes strategies for source countries and receiving countries of international migration. Most importantly, it emphasizes that the migration of health professionals has to be recognized as a concern of the […]
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Growing Demand for Health Professionals Worldwide
Growing Demand for Health Professionals Worldwide Demographic and epidemiological trends in both industrialized and developing countries have led to an increasing demand for skilled health workers and will continue to do so. While countries in the North have to deal with an aging population and a greater share of chronic diseases, countries in the South […]
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Equitable Health Care for Migrants
Equitable Health Care for Migrants There is no agreement in Public Health as to whether a health care system based on a libertarian ( liberalism and libertarianism), egalitarian ( egalitarianism) or utilitarian ( utilitarianism) framework is the best or the most fair.From the point of view of migrants’ needs, the objective of health care systems […]
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Socioeconomic Status and Health
Socioeconomic Status and Health Most known societies are heterogeneous in socioeconomic terms; different parts of the population live under different socioeconomic conditions, have different levels of education, etc. Such differences often provide the basis for social stratification, e. g. in social classes. Socioeconomic status or social class is in general associated with health status. Frequently, […]
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