Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Perspectives on transcultural care.

29 Nov 2009 Culture has been defined as the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. A culture of nursing refers to the learned and transmitted lifeways, values, symbols, ... Read more...

Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age.

29 Nov 2009 The Human Genome Project will change how health is defined and how disease is prevented, diagnosed, and treated. As the largest group of health care providers in contact with patients, nurses need to be competent in the science of genetics. Beyond ... Read more...

Moral accountability and integrity in nursing practice.

29 Nov 2009 The therapeutic nature of the nurse-patient relationship is grounded in an ethic of caring. Florence Nightingale envisioned nursing as an art and a science...a blending of humanistic, caring presence with evidence-based knowledge and exquisite ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Perspectives on transcultural care. 29 Nov 2009
• Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age. 29 Nov 2009
• Moral accountability and integrity in nursing practice. 29 Nov 2009
• Personal conscience and the problem of moral certitude. 29 Nov 2009
• To know, to reason, to act. 29 Nov 2009
• Cervical cancer: disease prevention and informational support. 29 Nov 2009
• Iranian nurses' preparation for loss: finding a balance in end-of-life care. 10 Nov 2009
• Coverage of and influences on timely administration of hepatitis B vaccine birth dose in remote rural areas of the People's Republic of China. 30 Oct 2009
• Pediatric clinicians can help reduce rates of early childhood caries: effects of a practice based intervention. 30 Oct 2009
• Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review. 30 Oct 2009
• Overall effect of TCAB on initial participating hospitals. 30 Oct 2009
• Creating leaders for the future. 30 Oct 2009
• A comprehensive perspective on patient adherence to topical glaucoma therapy. 30 Oct 2009
• The gift of time. 11 Oct 2009
• Knowledge of drinking guidelines does not equal sensible drinking. 8 Oct 2009
• Human papillomavirus knowledge and awareness among undergraduates in healthcare training in New Zealand. 7 Oct 2009
• Health system and personal barriers resulting in decreased utilization of HIV and STD testing services among at-risk black men who have sex with men in Massachusetts. 29 Sep 2009
• Egocentric networks of Chinese men who have sex with men: network components, condom use norms, and safer sex. 29 Sep 2009
• Commentary on Levett-Jones T & Lathlean J (2009) The ascent to competence conceptual framework: an outcome of a study of belongingness. Journal of Clinical Nursing 18, 2870-2879. 29 Sep 2009
• Awareness within the French population concerning stroke signs, symptoms, and risk factors. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice'

Definition: Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL).

Descriptor UI: D007722

Alternative terms: Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;

Tree Number: F01.100.150.500; N05.300.150.410;

History Note: 2004 (1975)

Technical Notes: examples include FAMILY PLANNING; knowledge of physicians see CLINICAL COMPETENCE; do not use for knowledge or attitude or practice in psychol literature ( = possibly KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS or ATTITUDE or PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY) ); DF: KAP