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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Family and friend participation may provide culturally salient social support for weight loss in African American adults. METHODS: SHARE (Supporting Healthy Activity and eating Right Everyday) was a 2-year trial of a culturally specific ... Read more...

The strongest prescription of all: a week in the woods.

29 Sep 2009 As the sun sets behind the first campfire, children's faces are silhouetted in the darkness. In this moment and the days to follow at Camp Sunrise, it is impossible to tell who is living with HIV/AIDS and who is not. According to Jina Gonzalez, that ... Read more...

Stroke caregivers share ABCs of caring.

30 Aug 2009 New stroke caregivers (N = 36) participated in a Web-based intervention that provided support and education and included exchanging e-mail messages in a discussion group. A male spousal caregiver posted a poem in his final message at the end of 1 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Self-Help Groups'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults". 24 Oct 2009
• Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults. 24 Oct 2009
• The strongest prescription of all: a week in the woods. 29 Sep 2009
• Is removal of melanocytic nevi the optimal treatment strategy? 13 Sep 2009
• Stroke caregivers share ABCs of caring. 30 Aug 2009
• [Self help groups, a first assessment] 30 Aug 2009
• [Interdisciplinary counseling of women with intestinal cancer: counseling brings courage] 30 Aug 2009
• Funeral directors and bereaved children: beliefs and experiences. 30 Aug 2009
• Comprehending childhood bereavement by parental suicide: a critical review of research on outcomes, grief processes, and interventions. 30 Aug 2009
• Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 within the health care systems: an empirical exploration. 30 Aug 2009
• Nonphysician management of epilepsy in resource-limited contexts: roles and responsibilities. 30 Aug 2009
• Attitudes towards 12-step groups and referral practices in a 12-step naive treatment culture; a survey of addiction professionals in Norway. 10 Aug 2009
• Peer assistance reaches its 25th year. 30 Jul 2009
• Cochrane Reviews of non-medication-based psychotherapeutic and other interventions for schizophrenia, psychosis, and bipolar disorder: A systematic literature review. 30 Jul 2009
• Glaucoma club: a successful model to educate glaucoma patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Notable role of glaucoma club on patients' knowledge of glaucoma. 30 Jul 2009
• Girls connect: effects of a support group for teenage girls with inflammatory bowel disease and their mothers. 30 Jul 2009
• Advocacy group update. 30 Jul 2009
• Integrating Buddhist psychology into grief counseling. 30 Jul 2009
• A three-group study, internet-based, face-to-face based and standard- management after acute whiplash associated disorders (WAD) - choosing the most efficient and cost-effective treatment: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. 20 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Self-Help Groups'

Definition: Organizations which provide an environment encouraging social interactions through group activities or individual relationships especially for the purpose of rehabilitating or supporting patients, individuals with common health problems, or the elderly. They include therapeutic social clubs.

Descriptor UI: D012657

Alternative terms: Self-Help Groups; Group, Self-Help; Groups, Self-Help; Self Help Groups; Self-Help Group; Support Groups; Group, Support; Groups, Support; Support Group; Clubs, Therapeutic Social; Club, Therapeutic Social; Social Club, Therapeutic; Therapeutic Social Club; Social Clubs, Therapeutic; Therapeutic Social Clubs;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.540.782;

Online Note: use SELF-HELP GROUPS to search SOCIAL CLUBS (now SOCIAL CLUBS, THERAPEUTIC see SELF-HELP GROUPS) 1973-78 (as Prov 1973-74)

History Note: 79; was SOCIAL CLUBS see under ORGANIZATIONS 1975-78, was SOCIAL CLUBS 1973-74 (Prov)