Social Support
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Friday, November 20, 2009

[Montérégie Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre: integrating nurse navigators in Montérégie's oncology teams: one aspect of implementing the Cancer Control Program--Part 1]

29 Nov 2009 The oncology patient navigator role was developed to ensure both continuity and consultation in the delivery of care to cancer patients and their families. In Québec, this role is filled by a nurse. This first article in a series of two, aims to ... Read more...

Supporting children of parents who are dying.

29 Nov 2009 Nurses, parents and other family members tend to feel ill equipped when talking to children about a parent's impending death. Adults often feel the need to protect children from the reality of a parent's imminent death. However, research indicates ... Read more...

Cervical cancer: disease prevention and informational support.

29 Nov 2009 Cervical cancer and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) are significant health care concerns for women worldwide. Globally, in 2006, cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer in women. Infection with high-risk strains of HPV is found to be ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Social Support'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Montérégie Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre: integrating nurse navigators in Montérégie's oncology teams: one aspect of implementing the Cancer Control Program--Part 1] 29 Nov 2009
• Supporting children of parents who are dying. 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
• Defining and describing medical learning communities: results of a national survey. 30 Oct 2009
• A national survey of support and counselling after maternal death. 30 Oct 2009
• Association of depression and pain interference with disease-management self-efficacy in community-dwelling individuals with spinal cord injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Influences of religion and culture on continuing bonds in a sample of British Muslims of Pakistani origin. 30 Oct 2009
• Predicting social support for grieving persons: a theory of planned behavior perspective. 30 Oct 2009
• Lessons from nursing leaders on implementing TCAB. 30 Oct 2009
• The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: an introduction. 30 Oct 2009
• Social support and companionship among active African American women. 30 Oct 2009
• Cardiomyopathy. 24 Oct 2009
• 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
• Felt obligation to help others as a protective factor against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline in middle and later life. 11 Oct 2009
• Social network types and subjective well-being in Chinese older adults. 7 Oct 2009
• [Shattered lives] 6 Oct 2009
• Egocentric networks of Chinese men who have sex with men: network components, condom use norms, and safer sex. 29 Sep 2009
• Barriers to access to antiretroviral treatment in Mozambique, as perceived by patients and health workers in urban and rural settings. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Social Support'

Definition: Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance is provided by churches, groups, etc.

Descriptor UI: D012944

Alternative terms: Social Support; Support, Social; Social Networks; Network, Social; Networks, Social; Social Network; Psychosocial Support Systems; Psychosocial Support System; Support System, Psychosocial; Support Systems, Psychosocial; System, Psychosocial Support; Systems, Psychosocial Support;

Related Mesh Headings: Self-Help Groups;

Tree Number: I01.880.656.600;

History Note: 91(83); was see under SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT 1983-90

Technical Notes: human only; no qualif