BACKGROUND With declines in development assistance for health and growing interest in country ownership, donors are increasingly faced with the task of transitioning health programs to local actors towards a path to sustainability. Yet there is little available guidance on how to measure and evaluate the success of a transition and its subsequent effects. This study assesses the transition of t...

Mental disorders and criminal behavior are considered to fall under the rubric of deviance. This perspective of deviant behavior forms the framework for comparing community-based programs for emotionally disturbed persons and for offenders with institutionally based program~ The interactionist model lends itself to the development of community-based modalities in lieu of institutionalization; i...

BACKGROUND Making evidence-based practice (EBP) a reality throughout an organization is a challenging goal in healthcare services. Leadership has been recognized as a critical element in that process. However, little is known about the exact role and function of various levels of leadership in the successful institutionalization of EBP within an organization. AIMS To uncover what leaders at d...

BACKGROUND Institutionalization is the most important milestone in the care of dementia patients. This study was aimed at identifying relevant predictors of institutionalization in a broad empirical context and interpreting them on the basis of the predictor model proposed by Luppa et al. [Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2008;26:65-78]. METHODS At the start of this study, 357 patients with mild to...

We explore how transitory management fashions become institutionalized. Based on the concepts of institutional entrepreneurship and institutional work, we postulate that fashionable management practices acquire permanence when they are anchored within field-wide institutions. The building of such institutions requires various types of institutional work, including political work, technical work...

INTRODUCTION The prevalence of dementia is growing in Spain, and so is the number of caregivers who are considering the institutionalization of their relatives. The purpose of this study is to identify which variables are associated with caregivers' desire for institutionalization their dementia relatives. PATIENTS AND METHODS Informal caregivers of 243 individuals suffering from dementia wer...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between length of institutionalization and sensory integration in children adopted from Eastern Europe. METHOD The Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT) and the Developmental and Sensory Processing Questionnaire were administered to 60 adopted children, 4 years to 8 years, 11 months of age. Thirty had longer institutionalization histories (mean: 34 mont...