OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to investigate the fit between Inuit conceptions of effective helping and Western counselling. STUDY DESIGN/METHODS The essential components and value foundations of effective Western counselling, including multicultural counselling, were identified from primary and secondary counselling texts. Inuit traditional values and helping practices were iden...

BACKGROUND National guidelines on the care of women requesting induced abortion recommend that counselling prior to termination of pregnancy (TOP) includes information about potential complications and sequelae. Case notes of women requesting TOP in a single hospital Trust were audited for documentation of counselling about complications. As a result of this audit the integrated care pathway (I...

OBJECTIVE To gain a deeper understanding of healthcare providers' perceptions on the abortion counselling they provide and its usefulness. METHOD We conducted in-depth interviews with 16 healthcare providers working in the Lisbon metropolitan area. The interviews were then subjected to content analysis. RESULTS We identified the following themes on abortion counselling description: receivin...

Abstract;
 
 Objective: To identify the preferences of dental graduates in field post-graduate specialty, factors that may influence their decision to select a particular and effect counselling on specialty preferences.
 Methods: A pre-counselling post-counselling questionnaire based study was carried out among final year students House surgeons Khyber College Dentistry, Peshawar...

Larsson, B. 2017. Treatment for childbirth fear with a focus on midwife-led counselling. A national overview, women’s birth preferences and experiences of counselling. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1341. 77 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0003-0. Background: Many women experience childbirth fear to such an exte...

OBJECTIVES To determine rates of patient reported and physician documented counselling; to identify predictors of each report; and to identify the impact of each report on smoking cessation attempts after discharge from the hospital. DESIGN Stickers on subjects' charts prompted physicians to give brief smoking cessation counselling to patients in the hospital. Patients reported counselling re...

BACKGROUND Assessment of weight and counselling on nutrition and physical activity is infrequently conducted during well child visits, despite recent expert recommendations. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether automatic calculation of body mass index (BMI) in an electronic health record improved assessment of weight and counselling on nutrition and physical activity. METHODS Retrospective rev...

BACKGROUND Sexual problems are common amongst cardiac patients, and concerns may arise when resuming sexual activities after a cardiac event. Sexual counselling is therefore indispensible. Culture is an identified barrier to talking about sex, but research is lacking on whether and how culture influences nurses in providing sexual counselling. DESIGN This cross-sectional descriptive study ass...

Chronic non-communicable diseases are a significant public health problem and imbalanced nutrition is one of the most significant risk factor for them. The objective of this study was to examine Croatia's general practitioners' nutrition counselling practice and determine the factors that influence such practice. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 444 (17.0%) randomly selected general ...

BACKGROUND This study examined: (1) levels of cancer-specific distress more than one year after genetic counselling for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC); (2) associations between sociodemographic, clinical and psychosocial factors and levels of distress; (3) the impact of genetic counselling on family relationships, and (4) social consequences of genetic counselling. METHODS ...