objectives: the present study has been conducted to determine the effectiveness of cognitivebehavioral group-therapy on the development of visually impaired adolescents' self-concept. methods: this study is a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test model. the study population consisted of visually impaired male students of the primary and secondary high school at the omid-e-mashhad educational...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study's purpose was to identify variables associated with primary care providers' self-reported rate of health behavior change counseling and confidence in counseling abilities. Of particular interest was the association of provider personal health behavior with reported rate of counseling and confidence in counseling abilities. METHODS Surveys were mailed to pr...

Counseling has been suggested as a promising approach for facilitating changes in health behavior. The aim of this systematic review of counseling interventions for people with COPD was to describe: 1) counseling definitions, 2) targeted health behaviors, 3) counseling techniques and 4) whether commonalities in counseling techniques were associated with improved health behaviors. Ten databases ...

BACKGROUND Oncology nurses are well poised to provide lifestyle behavior counseling to cancer survivors. However, very little is known about the current lifestyle behavior counseling practices of oncology nurses. OBJECTIVES The primary purpose of this study was to examine lifestyle behavior counseling practices of oncology nurses. The secondary purpose was to examine differences in lifestyle ...

background: acquired immunodeficiency may impose considerable consequences on patients’ family behaviors toward them. the objective of the present study was to investigate whether a counseling program atbehavioralcounselingcenter in the city ofshiraz,iran could change the attitude, knowledge and behavior of patients' family members.   methods: 125 hiv/aids patients’ family members were intervie...

OBJECTIVES To determine the extent of postdiagnosis counseling and to characterize behavior before and after diagnosis of hepatitis C infection. METHODS We interviewed 133 persons diagnosed with hepatitis C in Wyoming from 1999 to 2001. RESULTS Approximately two thirds of cases received counseling at the time of diagnosis. Older and symptomatic patients were more likely to receive counselin...

a r t i c l e i n f o Promoting the prosocial behavior of young people is desirable. The individual counseling sessions held in schools and in youth centers can effectively promote prosocial behavior among the youth. Given the lack of relevant research on this topic, this study aims to examine how individual counseling in a natural setting contributes to the formation of prosocial behavior amon...

OBJECTIVE This study provides what the authors believe is the first empirical evaluation of cognitive behavior therapy as a posthospitalization treatment for anorexia nervosa in adults. METHOD After hospitalization, 33 patients with DSM-IV anorexia nervosa were randomly assigned to 1 year of outpatient cognitive behavior therapy or nutritional counseling. RESULTS The group receiving nutriti...

BACKGROUND Social norms imparted by preceptors and the requirements necessary to pass American Board of Pediatrics' examinations are potentially important contributors to physician behavior. OBJECTIVE To explore the relationships between perceived professional norms regarding injury prevention and the injury prevention topics discussed, and counseling strategies employed, by pediatric residen...