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Title: Food insecurity in aboriginal women living with HIV/AIDS: evidence-informed health promotion interventions for family nurse practitioner practice
Contributors: Shannon M. Martens (author), Lela Zimmer (Thesis advisor), Khaldoun Aldiabat (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: Food insecurity negatively affects HIV/AIDS populations. The purpose of this integrated literature review is to identify evidence-informed health promotion interventions to prevent and treat food insecurity amongst Aboriginal women living with HIV/AIDS in rural and remote British Columbia, Canada. A comprehensive literature search identified 31 pieces of literature for data analysis. The highest priority identified for family nurse practitioner practice was advocacy for healthy public policy: increase social assistance and the Family Bonus, expand the monthly nutritional supplement to include all with HIV/AIDS, and include remote Aboriginal communities in the Nutrition North Canada Program. The next identified priority was community action initiatives including: community hunter, gardening, and kitchen programs, as well as food banks. Finally, on the individual level, interventions included food insecurity assessment, nutritional counselling, micronutrient supplementation, and addressing depression and addictions. Through utilization of these interventions, family nurse practitioners will be enabled to effectively address food insecurity. --Leaf ii.
Discipline: Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner
Date added: 2017-03-29T17:22:26.294Z

Title: Health promotion & environmental activism: Haida Gwaii, Bc, the Northern Gateway Project, and a model of collective interest.
Contributors: Jessica Madrid (author), Margot Parkes (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This study inductively explores the theoretical connections between health promotion and environmental activism. A conceptual framework was developed that illustrates the theoretical connections between these concepts. Deductively, this study responds to a call for quantitative and case study research on the social dimensions of environmental activism and health. An empirical model of collective interest (CI), which has been used to investigate protest behaviours, was adapted to emphasize a health promotion focus and the case study context: the Canadian archipelago, Haida Gwaii, BC, and its communities' opposition towards a controversial petrochemical project, the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project. The adapted version of the CI model was used to statistically analyse survey data using logistic regression techniques that suggested predictors of activism in this context. Together, the conceptual framework and the amended CI model were integrated into an analytical framework to address the research questions and implications for health promotion practice and policy. --Leaf ii.
Discipline: Community Health
Date added: 2017-04-11T21:13:12.931Z

Title: A review of workplace culture in a health care setting and its impact on the employees of Southlake Regional Health Centre
Contributors: Sheryl Stinson (author), Henry Harder (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Disability Management
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:11:31.327Z

Title: The influence of osteoporosis education and bone mineral density testing on calcium intake and exercise in young postmenopausal women
Contributors: Sherry Preston (author), Lela Zimmer (Thesis advisor), Heather Correale (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: For postmenopausal women osteoporosis and fracture are a major threat to functional independence and quality of life that has the potential to precipitate the end of life. Calcium, vitamin D and exercise have been shown to increase bone density, reduce falls and prevent fractures. Studies have shown that personal knowledge of bone density has a positive influence on treatment interventions in postmenopausal women yet studies considering the personal knowledge of bone mineral density (BMD) testing on osteoporosis preventative behaviours (OPBs) are less clear. This paper evaluated the influence of education and knowing person knowledge of BMD testing on calcium intake and exercise of young postmenopausal women between the ages of 50-65 years of age. --P. 2.
Discipline: Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:08:39.303Z

Title: An aboriginal mental health approach to personal wellness: A formative evaluation.
Contributors: William Thomas (author), Gerard Bellefeuille (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2017-03-30T17:01:48.961Z

Title: Perceived impact of physical activity on health and wellness of older adults in Northern British Columbia.
Contributors: Amita Gabriel (author), Dawn Hemingway (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This research rests on earlier research suggesting that there is a definitive connection between physical activity and the health and wellness of older adults. Aspects of this connection were examined through a qualitative research project with a sample of older adults in Prince George, the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada. The research explored the experiences and perspectives of older adults about the impact of physical activity on their health and wellbeing. Using a purposeful sampling method, data was generated through focus group and in-depth interviews. The data generated was analyzed using thematic analysis. The following eight themes emerged from the data analyzed: (1) Enthusiasm to learn more about and be involved in physical activity, (2) Effects of northern climate on involvement in physical activity, (3) Prominent physical activity, (4) Impact of physical illness, (5) Reason for being involved in physical activity, (6) Reasons for not being involved in physical activity, (7) Physical activity contributes to good health, and (8) Other views on physical activity in the community. The findings of this research are expected to benefit older adults, their families, and Northern Health and its agencies / programs involved in delivering services to older adults in Prince George and neighboring towns. --Leaf ii.
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2017-04-11T21:12:19.114Z

Title: Impact of the Wellness Fitness program on employee absenteeism: a study of Prince George Fire Rescue: 2005-2011
Contributors: Clayton Sheen (author), Balbinder Deo (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: Workplace wellness programs have been gaining popularity in many private organizations as a corporate strategy. The implementation of wellness fitness into the public sector has been a slower transition. Literature shows that the implementation has the potential to influence and improve various organizational factors such as absenteeism. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the hypothesis that the Prince George Fire Department Wellness Fitness program has reduced absenteeism. This project looks at the three possible categories of absenteeism and evaluates whether they have been reduced since the implementation of this program. The results found are that post Workplace Wellness implementation participants have less absenteeism. --P. iii.
Discipline: Business Administration
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:06:47.564Z

Title: Spinning a northern web: Women using information and communication technology to network for health and wellness.
Contributors: Christina McLennan (author), Dawn Hemingway (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This case study explores women's experiences using information and communication technology (ICT) to address women's health in northern, rural and remote communities in British Columbia. Incorporating features of collaborative, action research methodology, an online focus group was utilized to explore the Women North Network (WNN) and its primarily Internet-based component. Utilizing ICT to overcome geographic isolation, the WNN builds community by strengthening connections between women and supports information sharing, action and the development of research and policy initiatives. Study participants offer an understanding of what is practical and meaningful for women using ICT; suggesting that by encountering supportive relationships that build community leading to action, women will become engaged in using ICT. Increased access to computers, Internet and women-centred training are essential. Furthermore, social work and other health promotion professions utilizing ICT will have greater ability to includediverse communities in influencing social and health policy in northern, rural and remote communities.
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2017-03-30T16:59:52.107Z

Title: Lifestyle behaviors of adolescents: Relationship of self-efficacy, optimism, unrealistic optimism and selected demographic variables to the lifestyle behaviors.
Contributors: Mary Margaret Proudfoot (author), Kenneth Prkachin (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This study examined the lifestyle behaviors of 629 adolescents in northern British Columbia and the relationship of selected demographic variables, as well as, the psychosocial variables of self-efficacy, optimism and unrealistic optimism to a health-promoting lifestyle. Analyses indicated that physical participation had a significant relation to gender, living arrangements, school location and risk status. General health practices awareness had a significant relation to gender, living arrangements and ethno-cultural group. Safety had a significant relation to gender, ethno-cultural group and risk status. Nutrition, social support and stress management had a significant relation to gender. Nutrition, physical participation, general health practices awareness and safety were significantly negatively correlated to age. Physical participation, social support, stress management, identity awareness, and safety were significantly positively correlated to grade average and parent education. Hierarchical regressionanalyses indicated that demographic and psychosocial variables made a statistically significant contribution to predicting a health-promoting lifestyle. These findings are discussed in relation to efforts to enhance health-promoting behaviors in adolescents.
Discipline: Community Health
Date added: 2017-03-30T16:59:35.958Z

Title: Incorporating health literacy into family nurse practitioner practice: an integrative literature review
Contributors: Francesca Chiste (author), Martha MacLeod (Thesis advisor), Erin Wilson (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: In Canada, primary health care (PHC) has been endorsed by numerous reports and health care researchers as a mechanism for improving the health and well-being of all Canadians. The family nurse practitioner (FNP) plays an important role in the provision of PHC in Canada. As relatively new providers of primary health care, FNPs have struggled to demonstrate how their patient-centred focus can contribute to positive patient outcomes. The Canadian Nurses Association describes competencies that ensure that FNPs employ a patient-centred focus, but missing is a conceptualization of a framework that offers up a way for FNPs to describe and measure those competencies that allow them to practice in a way that is patient-centred. The concept of health literacy offers a means to address this gap. An integrative literature review was conducted to examine how FNPs can incorporate health literacy into their practice in order to demonstrate their patient-centred competencies and thereby make an impact on patient outcomes. The review of the literature revealed that working from a framework of health literacy promotion offers opportunities to describe and better provide the value-added, public health component of FNP practice, how this component relates to patient-centredness, and how by implying the framework, FNPs can impact patient outcomes. While there is not yet consensus within the literature as to what health literacy frameworks and strategies are most applicable to practice, this in itself presents important opportunities for FNPs to contribute to an emerging body of knowledge. --Leaf ii.
Discipline: Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:09:06.359Z