What are the components of effective chronic condition self-management education interventions for children with asthma, cystic fibrosis, and diabetes? A systematic review
Chronic conditions of childhood are common [1]. In Australia, asthma affects one in every 10 children, type one diabetes mellitus (T1DM) affects one in every 100 children, and cystic fibrosis (CF) affects 1 in every 2500 children [1,2]. Together, these three conditions impact the Australian population more than any other childhood chronic conditions (i.e., high social, health service resource and financial costs) [1,3]. With such high prevalence rates, it is almost inevitable that, over the course of a clinician ’s career, they will need to provide chronic condition self-management (CCSM) support to children. (Source: Pa...
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nicole Saxby, Sean Beggs, Malcolm Battersby, Sharon Lawn Source Type: research

Humanistic communication in the evaluation of shared decision making: A systematic review
In contemporary medicine, there is growing recognition that patients and clinicians must work together to figure out how best to address the patient ’s problematic situation. In a conversation, the patient and clinician identify the best way forward: an approach that fits best and makes the most intellectual, emotional, and practical sense [1]. This means that not only do patients and clinicians know and understand that it is the best option a t hand, it also feels right and can be implemented in the life of the patient [2]. (Source: Patient Education and Counseling)
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marleen Kunneman, Michael R. Gionfriddo, Freddy J.K. Toloza, Fania R. G ärtner, Gabriela Spencer-Bonilla, Ian G. Hargraves, Patricia J. Erwin, Victor M. Montori Tags: Review article Source Type: research

Exome Sequencing Disclosures in Pediatric Cancer Care: Patterns of Communication among Oncologists, Genetic Counselors, and Parents
Exome sequencing (ES) and other clinical next-generation sequencing tests have the potential to impact childhood cancer care through discovery of somatic mutations or germline cancer susceptibility mutations, in addition to clinically significant incidental findings unrelated to the test indication.[1,2] While studies have examined the perspectives of pediatric oncologists, parents and patients regarding ES through interviews and surveys [3,4], understanding the communication of ES results is still limited. (Source: Patient Education and Counseling)
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah Scollon, Mary A. Majumder, Katie Bergstrom, Tao Wang, Amy L. McGuire, Jill O. Robinson, Amanda M. Gutierrez, Caroline H. Lee, Susan G. Hilsenbeck, Sharon E. Plon, D. Williams Parsons, Richard L. Street Source Type: research

Patient-mediated interventions to improve professional practice: A summary of a Cochrane systematic review
Healthcare professionals are important contributors to healthcare quality and patient safety, but their performance is not always in line with recommended clinical practice. There are many approaches to influencing practice among healthcare professionals. Overall, experimental studies of interventions to improve professional practice have yielded small to moderate effects. These approaches include audit and feedback [1], reminders [2], educational materials [3], educational outreach visits, educational meetings or conferences [4,5], use of local opinion leaders [6], financial incentives [7], and organisational intervention...
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marita S. F ønhus, Therese K. Dalsbø, Marit Johansen, Atle Fretheim, Helge Skirbekk, Signe Flottorp Tags: Review article Source Type: research

Paying attention to relatives of Cancer Patients: What Can we Learn from their Online Writings?
When someone is diagnosed with cancer, their relatives are also confronted with the consequences of the disease. This applies not only to partners and children, and also to friends and colleagues. Caring for the patient can become a heavy burden on the shoulders of close relatives. In the literature, this is referred to as the caregiver burden [1 –3]. Relatives are mainly preoccupied with the patient’s needs [4], which they tend to prioritise over their own [2,4]. They are often reticent in asking for help for themselves and tend to neglect their own well-being [2,5]. (Source: Patient Education and Counseling)
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 10, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mies C. van Eenbergen, Hanneke van Engelen, Nicole P.M. Ezendam, Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse, Kiek Tates, Emiel J. Krahmer Source Type: research

Report from the annual International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH)
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Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Editorial Board
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Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Analyzing Paths from Online Health Information Seeking to Colorectal Cancer Screening Using Health Literacy Skills Frame and Cognitive Mediation Model
Cancer is the leading cause of death in the U.S., while the cancer-related death rate has steadily declined over the last two decades [1]. The American Cancer Society estimates that the average lifetime risk of developing cancer is nearly one in two (40.8%) for American men and more than one in three (37.5%) for American women [2]. In response to this, researchers have underscored the need for cancer screening, which can reduce the risk by identifying precancerous cells or detecting cancers in their early stages, thereby saving lives [3]. (Source: Patient Education and Counseling)
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 6, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Seok Won Jin, Yeonggeul Lee, David Dia Source Type: research

Self-management support in primary care is associated with improvement in patient activation
Self-management can be challenging for individuals suffering from chronic physical conditions accompanied by co-morbid depressive symptoms because of the low levels of activation often associated with depression [1,2]. The goal of self-management support is to help people gain skills and confidence to manage their health, and interact effectively with their health care providers [3]. Primary care providers (PCPs) can support self-management by providing information and encouragement on health behaviors and skills, and by encouraging the collaborative development of care plans that take into account patients ’ priorities ...
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jane McCusker, Sylvie D. Lambert, Jeannie Haggerty, Mark J Yaffe, Eric Belzile, Antonio Ciampi Source Type: research

“A change would do you good”: Training medical students in Motivational Interviewing using a blended-learning approach – a pilot evaluation
Chronic diseases —such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes—are strongly associated with inappropriate health-related behaviors, like physical inactivity, smoking, heightened consumption of alcohol, and/or poor diet [1–4]. Research has shown that counseling towards lifestyle modification can improv e appropriate health-related behavior [5–7]. However, research has also shown that physicians do not adequately address the issue during patient encounters [8], due to a self-perceived lack of practical skills [9,10]. (Source: Patient Education and Counseling)
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: K.E. Keifenheim, K. Velten-Schurian, B. Fahse, R. Erschens, T. Loda, L. Wiesner, S. Zipfel, A. Herrmann-Werner Source Type: research

The interpreter ’s voice: Carrying the bilingual conversation in interpreter-mediated consultations in pediatric oncology care
According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, children and adolescents treated in healthcare are entitled to tailored information and to respect for their views and wishes according to their age and maturity [1]. Increased global migration means that many families have limited knowledge of a country ’s majority language, and this creates cultural and linguistic challenges in pediatric oncology care [2]. Parents with a foreign background find it difficult to assimilate information about their child’s illness and treatment when there are factors, such as language barriers, that hinder communi cat...
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Johanna Granhagen Jungner, Elisabet Tiselius, Klas Blomgren, Kim L ützén, Pernilla Pergert Source Type: research

Barriers to adopt the Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH) initiative in Iran: the Q method derived perspectives of front line practitioners
Reorientation of health services towards establishment of a health care system that could balances valuable resources to the pursuit of health is a corporate international responsibility. In line with the imperative recommendation in the first international conference on health promotion (Ottawa, Canada 1986) the Health Promoting Hospital (HPH) initiative was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) at 1988 and pilot tested since then in a number of European countries [1]. The preliminary findings of this early phase probing of the HPH were promising and indicative of its applicability in all types of hospitals in c...
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hassan Mahmoodi, Parvin Sarbakhsh, Abdolreza Shaghaghi Source Type: research

Evaluating the Use of Text Message Communication in a Postpartum Patient Navigation Program for Publicly Insured Women
Patient navigation is a promising means of addressing systemic health inequity [1 –6]. By mitigating mistrust of the healthcare system, low health literacy, financial barriers, and lack of social support [1], patient navigators can promote patient self-efficacy and encourage sustained patient engagement with care [7]. Patient navigation interventions have demonstrated success i n a range of clinical settings, including cancer screening and postpartum care [2,5,7,8]. In such settings, effective communication and relationship skills employed by patient navigators seem to be important in obtaining positive outcomes [9,10]. ...
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Angelina Strohbach, Fengling Hu, Noelle G. Martinez, Lynn M. Yee Source Type: research

Communication Apprehension Mediates the Effects of Past Experience Discussing Substance Use on Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists ’ Self-efficacy
Substance use among adolescents is a serious problem in the United States. The most recent national Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 63.2% of U.S. high school students had consumed alcohol in their lifetime, 38.6% had smoked marijuana, and 16.8% had abused prescription drugs [1]. Exacerbating the problem, certain individual difference factors put youth at greater risk of substance use. Adolescents in treatment for psychiatric illness, for example, have a higher prevalence of substance use [2], and research has shown that these adolescents are at a significantly greater risk for developing a substance use disorder (SUD...
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kevin Wombacher, Nancy Grant Harrington, Allison M. Scott, Donald W. Helme, Catherine Martin Source Type: research

Patient-led decision making: Measuring autonomy and respect in Canadian maternity care
In 2012, the USAID Maternal Child Health Integrated Program examined the state of “respectful maternity care” worldwide and concluded that concepts of “safe motherhood must be expanded beyond the prevention of morbidity or mortality to encompass respect for women’s basic human rights, including respect for women’s autonomy, dignity, feelings, choices, and preferences” [1]. Patient-centered care prioritizes the needs of patients over those of healthcare providers and administrations, and has been defined by Berwick as ‘the experience (to the extent the informed individual patient desires it) of transparency, i...
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - November 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Saraswathi Vedam, Kathrin Stoll, Daphne N. McRae, Mo Korchinski, Raquel Velasquez, Jessie Wang, Sarah Partridge, Lorna McRae, Ruth Elwood Martin, Ganga Jolicoeur, CCinBC Steering Committee Source Type: research