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Better Together: Examining the Perceived Interprofessional Competencies of Professional Counselors and Counselors-in-Training
Get PDFThere is a growing focus on interprofessional education and competencies in the healthcare field. Interprofessional education and collaboration have been shown to play a critical role in mitigating challenges that health systems and health workers face around the globe. Despite the growing interest in interprofessional education and interprofessional collaboration in healthcare settings, counselors are often absent from the research focused on interprofessional competencies. This study examined the perceived interprofessional competencies of professional counselors and counselors-in-training using the IPEC Competency Self-Assessment Tool. Descriptive statistics, an independent samples t-test, and a one-way ANOVA were used to examine the perceived interprofessional competencies and understand the differences in the perceived competencies between groups. Results of this study show that professional counselors display higher levels of perceived interprofessional competencies than counselors-in-training and that both groups were found to have higher perceived competencies related to interprofessional values when compared to interprofessional interaction. These results offer recommendations and implications for counselor educators, counseling graduate students, and professional counselors
“We Live in a Spiritual Country”: The Associations Among Health Literacy, Quality of Life, and Religious Spiritual Personal Beliefs Among the Nigerian Population
Get PDFThis dissertation examines the complex interplay between health literacy (HL), quality of life (QoL), and spiritual and religious beliefs (SRPB) among underserved populations in Nigeria. Despite increasing awareness of healthcare options, many Nigerians continue to rely on faith-based healing practices due to deeply rooted religious and cultural traditions, economic barriers, and systemic healthcare limitations. Using a mixed-methods approach, this research incorporates both survey data and focus group discussions to investigate the relationship that Nigerians make among these variables. This study employs the Social Ecological Model (SEM) to explore how individual, interpersonal, community, organizational, and policy factors shape health behaviors and decision-making. Findings reveal that religion plays a dominant role in influencing health choices, often substituting for medical interventions due to financial constraints and distrust in the healthcare system. Participants reported blending spiritual and biomedical practices, reinforcing the dual reliance on prayer and medical care. Economic challenges, cultural beliefs, and lack of trust in medical professionals further exacerbate health disparities. This study highlights the limitations of traditional health literacy models in faith-driven contexts, advocating for an expanded framework that integrates cultural and religious factors into health communication strategies. Implications suggest the need for culturally responsive health education, leveraging religious institutions as channels for health promotion. Healthcare practitioners must consider the influence of religion in patient decision-making to improve medical adherence and health outcomes. Future research should explore how to bridge the gap between faith-based healing and biomedical interventions in resource limited settings
Cartesian products of graphs and their coherent configurations
No full textCartesian product of graphs; Coherent configurations; Weisfeiler-Leman algorith
Sharp uniform stabilization of a shallow shell with internal rotational inertia dissipation and nonlinear boundary feedback under free boundary conditions
No full textfree-type boundary; microlocal analysis; Riemannian geometry method; Shallow shell; uniform stabilizatio
Strongly regular graphs decomposable into a divisible design graph and a Delsarte clique
No full textDivisible design graph; Strongly regular grap
Expanding Assets and Steering Initiative (EASI): Culturally Centered Mentoring to Nurture the Development of African American Boys
No full textAfrican American boys; mentoring; Pyramid Mentoring; youth developmen
Moving Beyond Viral Suppression: Strengthening the Community HIV Workforce to Improve Empowerment and Reduce Stigma in the Memphis Transitional Grant Area
No full textcommunity health workforce; empowerment; HIV; stigma; viral suppressio
The Book of Common Prayer
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CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND TRAINING IMPLICATIONS: A MIXED ANALYSIS OF TRAINEE KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION OF ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN CORRECTIONS, AND A CLOSER LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE OF SUPPORT FROM GENERALIST TRAINING
Get PDFCorrectional psychology, a subfield of psychology, has long been comprised of its own distinct purpose, focus, and competencies. Yet correctional psychology remains unrecognized today as a formal American Psychology Association (APA) specialization. Unlike forensic psychology, without an APA specialization, and subsequent structured training standards, scholars have argued that correctional mental health professionals may be ill-prepared to navigate unique ethical dilemmas inherent to the correctional environment. The present mixed analysis study aimed to contribute to this discussion by assessing psychology trainees’ ability to respond to hypothetical ethical dilemmas in a manner consistent with correctional environments, and whether prior correctional experience/ exposure predicts more corrections consistent responses. In addition to assessing knowledge, the present study also aimed to examine trainees’ experiences applying this knowledge to real world contexts, as well as trainees’ perceptions of support from their generalist training to navigate ethical dilemmas in correctional environments. Broadly, while results showed support for generalist training being a critical foundation for acting ethically in corrections, results suggested generalist training alone is not enough to prepare and support trainees working in corrections. Thus, recommendations for additional correctional training were discussed based on participants’ open-ended responses