Decision Making

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The development of decision-making.

PURPOSE: To describe what is currently known and not known about the development of decision-making skills during adolescence. METHODS: The author provides a definition of competent decision-making, gives a brief overview of the literature on the ...
James P Byrnes (J Adolesc Health, 200212)
development-decision-making.asp

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Long-term care insurance: an essential employee benefit.

Growing numbers of employers are embracing long-term care insurance (LTCI) as an important new addition to their employee benefits package due to aging baby boomers, tax favorable legislation, the need for employee retention and rising costs of care. ...
Murray Gordon, Brian Gordon (Empl Benefits J, 200212)
long-term-care-insurance-essential-employee-benefit.asp

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The searchers, II: How consumers can find cost-effective, quality health care.

The original "Searchers" article appeared in the March 2000 issue of Employee Benefits Journal. It described the use of a patient satisfaction survey at Southwest Texas State University (SWT) to assist employees at the annual open enrollment period to ...
Oren Renick, Joseph Hale, Leanne Metzler (Empl Benefits J, 200212)
searchers-ii-consumers-find-cost-effective-quality-health-care.asp

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Everyday value conflicts and integrative complexity of thought.

This study examined the value pluralism model in everyday value conflicts, and the effect of issue context on complexity of thought. According to the cognitive manager model we hypothesized that respondents would obtain a higher level of integrative ...
Liisa Myyry (Scand J Psychol, 200212)
everyday-value-conflicts-integrative-complexity-thought.asp

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Forgetting all else: on the antecedents and consequences of goal shielding.

Six studies explore the role of goal shielding in self-regulation by examining how the activation of focal goals to which the individual is committed inhibits the accessibility of alternative goals. Consistent evidence was found for such goal shielding, ...
James Y Shah, Ron Friedman, Arie W Kruglanski (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200212)
forgetting-else-antecedents-consequences-goal-shielding.asp

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Alzheimers disease patients and caregivers capacity, competency, and reasons to enroll in an early-phase Alzheimers disease clinical trial.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the capacity, competency, and reasons for enrolling of patients with Alzheimers disease (AD) and of their caregivers in an early phase AD clinical trial. DESIGN: Interviews were conducted with patients with AD, nondemented older ...
Jason H T Karlawish, David J Casarett, Bryan D James (J Am Geriatr Soc, 200212)
alzheimer-s-disease-patients-caregivers-capacity-competency-reasons.asp

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Pathways to adolescent health: early intervention.

OBJECTIVES: The wisdom of early intervention is one of the most strongly held beliefs in health care. However, although the intention to intervene early is generally believed to be a good one, too often we dont know when to do it, on whom to do it, and ...
Robert L Johnson (J Adolesc Health, 200212)
pathways-adolescent-health-early-intervention.asp

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Scientific criteria used for the development of occupational exposure limits for metals and other mining-related chemicals.

The scientific approaches employed by selected internationally recognized organizations in developing occupational exposure limits (OELs) for metals and other mining-related chemicals were surveyed, and differences and commonalities were identified. The ...
Lynne T Haber, Andrew Maier (Regul Toxicol Pharmacol, 200212)
scientific-criteria-development-occupational-exposure-limits-metals.asp

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Factors affecting a womans intent to adopt hormone replacement therapy for menopause.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship of attitude toward menopause, knowledge of menopause, social support for hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and self-efficacy for HRT with intention to adopt HRT for menopause. DESIGN: A prospective design, to ...
Susan L Wilhelm (J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs, 200211-12)
factors-affecting-woman-s-intent-adopt-hormone-replacement-therapy.asp

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Barriers to breastfeeding among African American adolescent mothers.

The purpose of this study was to define the barriers to breastfeeding in the inner city African American adolescent mother. The study was conducted at Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center in St. Petersburg, Florida from October 1999 to February 2000. The ...
Kim Brownell, Laurencia Hutton, Jacqueline Hartman, Sharon Dabrow (Clin Pediatr (Phila), 200211-12)
barriers-breastfeeding-african-american-adolescent-mothers.asp