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ItemNo Preview AvailablePerceptions of sex-role stereotypes, self-concept, and nursing role ideal in Chinese nursing students(BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, 2002-02)AIM: This study examined the relationship between sex-role stereotypes, self-concept and the requisite personality characteristics of an ideal nurse in a cohort of Hong Kong nursing students. METHODS: To rate these concepts a measure of eight comprehensive dimensions of personality perception was administered to 177 nursing students, studying on preregistration and postregistration programs at a Hong Kong tertiary institution. Both male and female nursing students perceived an ideal nurse to possess a profile of traits including being high on the dimensions of emotional stability, application, intellect, helpfulness and restraint. RESULTS: No significant difference between the self-ratings of the male and female students was found, indicating that male students had undergone a highly self-selective process when choosing nursing education under the influence of Chinese cultural stereotypical attitudes towards nursing. A typical Chinese nurse was rated as similar to the typical female in Chinese society by both male and female nursing students. A typical Chinese nurse was rated relatively low on the masculine dimensions of openness, extroversion and assertiveness. The self-ratings of male nursing students more closely approximated the ideal nurse than did the self-ratings of female nursing students. CONCLUSION: The conclusions highlight implications for the recruitment and education of both male and female nursing students in Hong Kong society.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe measurement of body-mind-spirit well-being toward multidimensionality and transcultural applicability.(Informa UK Limited, 2005)The Body-Mind-Spirit model of health promotion (Chan, Ho&Chow, 2002) guided the construction of a multidimensional inventory for assessing holistic health. Named Body-Mind-Spirit Well-Being Inventory (BMSWBI), it comprises four scales: Physical Distress, Daily Functioning, Affect, and Spirituality (differentiated from religiosity and conceived as ecumenical). Respondents (674 Chinese adults from Hong Kong) completed the BMSWBI via the Internet. Results indicate that all four scales have high reliability, with alpha coefficients ranging from .87 to .92, and concurrent validity. Factor analysis indicates that (a) positive and negative affect form two distinct factors; and (b) spirituality comprises three distinct aspects, tranquility, resistance to disorientation, and resilience. Spirituality is positively associated with mental well-being, positive affect, satisfaction with life, and hope; but negatively associated with negative affect and perceived stress. These results suggest that the inventory may be used to assess different dimensions of health satisfactorily.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe Strength-Focused and Meaning-Oriented Approach to Resilience and Transformation (SMART): A body-mind-spirit approach to trauma management.(Informa UK Limited, 2006)This article introduces the Strength-focused and Meaning- oriented Approach to Resilience and Transformation (SMART) as a model of crisis intervention, which aims at discovering inner strengths through meaning reconstruction. Limitations of conventional crisis management and current findings in post-traumatic growth research are discussed. Instead of adopting a pathological framework, the SMART approach holds a holistic view of health, employs facilitative strategies, and promotes dynamic coping. Intervention components include Eastern spiritual teachings, physical techniques such as yoga and meditation, and psycho-education that promotes meaning reconstruction. Efficacy of the SMART model is assessed with reference to two pilot studies conducted in Hong Kong at the time when the SARS pandemic caused widespread fear and anxiety in the community. Response to potential criticisms of the SMART model is attempted.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableUtility of the STOP and STOP-BANG Questionnaires in a Pre-Screened Population Presenting for Overnight Polysomnography(Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2009)Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a common condition, the diagnosis of which is often delayed by prolonged waiting lists at the point of referral or in the sleep laboratory. Clinical prediction tools may become useful in triaging assessment and management of this condition. Recent publications have proposed and validated two new pre-operative screening tools for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) in surgical patients (STOP and STOP-BANG). These screening tools have not been examined in a general sleep population. Methods: All patients attending for in-laboratory polysomnography at Box Hill Hospital during the study period were asked to complete the STOP questionnaire, and sleep scientists recorded the biometric data required for the BANG component. Polysomnography proceeded with sleep staging and event scoring performed according to the Chicago Criteria. Risk stratification by the STOP and STOP-BANG tools was combined with total Respiratory Disturbance Index from polysomnogram reports. Results: 69 patients have been recruited, although data continues to be collected. As expected, there is a predominance of moderate and severe OSA in this cohort (45/69, 65%). The STOP-BANG tool maintains higher sensitivity, negative predictive value and odds ratios than the STOP tool at each degree of OSA severity examined. Receiver operating characteristic curves demonstrate superiority of the STOP-BANG tool for RDI > 15, when compared with STOP-BANG for RDI > 30 and STOP at both RDI cut-offs. Conclusions: With ongoing data collection we hope to confirm trends seen in predictive values with these tools. Removal of less discriminatory criteria may improve their statistical usefulness, perhaps allowing development into risk stratification tools that will assist in triaging investigation and management of patients with suspected OSA.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableUtility of the STOP and STOP-BANG Questionnaires in a Pre-screened Population Presenting for Overnight Polysomnography(Wiley, 2009)Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a common condition, the diagnosis of which is often delayed by prolonged waiting lists at the point of referral or in the sleep laboratory. Clinical prediction tools may become useful in triaging assessment and management of this condition. Recent publications have proposed and validated two new pre-operative screening tools for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) in surgical patients (STOP and STOP-BANG). These screening tools have not been examined in a general sleep population. Methods: All patients attending for in-laboratory polysomnography at Box Hill Hospital during the study period were asked to complete the STOP question-naire, and sleep scientists recorded the biometric data required for the BANG component. Polysomnography proceeded with sleep staging and event scoring performed according to the Chicago Criteria. Risk stratification by the STOP and STOP-BANG tools was combined with total Respiratory Disturbance Index from polysomnogram reports. Results: 25 patients have been reviewed, although data continues to be collected. There is a high prevalence of moderate or severe OSA within this population (22/25, 88%). The STOP-BANG tool maintains higher sensitivity, negative predictive value and odds ratios than the STOP tool at each degree of OSA severity examined. Conclusions: With ongoing data collection we hope to confirm trends seen in predictive values with these tools. Removal of less discriminatory criteria may improve their statistical usefulness, perhaps allowing development into risk stratification tools that will assist in triaging investigation and management of patients with suspected OSA.
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ItemPast Injustices and Future Protections: On the Politics of Promising(Indigenous Law Centre University of New South Wales, 2009)
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ItemArtistic practices of the Bohol School of Painting: An analytical and archival study of nineteenth-century panel paintings in the Philippines(Archetype Publishing, 2005)In the center of the Philippines on the island of Bohol, a unique panel painting practice evolved linking western artistic methods introduced by the Spanish with Filipino knowledge of materials and techniques. The scientific analysis of five nineteenth century panel paintings belonging to the Baclayon Parish was undertaken and combined with an archival investigation of the Parish Archives to develop a better understanding of their provenance. Results illustrate the western construction methods used in the panel paintings with an oil medium as well as the utilization of local materials such as Kedondong wood for the panel support, cotton and bast fiber paper for a gap filler between the wood panels, and a transparent brown hydrocarbon for the ground layer. Some of the pigments identified correlate with the geological deposits from the region and others correspond with the archival church records. Other identified pigments were not referenced in the archives or found locally. The latter indicate the importation of high quality pigments, not of Filipino origin. Further, the good condition of the panels highlight their sound preparation and an environment suited for these particular works.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableSoutheast Asian oil paintings: supports and preparatory layers(Archetype Books, 2008)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableBetween Speech and Silence: The Postcolonial Critic and the Idea of Emancipation(Taylor and Francis Group, 2001-02-17)The concept of emancipation has an increasingly ambivalent status in postcolonial criticism. Under the influence of poststructuralism, the idea that the subaltern subject might overcome colonial relations of cultural domination through acts of self-representation has been thrown into disrepute. If there is to be emancipation, according to this view, it will not come through the recovery of an authentic speaking subject, but through strategies of ‘strategic essentialism’. Here it is argued that this postructuralist approach leaves the subaltern in a politically pre carious position and should be exchanged for the kind of hermeneutic approach that makes possible a genuine politics of recognition.
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ItemOur chemical cultural heritage: Macadam and Kirkland (1862-85)(Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 2009)In the November edition (p. 20), I provided an overview of the Chemistry Collection at the University of Melbourne, its significance and various projects I have been involved with that aim to make the collection available to the public. I hinted at how many of the items in the collection are associated with key figures in the history of chemistry and science not only at the University of Melbourne but also on national and international levels. These early teachers of chemistry are featured in an inaugural exhibition in the foyer of the Chemistry Building. Here I will focus on the early days, when chemistry was taught through the Medical School and the two main chemistry lecturers of this time: Macadam and Kirkland.