Spending the Golden Years Behind Bars: Predictors of Mental Health Issues Among Geriatric Prisoners

Mental illness in older inmates remains an underexplored topic of interest for prison research. The present study addresses gaps in extant literature, using a nationally representative sample of 1,907 male and female geriatric inmates in the United States (age range 50–84 years; M = 56) to analyze the association between mental health and predictors, such as gender, victimization, physical illnesses, and protective/ameliorative factors. The authors discuss their findings in relation to a theoretical framework that integrates the importation and deprivation models, as well as provide discourse on policy implications and future directions for research on older prison inmates.     

Health Literacy in High-Risk Youth: A Descriptive Study of Children in Residential Care

Although previous studies have demonstrated that children in out-of-home care present with elevated levels of mental and physical health, educational, and behavioral problems, little is known about youth's ability to manage health care needs or access health information and support. This study evaluates the health literacy skills of 229 youth served in a residential setting. Results revealed that the majority of youth demonstrated some level of risk, and anywhere from one-quarter to one-third demonstrated significant health literacy deficits suggesting a need for additional research and treatment intervention. Implications, study limitations, and recommendations for practice and future research are discussed.     

Moral Values and Responsible Administration: Live Organs Transplant Systems in the United States and Germany

This article explores the unexpected ways in which recently introduced accountability mechanisms shape hospital administrators’ and physicians’ actions in Germany and in the United States. Though the reforms were designed to provide governments with more control over hospitals by increasing doctors’ and managers’ direct answerability to clients, this research finds that they fail to achieve these objectives by overlooking and clashing with existing behavioral settings within the medical sector. This analysis employs a newly synthesized theoretical framework at the nexus of ethics and accountability, as well as a comparative empirical exploration of the organ transplant systems in Germany and the U.S.     

Job Satisfaction Among Swedish Mental Health Nursing Staff: A Cross-Sectional Survey

There is limited amount of empirical studies concerning job satisfaction in inpatient psychiatric care. However, job satisfaction has several implications on public administration and management. The objective of this study is to identify factors having positive impact on job satisfaction among Swedish psychiatric nursing staff in an inpatient psychiatric clinic. The cross-sectional study is based on Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory. The survey was distributed among nursing staff at a psychiatric university hospital clinic in Western Sweden. Overall, job satisfaction was rated relatively high, and salary was rated the lowest of all factors investigated. Unlike the premises in Herzberg’s theory, salary showed a positive correlation with job satisfaction and not only in preventing dissatisfaction. Hospital managers must be attentive to salary levels and staff turnover. Psychiatric nursing personnel in Sweden lack competitive salaries, and hospital administrators should encourage nursing staff to improve relationships between staff and managers and establish good relationships among colleagues.     

人均财政卫生支出比较分析

通过对历年人均财政卫生支出、不同地区人均财政卫生支出、城乡人均财政卫生支出直接和间接的比较分析,发现：全国人均财政卫生支出快速、不稳定增长,地区间人均财政卫生支出差距大与地区内部不均衡并存,城乡医疗卫生资源配置失衡.因此,在继续加大人均财政卫生投入比例的同时,要注重缓解地区间、地区内部、城乡间人均财政卫生支出的非均衡、不公平现象,最终实现财政卫生支出的总量适度,结构合理.     

国外职业安全卫生法的发展及对当代中国的启示

职业安全卫生法在国外有着较长的历史,英、美、日本等工业国家已形成完善的职业安全卫生法体系,对保护劳动者的权益、维护社会稳定起了重要的作用.我国的职业安全卫生立法正处于起步阶段,研究、借鉴国外的制度与经验对我国立法的发展具有重大意义.     

高校特困生的不良心理状态分析及对策

心理健康问题严重困扰着高校特困生群体,对其人生观、价值观的形成有着重要影响。各高校应提高对特困生心理健康教育工作重要性的认识,通过构建特困生救助体系,培养特困生健康的心理品质;通过加强特困生的心理咨询和教育,做好"心理解困"工作,使之形成健全的人格。     

高职院校德育应关注心理健康教育

心理健康教育是高职院校德育工作的重要内容 ,已成为专家、学者的共识。本文通过对高职学生心理素质的现状和常见心理问题的分析 ,提出高职院校德育在关注心理健康教育中的对策。     

辽宁新型农村合作医疗的现状及存在的问题

农民的医疗保障是整个社会保障体系中的一个重要组成部分。发展新型农村合作医疗,逐步建立和完善农村医疗保障体系,是贯彻科学发展观、构建和谐社会的重要内容,也是摆在各级政府面前的一项重要而紧迫的历史任务。辽宁省是继广东、浙江、江苏之后在全国较早全面启动新型农村合作医疗制度建设的省份。所以分析和研究辽宁省新农合的现状和存在的问题,具有一定现实和指导意义。     

农民工医疗保险制度研究

农民工作为现代社会不容忽视的一个重要群体,其医疗保险问题日益成为各级政府关注的焦点。解决农民工＂看病难,看病贵＂的难题是社会义不容辞的责任。建立完善的农民工医疗保险制度不仅为广大的农民工提供了合理的社会福利,更有利于社会主义和谐社会健康有序的发展。因此本文从现存医疗保险制度的问题入手,通过分析问题产生的原因,提出适合我国国情的农民工医疗保险制度的模式。