Monday, October 23, 2023

Rehabilitation nurses’ knowledge, experiences, and perceptions of the provision of psychological care for patients post stroke in Ireland: A cross-sectional study

Gillian Merrigan Waterford Residential Care Centre Wateford
Louise Bennett South East Technological University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0311-2959
https://doi.org/10.33700/jhrs.2.2.82

ABSTRACT
Introduction: Early assessment and management of depression and anxiety for patients after stroke is critical. However, suboptimal provision of psychological care is widely reported. Nurses are the largest professional group to care for patients post stroke and have an important role in addressing their emotional wellbeing.
Aim: The aim of this paper is to examine nurse’s knowledge, experiences, and perceptions of the provision of psychological care to patients post stroke in Ireland.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey design involving both quantitative and qualitative items was administered to a convenience sample of seventy-four (n=74) nurses working in six Irish community hospital rehabilitation units.
Results: Findings demonstrate suboptimal psychological care provision for patients post stroke with no formal pre-defined care pathways. Despite nurse’s knowledge of psychological problems and symptomology, participants revealed receiving limited training in psychological monitoring and no systemic allocation of psychological care duties. This research suggests that pre-defined/formal care pathways; access to psychology expertise; further training and support for members of the Multi-Disciplinary-Team has the potential to improve the provision of psychological care for patients post stroke.
Conclusions: This study has implications for the reform and development of rehabilitation services in relation to practice, education, and research. It identifies opportunities to support nurses to improve the delivery of psychological care for patients post stroke.

Keywords: stroke, rehabilitation nurses, knowledge, experiences, perceptions, psychological care, service improvement

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The Evolution of Customised Employment and the Influence of the NDIS on Customised Employment Practice in Australia

Peter Smith 
Centre for Disability Employment Research and Practice 
Abstract
Introduction: The New Directions Report (1985) established open employment for persons with a disability as a goal of disability service systems in Australia. Customised Employment is an emerging employment strategy that supports people with complex disabilities to find and obtain employment, while supporting Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 27 principles.
Aims: This paper examined the origins and evidence for Customised Employment since the passing of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 and the impact of the NDIS on open employment practice underpinned by Customised Employment.
Method: A literature search of peer-reviewed papers was undertaken using the EBSCO database. This was followed by a review of journals that focused on disability employment. A search of grey literature limited to studies and reports of Australian-based employment was conducted to ensure that all available data was captured. Sixty-seven peer-reviewed papers met the criteria, while only six papers met the criteria within the grey literature search.
Results: The literature supporting Customised Employment and Discovery highlights the work of academics and practitioners in developing the evidence base for practice. While the descriptive studies highlighted the effectiveness of Customised Employment, they failed to meet the threshold for empirical evidence, highlighting the need for a random control trial or correlation studies.
Conclusion: Customised employment is an emerging employment model with promising results that have yet to meet the threshold for evidence-based practice. While the NDIS supports Customised Employment through capacity building and school leaver transition funds, research funding is needed to ensure that it is applied with fidelity to the existing and emerging evidence

Keywords: Customised Employment, NDIS, person-centred practice, discovery, fidelity

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Call for papers Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2023

Respected colleagues, and readers

Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (JHRS) is a multidisciplinary, peer reviewed, scholarly, international, electronic journal. The following articles will be considered for publication: original and review articles, short report, letters to the editor, clinical experiences, survey of cases, doctoral dissertations, master of arts, editorials, rapid communications and other contributions from all the fields of health sciences, rehabilitation sciences, developmental diversities, special education, psychology, social policy, and the related sciences. 
The aim of the journal is to share and disseminate knowledge between all disciplines that work in the field of developmental diversities. All articles will be critically reviewed by at least two unknown reviewers within 2 months, but longer delays are sometimes unavoidable. All manuscripts must comply with Authors Instructions. There will be around 20 articles published per year. 
JHRS allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is devoted to the scientific study of health disturbances and rehabilitation. The subject matter is broad and includes, but is not restricted to, findings from health, psychological, biological, educational, genetic, medical, psychiatric, and sociological studies, ethical, philosophical, and legal contributions that increase knowledge on the prevention and treatment of disability, and/or inform public policy and practice.

You are kindly invited to submit an article in our Journal. Please type them in Word format. Please use Times New Roman font with Font size 12. The manuscript can not exceed 30.000 characters with no spaces A4 format including Abstract, Tables, Figures, and References. The margins should be 2 cm from every side, and also paragraph should be 1.5 lines. The style of referencing is from APA.
You can send the articles on the following the electronic system. Registration on OJS platform is HERE.
The dead line for sending the manuscripts is October 31st 2023.




With respect,
JHRS Editor-in-Chief

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

JHRS newest issue 2, Volume 2 for 2023 has already been published

Dear colleagues and readers,

I would like to inform you that 2nd issue of the 2nd volume of Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is published online today (October 3rd, 2023). A total number of 7 papers are published. Next Issue 3, Vol. 2 of JHRS for the 2023 is expected to be published until December 31st, 2023.

 
Accessing JHRS Online
To view a current articles which appears online, please visit this LINK.
You, your colleagues, and students will be able to view articles (Full-Text PDF and XML) and have unlimited access to the journal (JHRS is an open access, international, peer reviewed and non for profit journal).
 
Citing Articles Using the Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
When citing articles from JHRS, we encourage you to use article’s DOI in addition to traditional citation information. This is an industry standard, a link-resolving system that allows any link to remain “persistent” even if the location of the article changes at some point in the future. Hence, when you are quoting the link for an article, you should always quote the DOI rather than the URL of our home page.
 
Useful Online Features for Authors
Your registration in online submission (https://jhrs.almamater.si/index.php/jhrs/user/register) will enable you with continuous information connected with JHRS. We encourage you to share publications from JHRS platform and online registration with your colleagues. You can feel free to share every publication on social media.
We invite you to the content of the JHRS and we think that you will consider publishing with Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
 
Call for papers for Vol.2, Issue 3 is open until October 31st.
 
Suggested topics include:
 
  • Rehabilitation Research,
  • Health Research,
  • Special Education Research,
  • Neuropsychological Research,
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders,
  • Disability Research,
  • Medical Aspects of Disability,
  • Social Aspects of Disability,
  • Master theses and PhD theses in the field,
  • Book Reviews in the field.

If you have any questions or you face problems with paper submission, please feel free to contact us: editorjhrs@almamater.si


Cheers,

JHRS Editor-in-chief



Friday, September 22, 2023

JHRS has been indexed in ERIHPLUS

Dear JHRS readers,

With great pleasure I want to inform you that JHRS has been indexed in ERIHPLUS database today.

What is ERIHPLUS?

ERIH PLUS is an academic journal index for the HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) society in Europe. We provide article search facilitated by Dimensions which allow exploration of the 10 000+ ERIH PLUS journals in detail. We also mark the individual journals thoroughly with key information like open access status and plan S compliance. All are invited to submit journals to be indexed in ERIH PLUS.

Source: https://kanalregister.hkdir.no/publiseringskanaler/erihplus/

JHRS Editor-in-chief

Thursday, September 7, 2023

JHRS has been indexed in ResearchGate

Dear authors,

JHRS has been indexed in ResearchGate.

What is ResearchGate?

ResearchGate is the professional network for scientists and researchers. We help researchers connect and make it easy for them to share and access scientific output, knowledge, and expertise.
How is it useful?

ResearchGate connects you with other researchers, helps you discover content valuable to your work, and lets you make your own research visible. Here's how:
  • Connect with colleagues, co-authors, and specialists in your field
  • Add your research to your profile to make it discoverable by other researchers
  • Access publications and other work in your field and from your network
  • Ask research-related questions and get answers from experts
  • Share your knowledge and expertise by answering questions
  • Get stats on your work and find out who's been reading and citing it
  • Explore the latest jobs matched to your researcher profile
  • Share your preprints and other early work to get feedback from others before you publish it
Cheers,
JHRS Editor-in-chief

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

JHRS indexed in ScienceOpen

Dear readers,

With great pleasure I want to inform you that Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is indexed in ScienceOpen.

What is ScienceOpen?

ScienceOpen is a discovery platform with interactive features for scholars to enhance their research in the open, make an impact, and receive credit for it. We provide context building services for publishers, to bring researchers closer to the content than ever before. Our advanced search and discovery functions, combined with post-publication peer review, recommendation, social sharing, and collection-building features make ScienceOpen the only research platform you’ll ever need.

In this occasion I would like to thank to the staff of ScienceOpen.com, especially to Nina and Stuart for their efforts and unselfish support to our journal.
Cheers,
JHRS Editor-in-chief



Tuesday, August 1, 2023

One year of Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Dear readers, respected authors and reviewers,

Today, August 1, 2023 marks exactly one year since I was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. The publisher of the journal is Alma Mater Europaea - ECM from Maribor, Slovenia, and immediately after its establishment, the Macedonian Scientific Society for Autism joined. I must admit that this was a great validation of my previous more than 20 years of efforts as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation and Journal for ReAttach Therapy and Developmental Diversities in which I selflessly invested my labor and knowledge in academic publishing. For this first birthday, we prepared a pamphlet for which I thank the editor's assistant Andrea Ivanovska for the technical preparation of it. Web administrator Blagoja Janevski, with whom we work day and night to improve the functionality of the website, update new information, etc., certainly deserves thanks. In the end, the highlighters, Prof. Dr. Ludvik Toplak and Assoc. prof. Sebastjan Kristovič who immediately accepted my idea for this new journal and selflessly invest financial resources from AMEU in the development of this new electronic journal. From the other technical and administrative staff of AMEU I am thankful to Tomaž Klojčnik, Uroš Kugl and Špela Pokeržnik.

The journal by the numbers for one year:

  • 15 papers already published,
  • 25300 visits to the website,
  • Indexed in 20 databases,
  • 24 authors,
  • 40 reviewers,
  • 32 members of the editorial board from 21 countries,
  • Papers from USA, Australia, Ireland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Macedonia.

We continue with much passion, love and dedication to build this international magazine. The idea is to be read, quoted, indexed as much as possible and to attract attractive authors from all over the world. If you are interested in seeing our year-long growth, please visit the website at the link above and the magazine's blog. We are inviting you to submit your paper HERE.

May we have a happy first birthday on the eve of the great Macedonian national holiday ILINDEN!

JHRS Editor-in-Chief 



Sunday, July 2, 2023

Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences - promo

Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (JHRS) is a multidisciplinary, peer reviewed, scholarly, international, electronic journal edited by the Alma Mater Europaea University - ECM from Slovenia and Macedonian Scientific Society for Autism from Macedonia.
This journal will fill the gap, inspire scientists to exchange knowledge and experience and contribute to the development of science and the profession, due to the increase in scientific connection. With this we will increase the awareness about health care, rehabilitation processes especially for people with disabilities. Our interest is to create a journal at the highest scientific level, which is why we look forward to the cooperation of research and academic institutions in these areas.

It is established on August 1st 2022, biannually journal, with tendency for publishing issues 3 times per year.
The aim of the journal is to share and disseminate knowledge between all disciplines that work in the field of developmental diversities.

The following articles will be considered for publication: original and review articles, short report, letters to the editor, clinical experiences, survey of cases, doctoral dissertations, master of arts, editorials, rapid communications and other contributions from all the fields of health sciences, rehabilitation sciences, developmental diversities, special education, psychology, social policy, and the related sciences. All articles will be critically reviewed by at least two unknown reviewers within 2 months, but longer delays are sometimes unavoidable. All manuscripts must comply with Authors Instructions. There will be around 20 articles published per year. JHRS allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is devoted to the scientific study of health disturbances and rehabilitation. The subject matter is broad and includes, but is not restricted to, findings from health, psychological, biological, educational, genetic, medical, psychiatric, and sociological studies, ethical, philosophical, and legal contributions that increase knowledge on the prevention and treatment of disability, and/or inform public policy and practice.

Peer review process is unbiased, independent, critical assessment is an intrinsic part of all scholarly work, including scientific investigation. Peer reviewers are experts in their field who are not part of the editorial staff and thus are an important extension of the scientific process. Manuscripts will be reviewed by at least 2 reviewers. Peer reviewers are asked to submit their review within two (2) weeks. All randomized controlled trials will be fast-tracked through the peer-review and editorial process and we will endeavor to publish accepted trials within 2 weeks of final acceptance.

Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is an open access journal. All its content is available free of charge. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search the full text of articles, as well as to establish HTML links to them, without having to seek the consent of the author or publisher. The journal does not charge any fees at submission, reviewing, and production stages. It uses Diamond Open Access model. Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences applies the Creative Commons 4.0 International License to works we publish, because we believe that there should be no financial barriers to access to information that can benefit health and medical practice.
Authors can deposit author’s preprint, author’s postprint (accepted version) and publisher's version (PDF) of their work in an institutional repository, subject-based and general-purpose repository, author's personal website (including social networking sites, such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc.), and/or departmental website prior or during the submission process, at any time after the acceptance of the manuscript and at any time after publication.
Full bibliographic information (authors, article title, journal title, volume, issue, pages) about the original publication must be provided and links must be made to the article's DOI and the license.


Why to Publish in JHRS?
  • Editorial board has great experience in publishing;
  • Rapid publication;
  • Rapid availability of your document world-wide;
  • Studies show, that Open-Access papers are cited more than printed articles;
  • Fast and professional peer review. JHRS is run by a team of experienced editors who have previously worked in publishing. The professional editors work closely with academic editors and peer reviewers to provide authors with an efficient, fair, and constructive review process;
  • Quick review: The review decision will be made within two months from the date of submission.
  • Indexing of your document which can be easily found in library catalogs, OAI archives and search engines on the net.
  • Not for profit journal;
  • Liberality in terms of language: The journal will not reject a paper merely based on the language. The authors will be guided to improve the manuscript in such case.
  • We have no page charges or submission fees, and you have free use of color figures.
  • Our mission is to advance excellence in the social sciences and humanities, and our status as a scholarly publisher allows us to focus on making that a reality. We re-invest all surplus back into the global scientific community, providing ongoing support for authors, researchers, and educators in every field of health and rehabilitation sciences, psychology, and related disciplines.
JHRS asks that all authors submitting a paper register an account with Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID). ORCID identifiers for all authors and co-authors should be added to the author data upon submission and will be published alongside the submitted paper, should it be accepted. ORCID registration provides a unique and persistent digital identifier for the account that enables accurate attribution and improves the discoverability of published papers, ensuring that the correct author receives the correct credit for their work.
Please note that all submissions are thoroughly checked for plagiarism. JHRS uses Turnitin software for similarity checks.
Any manuscript that shows obvious signs of plagiarism will be automatically rejected.
In case plagiarism is discovered in a paper that has already been published by the journal, it will be retracted in accordance with the procedure described below under Retraction policy, and authors will be punished to have no another opportunity to submit an manuscript in JHRS.
JHRS is measuring the journal statistics because it is a very good way to advertising the journal. We are using social media to increase the visibility and citation of our articles.

Contact JHRS

Alma Mater Europaea University
Slovenska 17, 2000 Maribor,
Slovenia
Phone: +386-2-2501997; +389-2-3116-520 (234)

New Issue Published – Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Volume 5, Issue 1 (2026)

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that today June 7th, the publication of the latest issue of the Journal of Health and Rehabilita...