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Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of immigrants from third countries in Cyprus, on HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health. The implication of nursing ethics to healthcare
(Technological Educational Institute of Athens, 2013)
Background: Cultural, social policy and legal factors contribute to HIV vulnerability amongst ethnic minorities. Insufficient knowledge on HIV transmission and prevention contributes in engaging in risky sexual behaviours ...
Cypriot secondary school teachers’ professional life phases: a research-informed view of career long motivation
(2015)
This paper presents the professional life phases of Cypriot secondary school teachers and discusses the influences underlying their motivation. A comparison is established between teachers within each phase by extracting ...
The Body Appreciation Scale-2: Translation and Validation in the Greek Language
(The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 2019)
The psychometric properties of a Greek translation of the 10-item Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) was examined. A total of 193 Greekspeaking female university students from Cyprus completed the BAS-2, along with measures ...
Ethnic identity, person perception and racism: a decade of changes in Cyprus
(Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 2013)
Cyprus has been through many significant changes in the decade of 2000-2010. The purpose of this study was to assess differences in levels of ethnic identity, person perception and racism by comparing archived data of 2000, ...
The Strategic Importance of Cyprus and the Prospect of Union with Greece, 1919–1931: The Greek Perspective
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-05)
The outbreak of the First World War brought about an important change in the status of Cyprus which was officially annexed by Great Britain. In the years that followed, successive Greek governments preferred not o pose ...
Body Image Differences Across the Life Span of Greek-Cypriot Women: An Investigation Examining Adolescence, Early and Middle Adulthood
(The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 2019-03)
The current study aimed to examine possible differences among females in three age groups (adolescent, early and middle adulthood) on body-image-related variables, media influences and self-esteem. The relationships between ...
Evaluation of Home Care Nursing for Elderly People in Cyprus
(2015)
Background: Europe has the highest proportion of people aged 65 and older (16%). From 2000 until 2050, the world’s
population aged 65 and over will be more than triple from 600 million to 2 billion. Elderly prefer to be ...
Improving Mental Health Services Through the Measurement of Attitudes and Knowledge of Mental Health Professionals and the General Population in Cyprus
(Taylor and Francis, 2013)
Despite the magnitude of mental health problems worldwide, many cases of deinstitutionalization have failed to achieve their targets for a number of reasons including lack of appropriate community psychiatric services and ...
Organizational culture in the primary healthcare setting of Cyprus
(BMC Health Services Research, 2013)
Background: The concept of organizational culture is important in understanding the behaviour of individuals in
organizations as they manage external demands and internal social changes. Cyprus healthcare system is ...
Body Image, Self-Esteem, Media, Disordered Eating and Actual Ideal Weight Discrepancy: Findings in Cyprus
(The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 2017)
The current study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the actual ideal weight discrepancy and the following variables in adolescents from Cyprus: self-esteem, appearance satisfaction, investment in appearance, ...