Mary Lou Kelley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3913915 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Lou Kelley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary Lou |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelley |
| SIGNATURE | KELLEY M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lakehead University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5873-5208 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution by Mary Sarah Bilder
Reviewed by: Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution by Mary Sarah Bilder Mary Kelley Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution. By Mary Sarah Bilder. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022. 360 pages. Cloth, ebook. To say that British-born Eliza Harriot, once known as an educator and lecturer in the early United States, has fallen into obscurity is t…
If you understand you cope better with it”: The role of education in building palliative care capacity in four First Nations communities in Canada
This research provides an example of the public health approach and offers implementation strategies around palliative care education. This paper contributes to the international literature on the public health approach to palliative care by presenting a case study from Canada that includes: conducting a culturally appropriate assessment of educational needs, creating recommendations, facilitating development and implementation of educational res…
Coming Home to Die: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory Develops Community-Based Palliative Care
This paper describes the development and implementation of a community-based palliative care program in Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Ontario. Six Nations innovative program is grounded in their vision to provide access to quality palliative care at home and incorporate Haudenosaunee Traditional teachings. A community Project Advisory Committee led the development process, and a Leadership Team of local and regional palliative care pa…
Developing and Implementing Peer-Led Intervention to Support Staff in Long-Term Care Homes Manage Grief
Front-line staff in long-term care (LTC) homes often form strong emotional bonds with residents. When residents die, staffs’ grief often goes unattended, and may result in disenfranchised grief. The aim of this article is to develop, implement, and assess the benefits of a peer-led debriefing intervention to help staff manage their grief and provide LTC homes an organizational approach to support them. This research was nested within a 5-year par…
Social Support Questionnaire for Children: Development and Initial Validation
The Social Support Questionnaire for Children (SSQC) is a 50-item scale that assesses children’s social support from parents, relatives, nonrelative adults, siblings, and peers. The SSQC demonstrates good psychometric properties (e.g., internal consistency, factorial validity). Furthermore, the SSQC appears to be an ethnically sensitive measure of children’s social support
"Death Is Part of the Job" in Long-Term Care Homes: Supporting Direct Care Staff With Their Grief and Bereavement
For long-term care (LTC) home staff who work directly with residents, death, dying, and grief are day-to-day experiences in their working life. However, staff are often overlooked for grief and bereavement support. This exploratory research used a qualitative approach to understand LTC staff's grief and bereavement experience and to identify the perceived support needs of nurses and personal support workers who work in two faith-based non-profit …
Buffering the effects of violence: Communication and problem‐solving skills as protective factors for adolescents exposed to violence
Although many adolescents exposed to violence evidence negative outcomes, some report few deleterious effects, indicating the presence of moderating variables. This study examined the moderating role of family communication and problem solving on positive and negative outcomes in adolescents exposed to school and neighborhood violence. Participants were 90 adolescents and their parents, who completed measures of violence exposure, psychological a…
Coping Behavior in Hurricane-Affected African American Youth: Psychometric Properties of the Kidcope
Hurricane Katrina forced thousands of children in and around New Orleans to cope with life-altering circumstances. The Kidcope, a checklist designed to assess coping in pediatric populations, has been used to evaluate children after disasters. Research has demonstrated the importance of considering the role of cultural factors in the development and use of coping strategies. The authors examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of…
Predicting Conduct Problems from Community and Family Violence: The Moderating Effects of Hurricane Katrina
Characteristics and functions of non-suicidal self-injury in a community sample of adolescents
Background Few studies have investigated non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), or the deliberate, direct destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent, and the motivations for engaging in NSSI among adolescents. This study assessed the prevalence, associated clinical characteristics, and functions of NSSI in a community sample of adolescents. Method A total of 633 adolescents completed anonymous surveys. NSSI was assessed with the Funct…
The Foundations of Texan Philanthropy
Rural Nonphysician Providers' Perspectives on Palliative Care Services in Northwestern Ontario, Canada
Most palliative care in rural remote areas is provided by nonphysicians. This paper reports a survey of interdisciplinary rural health service providers (not including physicians) to identify the strengths and weaknesses in palliative care service delivery in a rural and remote region in northwestern Ontario, Canada. Questionnaires were sent to 156 nurses, homemakers, social workers, and pastoral care workers who care for terminally ill persons a…
Hope Leslie: Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts
The Sentimentalists: Promise and Betrayal in the Home
Buffering the effects of violence: Communication and problem‐solving skills as protective factors for adolescents exposed to violence
Although many adolescents exposed to violence evidence negative outcomes, some report few deleterious effects, indicating the presence of moderating variables. This study examined the moderating role of family communication and problem solving on positive and negative outcomes in adolescents exposed to school and neighborhood violence. Participants were 90 adolescents and their parents, who completed measures of violence exposure, psychological a…
Hope Leslie: Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts
Social Support Questionnaire for Children: Development and Initial Validation
The Social Support Questionnaire for Children (SSQC) is a 50-item scale that assesses children’s social support from parents, relatives, nonrelative adults, siblings, and peers. The SSQC demonstrates good psychometric properties (e.g., internal consistency, factorial validity). Furthermore, the SSQC appears to be an ethnically sensitive measure of children’s social support
"Death Is Part of the Job" in Long-Term Care Homes: Supporting Direct Care Staff With Their Grief and Bereavement
For long-term care (LTC) home staff who work directly with residents, death, dying, and grief are day-to-day experiences in their working life. However, staff are often overlooked for grief and bereavement support. This exploratory research used a qualitative approach to understand LTC staff's grief and bereavement experience and to identify the perceived support needs of nurses and personal support workers who work in two faith-based non-profit …
Coping Behavior in Hurricane-Affected African American Youth: Psychometric Properties of the Kidcope
Hurricane Katrina forced thousands of children in and around New Orleans to cope with life-altering circumstances. The Kidcope, a checklist designed to assess coping in pediatric populations, has been used to evaluate children after disasters. Research has demonstrated the importance of considering the role of cultural factors in the development and use of coping strategies. The authors examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of…
The Sentimentalists: Promise and Betrayal in the Home
The Sentimentalists: Promise and Betrayal in the Home
Hope Leslie: Or, Early Times in the Massachusetts
Rural Nonphysician Providers' Perspectives on Palliative Care Services in Northwestern Ontario, Canada
Most palliative care in rural remote areas is provided by nonphysicians. This paper reports a survey of interdisciplinary rural health service providers (not including physicians) to identify the strengths and weaknesses in palliative care service delivery in a rural and remote region in northwestern Ontario, Canada. Questionnaires were sent to 156 nurses, homemakers, social workers, and pastoral care workers who care for terminally ill persons a…
The Foundations of Texan Philanthropy
Characteristics and functions of non-suicidal self-injury in a community sample of adolescents
Background Few studies have investigated non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), or the deliberate, direct destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent, and the motivations for engaging in NSSI among adolescents. This study assessed the prevalence, associated clinical characteristics, and functions of NSSI in a community sample of adolescents. Method A total of 633 adolescents completed anonymous surveys. NSSI was assessed with the Funct…
Predicting Conduct Problems from Community and Family Violence: The Moderating Effects of Hurricane Katrina
Coping Behavior in Hurricane-Affected African American Youth: Psychometric Properties of the Kidcope
Hurricane Katrina forced thousands of children in and around New Orleans to cope with life-altering circumstances. The Kidcope, a checklist designed to assess coping in pediatric populations, has been used to evaluate children after disasters. Research has demonstrated the importance of considering the role of cultural factors in the development and use of coping strategies. The authors examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of…
Buffering the effects of violence: Communication and problem‐solving skills as protective factors for adolescents exposed to violence
Although many adolescents exposed to violence evidence negative outcomes, some report few deleterious effects, indicating the presence of moderating variables. This study examined the moderating role of family communication and problem solving on positive and negative outcomes in adolescents exposed to school and neighborhood violence. Participants were 90 adolescents and their parents, who completed measures of violence exposure, psychological a…
Social Support Questionnaire for Children: Development and Initial Validation
The Social Support Questionnaire for Children (SSQC) is a 50-item scale that assesses children’s social support from parents, relatives, nonrelative adults, siblings, and peers. The SSQC demonstrates good psychometric properties (e.g., internal consistency, factorial validity). Furthermore, the SSQC appears to be an ethnically sensitive measure of children’s social support
"Death Is Part of the Job" in Long-Term Care Homes: Supporting Direct Care Staff With Their Grief and Bereavement
For long-term care (LTC) home staff who work directly with residents, death, dying, and grief are day-to-day experiences in their working life. However, staff are often overlooked for grief and bereavement support. This exploratory research used a qualitative approach to understand LTC staff's grief and bereavement experience and to identify the perceived support needs of nurses and personal support workers who work in two faith-based non-profit …
Coming Home to Die: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory Develops Community-Based Palliative Care
This paper describes the development and implementation of a community-based palliative care program in Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Ontario. Six Nations innovative program is grounded in their vision to provide access to quality palliative care at home and incorporate Haudenosaunee Traditional teachings. A community Project Advisory Committee led the development process, and a Leadership Team of local and regional palliative care pa…
Developing and Implementing Peer-Led Intervention to Support Staff in Long-Term Care Homes Manage Grief
Front-line staff in long-term care (LTC) homes often form strong emotional bonds with residents. When residents die, staffs’ grief often goes unattended, and may result in disenfranchised grief. The aim of this article is to develop, implement, and assess the benefits of a peer-led debriefing intervention to help staff manage their grief and provide LTC homes an organizational approach to support them. This research was nested within a 5-year par…
If you understand you cope better with it”: The role of education in building palliative care capacity in four First Nations communities in Canada
This research provides an example of the public health approach and offers implementation strategies around palliative care education. This paper contributes to the international literature on the public health approach to palliative care by presenting a case study from Canada that includes: conducting a culturally appropriate assessment of educational needs, creating recommendations, facilitating development and implementation of educational res…
Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution by Mary Sarah Bilder
Reviewed by: Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution by Mary Sarah Bilder Mary Kelley Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution. By Mary Sarah Bilder. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022. 360 pages. Cloth, ebook. To say that British-born Eliza Harriot, once known as an educator and lecturer in the early United States, has fallen into obscurity is t…
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (4 works)