Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Poulin, Laura Iona Leone, Thesis advisor (ths): Skinner, Mark W, Degree committee member (dgc): Fox, Mary, Degree committee member (dgc): Patrick, Donna, Degree committee member (dgc): Woodend, Kirsten, Degree committee member (dgc): Brassolotto, Julia, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Aligning health services with aging populations is the fundamental issue of modern Canadian health policy, yet rural older populations still experience compromised patient safety and poor-quality care as they transfer between care settings. As such, contemporary scholars acknowledge that more contextually sensitive studies are needed to better understand the unique health and care… more Full Text: RURAL OLDER ADULT TRANSITIONS IN CARE A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, Ontario, …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hurlington, Kingsley G., Thesis advisor (ths): Skinner, Mark W, Degree committee member (dgc): Hill, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Patrick, Donna, Degree committee member (dgc): Russell, Elizabeth, Degree committee member (dgc): Wiles, Janine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This dissertation explored how rural communities enhance the capacity of youth to both navigate and negotiate healthy identities and well-being in the context of social ecological resilience. Resilience refers to the capacity for individuals to have good outcomes in spite of exposure to significant adversity. Rural communities are often identified as places of deficit both in scholarly… more Full Text: SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING? PLACE-BASED RESILIENCE IN RURAL CANADIAN YOUTH A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
