Publications

Quality of Life papers and research instruments written and produced by members of the Quality of Life Research Unit

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PROFILES

All of the profiles include instructions for scoring and administering the questionnaires. Please note, however, that permission to copy and use the instruments for research purposes must be purchased at the following rates:

permission to make up to 99 copies: $50.00
permission to make 100 plus copies: $75.00

If you purchase a copy of the instrument with the permission to make copies, you will receive one bound version of the instrument, and one unbound version for copying purposes.

The option to purchase the permission is at the end of this form.

     
Quality of Life Profile: Adolescent Version
54 Item Instrument Assessing Importance and Enjoyment in Nine Domains of Life
35.00
Quality of Life Profile: Adult Version
54 Item Instrument Assessing Importance and Enjoyment in Nine Domains of Life
35.00
Quality of Life Profile: Seniors' Version (Full)
111 Item Instrument Assessing Importance and Enjoyment in Nine Domains of Life
35.00
Quality of Life Profile: Seniors' Version (Short)
54 Item Instrument Assessing Importance and Enjoyment in Nine Domains of Life
35.00
Quality of Life Profile: Seniors' Version (Brief)
27 Item Instrument Assessing Importance and Enjoyment in Nine Domains of Life
35.00
QOL Profile for Persons with Sensory and Physical Disabilites (long version)
110 Item Instrument Assessing Importance and Enjoyment in Nine Domains of Life
35.00
QOL Profile for Persons with Sensory and Physical Disabilites (short version)
54 Item Instrument Assessing Importance and Enjoyment in Nine Domains of Life
35.00
QOL Profile for People with Developmental Disabilities - Full Version Package
Contains 3 different instruments and a detailed manual for conducting the assessments
(48 items)
75.00
QOL Profile for People with Developmental Disabilities - Short Version Package
Contains 3 different instruments and a detailed manual for conducting the assessments
(24 items)
75.00
****En Francais**** Instruments d'evaluation de la qualite de vie des adultes ayant un handicap de developpement - Version integrale 75.00
**** En Francais**** Instruments d'evaluation de la qualite de vie des adultes ayant un handicap de developpement - Version abregee 75.00
Social Support Inventory: For people who are HIV Positive or have AIDS
Includes a copy of:  Description and Validation of a Measure of Received Support Specific to HIV
25.00
PAPERS
The Quality of Life of Seniors Living in the Community
A conceptualization with implications for public health practice
5.00
Measuring the Quality of Life of Seniors
A model with implications for community and public health nursing
10.00
The Short and Brief Versions of the Seniors' Quality of Life Profile
(Paper describing the Psychometrics Properties of these Instruments)
5.00
Frailty: Constructing a common meaning, definition, and conceptual framework 5.00
Frailty: A Public Health Perspective
(Paper Describing Public Health Implications of the Frailty Model)
5.00
Assessing the Quality of Life of Persons with Developmental Disabilities:
Description of a new model, measuring instruments, and initial findings
5.00
Studying the Lives of Persons with Developmental Disabilities:
Methodological lessons from the Quality of Life Project
7.50
Quality of Life: Linking Conceptual Approach to Service Provision
(Paper on Applications in the Developmental Disabilities Area)
5.00
The Quality of Life Profile - Adolescent Version:
Background, Description, and Initial Validations
7.50
Adolescent Health: Moving From Prevention to Promotion Through a Quality of Life Approach 5.00
Quality of Life: What Are the Implications for Health Promotion 5.00
Is Measuring Quality of Life a Public Health Issue? Lessons from Ontario, Canada 5.00
BOOKS AND REPORTS
Quality of Life ~ Dream or Reality?
Life for People with Developmental Disabilities in Ontario

Results from the Provincial Quality of Life Study
38.95
Quality Of Life And Life Changes For Adults With Developmental Disabilities In Ontario:
Final Report from the Quality of Life Project
28.95
The Family Quality Of Life Project 
The final report from the investigations into the quality of life of families who have an adult member with developmental disabilities.
18.95
Improve Your Quality of Life
20.00
How to Develop An Individual Funding Plan
20.00
CO-PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER MATERIALS (these items are available only through the sources listed).
Quality of Life in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation; Conceptual Approaches, Issues, and Applications
EDS. Rebecca Renwick, Ivan Brown, Mark Nagler
Available from
Sage Publications
   
Community Quality of Life Project Resources    
A City for all Ages: Fact or Fiction 
Effects of Government Policy Decisions on Toronto Seniors' Quality of Life

The Toronto report from the participatory project: Improving the Quality of Life of Urban Canadian Seniors.
for more information about the project and the report: www.utoronto.ca/seniors 
   
Inequality and Health A series of papers by Dennis Raphael. (These papers may be downloaded free of charge in Adobe PDF format.)    

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