A Demographic Perspective on Family Change

Family perspective on a family care program.

This study aimed at assessing the family's perspective on a family care program to better understand the challenges and potential capacities for changing the health care model. A qualitative study was carried out to assess the Family Health Program in the city of São Sebastião, Brasília, Brazil. Data was collected through direct systematic observations of the workflow developed by the program's...

A dynamical perspective on attitude change

This paper focuses at the dynamics of attitude change in large groups. A multi-agent computer simulation has been developed as a tool to study these dynamics. A major extension in comparison to earlier models is that Social Judgement Theory is being formalised to incorporate processes of assimilation and contrast in persuasion processes. Results demonstrate that the attitude structure of agents...

Time to Change from the perspective of a family member. Invited commentary on...Evaluation of England's Time to Change programme.

This commentary views the Time to Change programme from a triple perspective: that of a concerned family member, an academic investigator and an American. The programme's results are both encouraging and sobering. Progress has been made in employers' views, but mental health professionals remain a source of discrimination. Future initiatives must have realistic objectives, be multifaceted and a...

Vulnerability to Climate Change: a Regional Perspective of Demographic and Socioeconomic Impacts

Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child's Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Children's Resources.

This paper provides a new characterization of stages of the demographic transition, describing it from a child’s perspective. These stages describe the sequence of changes in family and cohort sizes that affect children’s resources. In Stage 1, falling mortality produces increases in surviving family size and in the size of birth cohorts. In Stage 2, falling fertility overtakes falling mortalit...