OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impacts of the expansion of an evidence-based full- and part-day early childhood development program on multiple indicators of school readiness, attendance, and parental involvement for a large cohort of low-income children. METHODS This study involved the end-of-preschool follow-up of a nonrandomized, matched-group cohort of 2630 predominantly low-income, ethnic mi...

Parental preparation for a child's discharge from the hospital sets the stage for successful transitioning to care and recovery at home. In this study of 135 parents of hospitalized children, the quality of discharge teaching, particularly the nurses' skills in "delivery" of parent teaching, was associated with increased parental readiness for discharge, which was associated with less coping di...

AIM To describe and synthesize previous research on parents' perceptions of their participation in decision making in child health-care services. BACKGROUND Health policy in the area of user involvement emphasizes parent participation in decision-making (DM), thus ensuring that services are provided in accordance with their child's needs and enhancing parents' control over their child's healt...

BACKGROUND Early childhood education services create potentially optimal opportunities to identify and respond effectively to preschoolers' mental health problems. However, little is known about the knowledge, skills and competencies of early childhood educators in the area of mental health. The present study aimed to contribute to this field through conducting focus group interviews with profe...

BACKGROUND Children involved with child welfare systems are at high risk for emotional and behavioral problems. Many children with identified mental health problems do not receive care, especially ethnic/minority children. OBJECTIVE To examine how patterns of specialty mental health service use among children involved with child welfare vary as a function of the degree of coordination between...

assessing quality of family health services in view points of service users in urmia health posts   nabilou b[1],farokh eslamlou hr[2]*   received: 1 may , 2013 accepted: 2 jul , 2013   abstract background & aims:  community health largely depend on the primary health care sector of each country and primary healthcare including family health, as first contact services have basic role in health ...

Demographic trends indicate that a growing segment of families is exposed to adversity such as poverty, drug use problems, caregiver transitions, and domestic violence. Although these risk processes and the accompanying poor outcomes for children have been well studied, little is known about why some children develop resilience in the face of such adversity, particularly when it is severe enoug...

Blaschke, MD, MPH Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado; and Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon Address correspondence to Erin K. Balog, MD, CDR, MC, USN, Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services Un...

Estimating costs in child welfare services is critical as new service models are incorporated into routine practice. This paper describes a unit costing estimation system developed in England (cost calculator) together with a pilot test of its utility in the United States where unit costs are routinely available for health services but not for child welfare services. The cost calculator approac...

BACKGROUND In spite of a well-developed welfare system in Sweden, there are important health divides between residential areas in Stockholm county, with shorter life expectancy in disadvantaged areas. These socioeconomic and health divides also affect children. Extra efforts and organized collaboration by different authorities are required to meet the greater needs of children growing up in the...