OBJECTIVE The aim of the current study was to examine demographic and contextual correlates of voluntariness in parents making research or treatment decisions for their children with cancer. METHODS Participants included 184 parents of children with cancer who made a decision about enrolling the child in a research or treatment protocol within the previous 10 days. Parents completed questionn...

South Africa has high rates of HIV infection among its young population, unintended pregnancy the youth, and extremely gender-based violence. Given all this, it is essential that people be taught skills will enable them to manage their sexuality. Schools have been shown best placed provide accurate relevant information on people's sexualities. Through Life Orientation (LO) curriculum, Departmen...

Human formation starts from childhood in the womb, which is then followed by development of thechild after birth and grows into adulthood. Therefore, role family, especially parents (fatherand mother) has a very important meaning, education children. In this case, parentalparticipation necessary supporting progress education, because sharedresponsibility between community government, street ven...

To evaluate a health education program to improve family management of asthma, 310 children with asthma and their 290 parents were randomly assigned to a program or control group. Program families participated in health education designed to resolve specific management problems and build self-confidence in the ability to manage asthma. Following education, program parents scored better on an as...

The present study investigated the sentiment, attitude, concern and opinion of parents towards inclusive education. A comparison was made between the parents having a normal child and a parent having a special educational needs (SEN) child. The sample comprised of 50 parents. The sample was drawn by purposive sampling technique from schools of Kolkata. The Attitude toward Inclusion / Mainstream...