The welfare system has long been criticized for its incentives against marriage. This paper examines one way in which welfare actually may keep families together: the fact that benefits increase with family size may encourage teenagers to stay in welfare-recipient households. Welfare benefit incentives affecting coresidence are twofold: (i) a parent loses benefits if a child leaves the househol...

An often-cited difficulty with moving low-income families out of welfare and into the labor force is the lack of health insurance in many low-wage jobs. Consequently, many low-income household heads may be reluctant to leave welfare and thereby lose health insurance coverage for their children. The expansions in the Medicaid program to cover low-income children and pregnant women who are not el...

Background: Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer. This cancer, considering its unknown cause(s), is considered as one of the most important health problems amongst children worldwide. The present study was aimed to determine the relationship between breastfeeding and leukemia in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeast of Iran. Materials and methods: This case-control study was imple...

background: researches mainly focus on patients who suffer from cancer. families and parents have been neglected in these researches although they experience levels of stress, depression and anxiety. this research aims at studying the effectiveness of hope therapy based on group therapy on hope and depression of mothers with children suffering from cancer in aliasghar children's hospital, tehra...

OBJECTIVE To determine the percentage of children with mental health diagnoses and utilization and expenditures of mental health services among children in foster care compared with other children receiving Medicaid, including those with disabilities. DESIGN Analysis of Medicaid claim and eligibility records in southwestern Pennsylvania for fiscal year 1995. POPULATION A total of 39,500 chi...

Background: In the process of cancer treatment, mothers of children with cancer experience burden of care as a result of these conditions. Early detection of burden of care has an important role in promoting health care. The aim of this study was to evaluate burden of care in mothers of children with a malignancy. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was done on 70 mothers of chil...

background: malignant neoplasms remain the second leading cause of death in children after accidents. the aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of childhood cancer in children admitted to dr sheikh hospital, iran. materials and methods: this descriptive cross- sectional study had been done in dr sheikh hospital in mashhad university of medical science on 1764 children younger than 14...

background : children suffering from cancer always require pain relief and reduce anxiety when undergoing painful procedures. the aim of this study is to compare the effect of pethedine and ketamine administration in cancer-diagnosed children undergoing bone marrow aspiration and biopsy procedures. subjects and methods : a randomized, double-blinded, crossover trial was carried out on 57 childr...