This report presents results of a study on how Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Supportive Services Programs (NORC-SSPs) have developed in New Jersey. NORCSSPs are a type of community aging-in-place initiative, with the goal of helping older adults to remain within their own residences safely and comfortably, particularly when faced with increasing needs for support. Since 2004, Jewish ...

Sex work occurs to meet the demand for sexual services and is a universal phenomenon. In Africa sex work takes many forms and is an important source of income for many women. Yet sex worker reproductive health needs remain largely unmet. The criminalisation of sex work; community and service provider stigma; violence; substance use and limited access to health services and prevention commoditie...

BACKGROUND Children with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) might benefit from pediatric supportive care services, such as home nursing, palliative care, or hospice, especially those children whose conditions are severe enough to cause death. We do not know, however, the extent of this population or how it is changing over time. OBJECTIVES To identify trends over the past 2 decades in the patt...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this paper is to examine how geographical availability of social services is related to foster care entry rates and referrals for child maltreatment investigations. The primary concerns are to (1) determine locations across Los Angeles County where the availability of social services is low but display a high need for those services and (2) begin to examine how the geog...

abstract background: the emotional bond that a mother feels towards her infant is critical to their social, emotional, and cognitive development. this concept has a major influence on an infant’s future health, and growth, so the assessment of parental-fetal attachment and related factors is of great importance. this study aimed to examine the effect of psychological intervention on attachment ...

    Background: Providing fair access to high-quality healthcare services is one of the most important goals of health systems. This study was conducted between 2012 and 2013 to determine the level of equity in the quality of hospital services in Iran.    Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 1,003 patients were chosen from 100 hospitals in Iran with multi-stage rand...

mental health services is great both in emotional and financial terms. Most interventions are geared towards the victim or the perpetrator, while the non-abusing parent and the siblings are given little if any support in dealing with the psychological and social consequences of abuse. Understanding the impact of abuse on other family members could lead to more effective and supportive intervent...