The problem of boarding out children away from their own homes under the care of foster-parents is one which demands a great deal of thought and should be considered as an inextricable part of child welfare. Isolated instances of obvious cruelty to children, when brought to light in the press, usually arouse a stormy emotional response in the general public, a storm which indeed occasionally de...

the students who live in boarding schools experience more stress than others which live with their parents.therefore, the mental health of this group is of special importance. the present study attempted to examine the mental health status of adolescent students in boarding high schools in . this was a cross-sectional study which was conducted by using stratified cluster sampling method. this s...

Transport is a critical factor in modern pork production and can seriously affect swine welfare. While previous research has explored thermal conditions during transport, the impact of extreme weather conditions on the trailer thermal environment under industry practices has not been well documented; and the critical factors impacting microclimate are not well understood. To assess the trailer ...

BACKGROUND South Korea faces difficulties in the management of mental disorders, and those difficulties are expected to gradually worsen. Therefore, we analyzed the relationship between social welfare centers and hospital admission after outpatient treatment for mood disorders. METHODS We used data from the National Health Insurance Service National Sample Cohort 2002-2013, which included all...

conclusions the results showed that the elderlies living in daycare centers had better qualities of lives physically and mentally. therefore, to improve their qualities of lives in two general physical and mental domains, items such as providing family communications inside or outside the nursing homes as well as planning to fulfill mental and psychological needs besides physical issues like mo...

The debate over whether boarding school is benefi cial for students still exists in both developing and developed countries. In rural China, as a result of a national school merger program that began in 2001, the number of boarding students has increased dramatically. Little research has been done, however, to measure how boarding status may be correlated with nutrition, health and educational ...