OBJECTIVE To analyze child health care and the defense of their rights from the perspective of adolescent mothers. METHODS An exploratory study with qualitative thematic analysis of data, based on conceptual aspects of care and the right to health, from semi-structured interviews with 20 adolescent mothers ascribed by Family Health teams. RESULTS Maternal reports indicate that child health ...

This study described the meaning 7 mothers of children with spina bifida ascribed to their children's physical education, the mothers' roles in the schools, and the importance of the IEP in home and school communication. The stories of 4 mothers of elementary and 3 mothers of secondary aged children were gathered using the phenomenological methods of semistructured interviews, artifacts, and fi...

BACKGROUND A number of complex factors contribute to pregnant and parenting women's alcohol and substance use. To date, little research has focused on the implications, meaning and experiences of father involvement on mothers with substance use problems. OBJECTIVE The current study explores the experiences of mothers with substance use problems with respect to the role, impact and meaning of ...

background: ethical standards of nursing profession emphasize that taking care of patients, showing respectful behavior, and preserving patients’ human dignity are important nursing priorities. furthermore, since time immemorial, humanistic thinkers have always paid close attention to the issues of humanity and human dignity. despite the emphasis of nursing texts on the importance of preserving...

Several theoretical perspectives suggest that knowledge of children's perceptions of and beliefs about their parents' depression may be critical for understanding its impact on children. This paper describes the development and preliminary evidence for the psychometric properties of a new measure, the Children's Perceptions of Others' Depression - Mother Version (CPOD-MV), which assesses theore...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the experiences of being parented when mothers are diagnosed and treated for breast cancer from the perspectives of adolescent daughters. RESEARCH APPROACH Empirical phenomenologic. SETTING Participants were recruited from sites in Indiana and Arizona. PARTICIPANTS Eight adolescent daughters whose mothers had been diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer....

OBJECTIVES To investigate mothers' perspectives on the quality of postpartum care services in central Shanghai, China. DESIGN Semi-structured interviews. SETTING Two maternal and child health posts in two subdistricts in LW District, Central Shanghai, China. STUDY PARTICIPANTS Fifty postpartum mothers who attended the maternal and child health posts in the two subdistricts in LW District,...