Regression results suggest that household income and parental education are the main factors influencing expenditures on children's education, entertainment, and books; that children in single-parent or cohabiting households are disadvantaged is thus due mainly to the lower income and education levels of these households, not their marital status A n increasing number of children living in nont...

objective: parents are believed to be among the most influential adults who have a deterministic role in the success of interventional programs on adolescents' reproductive health. the aim of this study is to describe parents' perceptions and attitudes towards adolescent reproductive needs, experiences and associated factors. method: a population-based study of 539 parents of adolescent boys, a...

OBJECTIVES Demography affects emergency department (ED) utilization and influences the health care needs of patients, yet the demographics of the caregivers who accompany children to pediatric EDs are not well described. The objective of this study was to provide a demographic description of this population. The hypothesis was that single parent status, annual income less than 20,000 dollars, a...

AIM This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a parent education program, the Happy Parenting program, for Chinese preschool children with developmental disabilities. METHODS This study adopted randomized controlled trial design without blinding. Participants were randomized into intervention group (n=62) who were offered the Happy Parenting program delivered by educational psychologists a...