BACKGROUND Lone-mother led families are at increased risk of psychosocial disadvantage, social isolation and mental health morbidity. Community-based programs are more accessible for families seeking assistance. We examine the experiences of eight lone mothers participating in a larger randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a community-based education/support group program using mixed methods. ...

BACKGROUND Although research has shown that significant burden and adverse psychological impact are associated with caring for a child with brain injury, limited knowledge exists concerning the qualitative experience and impact of this burden. OBJECTIVE To provide an account of the experiences of mothers who care for a childhood survivor of brain injury. RESEARCH DESIGN Postal survey. MET...

BACKGROUND Various policies in health, such as Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses, were introduced to enhance integrated service delivery in child healthcare. During clinical practice the researcher observed that integrated services may not be rendered. OBJECTIVES This article describes the experiences of mothers that utilised comprehensive child health services in the Cape Metropol...

This paper analyzes the family structure experiences of children in the U.S. Childbearing and transitions among single, cohabiting, and married states are analyzed jointly. A novel contribution is to distinguish men by their relationship to children: biological father or stepfather. The analysis uses data from the NLSY79. A key finding is that children of black mothers spend on average only 33%...

OBJECTIVE Trust is proposed as the necessary foundation to achieve better performance in the nursing of children. In this regard, Pediatric nurses need to achieve a deeper understanding of parents' experiences, and find out how these experiences are being related to the nursing practice. So to increase nurses' understanding of this concept based on the experiences of the recipients of nursing, ...

Bidder, R. T., Crowe, E. A., and Gray, 0. P. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 766. Mothers' attitudes to preterm infants. Mothers' attitudes to their preterm and term children were examined and compared using the SemanticDifferential and an interview related to the experiences of mothers during pregnancy and after birth. It was postulated that mothers would show more concern for th...

BACKGROUND Surrogacy is one of the new techniques of assisted reproduction technology in which a woman carries and bears a child for another woman. In Iran, many Shia clerics and jurists considered it permissible so there is no religious prohibition for it. In addition to the risk of physical complications for complete surrogate mothers, the possibility of psychological complications resulted f...