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Creator:: Elliot, Janis Sabin
Abstract:: Interest in child care has grown dramatically, yet little is known about how families manage to ensure appropriate child care. In a secondary analysis of data from 642 employed mothers representing a wide range of income levels, this research identified the factors contributing most to mothers' satisfaction with child care...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Employed Mothers' Satisfaction with Child Care Choices: Perceptions of Accessibility, Affordability

Creator:: Kapsch, Marybeth M.
Abstract:: This study utilized a qualitative approach to explore how Healthy Start home visiting services affect participants' parenting and lives in general. The purpose of this study was to explore both the intended and unintended outcomes of Healthy Start, using the theory of transformative learning. This theory postulates that through education...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and child maltreatment. Health and health care access. Almost all (98%) of children seen by Healthy

Creator:: Weatherspoon, Joni
Abstract:: Two studies investigated the characteristics of high-risk Hispanic parents with young children who were enrolled in a primary prevention home visitation program targeting first birth families. In the first study, more and less acculturated high-risk Hispanic families were compared to high-risk non-Hispanic White families on differences in demographic characteristics, risk...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: newsletters provide parents with information on child development and care that is keyed to the age of their

Creator:: Weber, Roberta B., 1944-
Abstract:: Child care stability affects child and family outcomes. Stability reflects the time dimension of a child care arrangement. Although stability does not guarantee positive outcomes, instability appears to decrease the likelihood of achieving them. Some level of stability is a necessary, although not sufficient, characteristic of care that meets children's...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Measurement of Child Care Arrangement Stability: A Review and Case Study Using Oregon Child Care Subsidy Data

Creator:: Coehlo, Deborah Padgett
Abstract:: The occurrence and timing of residential care of patients with dementia is impacted by several care recipient and caregiver variables. Previous research has shown a strong relationship among residential placement and marital status, cognitive decline, deterioration in functional abilities, and presence of behavior problems in the care recipient. Research on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : relationship to care recipient and caregiver variables AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Deborah Padgett

Creator:: Russell-Miller, Mary P.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Satisfaction and Perceived Control as Mediating Variables on Levels of Depression Resulting from Care fiver

Creator:: Luckey, Brian P.
Abstract:: This study examined associations between participation in voluntary out-of-school programs (e.g., scouting, Boys' and Girls' Clubs, 4-H, YMCA/YWCA) in adolescence and four negative outcomes: school dropout, early sexual activity, delinquency, and drug use. A prospective longitudinal design had collected four waves of interview data on a national sample of 15,000...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: individuals. The classic example is the parent-child relationship (Sampson & Laub, 1994; Gottfredson

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