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Analysis of high-risk hispanic families in a family support program : characteristics, factors affecting parenting skills over time, and age-paced newsletter efficacy

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:: C. Two studies investigated the characteristics of high-risk Hispanic parents with young children

Does Disability Severity Matter? The Daily Lives of Parent Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities

Creator:: Fenn, Meghann L.
Abstract:: Individuals with disabilities and their parents, even within specific disability diagnoses, have diverse life experiences and trajectories. The current study focuses on parents of individuals with developmental disabilities. Developmental disabilities (DD) are a diverse group of severe chronic conditions evident at birth or acquired during childhood that affect major life...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: children with disabilities is greater and lasts longer as they continue to care for their child with a

Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Creator:: Hanks, Melissa A.
Abstract:: This research focuses on the economic and social impacts to women’s and children’s dental health after methamphetamine abuse. Family oral health status, access to professional services, health literacy and home hygienic practices are evaluated in the frameworks of critical medical anthropology, applied anthropological praxis and matrix and bio-psycho-social addiction models...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: out dental care for themselves and their children in their care are affected by methamphetamine

Finding safe homes : a quantitative analysis of child wellbeing across placement qptions

Creator:: Buerger, Christopher M.
Abstract:: This paper will examine the outcomes in child well-being across placement options for children who have experienced child abuse and/or child neglect. Specifically, this paper will compare the relative success of children placed with kin relatives versus those placed wit non-kin adoptive parents. Success is determined by a variety of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

Creator:: Hammer, Michaela
Abstract:: After decades of expert-based modernization efforts that have had profound negative impacts on human and environmental health, Ecuador is currently pursuing a rights-based, participatory development paradigm known as sumak kawsay or "the good life". Despite its promises of inclusion and interculturality, this approach continues to rely on highly trained specialists,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Hybrid Healthscapes: Mothers' Health Care and Food Practices

Physical activity in children attending family child care homes

Creator:: Rice, Kelly Rae
Abstract:: Family Child Care Homes (FCCHs) are the second largest provider of non-relative care in the U.S. However, despite providing care for nearly 1.9 million children under the age of 5, little is known about the physical activity levels of children attending FCCHs. This dissertation sought to provide new information with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: July 23, 2012. Title: Physical Activity in Children Attending Family Child Care Homes Abstract

Predictors of participation in a prison-based parenting program

Creator:: Schumer, Jean Ellen
Abstract:: The focus of this study was threefold. This research examined the extent to which parenting alliance between incarcerated parents and the caregivers of their children, influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs. This research explored the extent to which family contact influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: children, influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs. This research explored the

The impact of child-centered play therapy on anxiety levels in pre-neurosurgical pediatric patients

Creator:: Lerwick, Julie L.
Abstract:: The prevalence of childhood illness requiring hospitalization establishes the need for implementation of an applied intervention to decrease levels of hospitalization-induced anxiety in pediatric patients. In addition to anxiety, levels of perceived trauma have also been linked to pre-operative pediatric patients. Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) within the medical setting has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: children preparing for surgery. However, a review of the literature indicates that this need is not

The influence of selected factors on dentists’ delivery of a set of 5A-like intervention strategies for eating disorders in Oregon

Creator:: Elliott, Karen Marlene
Abstract:: Each year an estimated one million young women in the United States develop an eating disorder. Without early recognition of symptoms and early intervention/treatment, these eating disorders can lead to a host of chronic and debilitating illnesses. Tooth erosion is one of the first signs of an eating disorder, providing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Tobacco and Dental Care Interventions……………............ 41 Factors Influencing Dental Interventions for

Use and Disclosure of Complementary Health Approaches Among Children with Developmental Disabilities

Creator:: Lindly, Olivia J.
Abstract:: Children with developmental disabilities (DD), particularly autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may use complementary health approaches (CHA), including some modalities that can be unsafe, inefficacious, and/or costly. Still, the prevalence of CHA use among US children with DD is not known and their reasons for use are not well understood. By...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: by children, is part of shared treatment decision making63,64 and family-centered care more broadly

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Analysis of high-risk hispanic families in a family support program : characteristics, factors affecting parenting skills over time, and age-paced newsletter efficacy

Does Disability Severity Matter? The Daily Lives of Parent Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities

Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Finding safe homes : a quantitative analysis of child wellbeing across placement qptions

Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

Physical activity in children attending family child care homes

Predictors of participation in a prison-based parenting program

The impact of child-centered play therapy on anxiety levels in pre-neurosurgical pediatric patients

The influence of selected factors on dentists’ delivery of a set of 5A-like intervention strategies for eating disorders in Oregon

Use and Disclosure of Complementary Health Approaches Among Children with Developmental Disabilities

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