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Mothers

Your search returns 33 documents

• 1.   Cross-national comparison of attitudes toward fathers' and mothers' participation in household tasks and childcare

  The aim of the study was to compare attitudes toward the division of fathers' and mothers' participation in childcare/household tasks through a multilevel modeling approach

  

  Abstract:

  The purpose of this study was to explore attitudes toward the division of fathers' and mothers' participation in childcare/household tasks through a multilevel modeling approach. Data from the Euro-barometer surveys, including over 10,000 respondents from 13 European countries, were used. Respondents' attitudes were related to several individual- and macro-level factors. At the more...

  International Classification:

  Other - fathers' and mothers' participation in childcare/household

  Categories:

  attitudes toward the division of fathers' and mothers' participation in childcare/household

  Geography:

  International

  Sex Roles, Vol: 48 Page: 189-203 2003
  Malathi L. Apparala; Alan Reifman; Joyce Munsch

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• 2.   Culture and caregivers: Factors influencing breastfeeding among mothers in West Belfast, Northern Ireland

  This study aimed to explore the attitudes of mothers attending mother and toddler groups to breastfeeding in a socio-economically deprived area of Belfast Northern Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  Breastfeeding is a key public health measure to protect and promote the health of one of the most vulnerable groups of the population--infants and children. Northern Ireland, however, has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world. This paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey of 120 mothers attending mother and toddler groups in a socio-economically deprived area of more...

  International Classification:

  Anthropology or ethnographic-breastfeeding

  Categories:

  breastfeeding; socio-economically deprivation

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 14 Page: 165-179 2008
  Hilary Bishop; Wendy Cousins; Karen Casson; Ann Moore

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• 3.   Does maternal smoking increase the risk of neonatal polycythaemia?

  The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between tobacco smoking during pregnancy and neonatal Polycythaemia, and to assess the dose-response relationship

  

  Abstract:

  The objective of this observational study was to determine the relationship between tobacco smoking during pregnancy and neonatal Polycythaemia, and to assess the dose-response relationship. Thirty two pregnant women who smoked tobacco (cases), and ninety pregnant women who did not smoke (controls), were randomly selected from the annual obstetrics population in the Erinville hospital more...

  International Classification:

  Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period - neonatal polycythaemia

  Categories:

  maternal smoking; -neonatal Polycythaemia

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 93 Page: 175-6 September 2000
  E. al-Alawi; D. Jenkins

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• 4.   Evidence of unmetabolised folic acid in cord blood of newborn and serum of 4-day-old infants

  The aim of this study was to examine the appearance of unmetabolised folic acid both in cord blood from newborn full-term and premature infants and serum from 4 day old infants post formula feeding

  

  International Classification:

  Other - Folate and folic acid

  Categories:

  unmetabolised folic acid in cord blood; formula feeding

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  British Journal of Nutrition, Vol: 94 Page: 727-730 2005
  M. R. Sweeney; J. McPartlin; D. G. Weir; S. Daly; K. Pentieva; L. Daly; J. M. Scott

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• 5.   Family, Community, Church and State: Natural Parents Talking about Adoption in Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine women's experiences of relinquishing a child for adoption in Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper documents women's experiences of relinquishing a child for adoption in Ireland. This group have long been silenced and largely invisible. The focus of the research on which this paper is based was to provide a means for the women to share their experiences of the process of concealment and ostracism and to review the socially sanctioned solutions particular to Irish society. more...

  International Classification:

  Adoption

  Categories:

  relinquishing a child for adoption

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  British Journal of Social Work, Vol: 34 Page: 621-648 2004
  Mary Wilson; Nuala Lordan; Audrey Mullender

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• 6.   Gendered capital: emotional capital and mothers' care work in education

  This article is concerned with the inequalities experienced by mothers in the performance of educational care work for their children

  

  Abstract:

  This paper is concerned with the inequalities experienced by mothers in the performance of educational care work for their children. It is argued that the caring work carried out by mothers at transfer to second-level schooling is shaped by their ability to activate the significant resource of emotional capital; a gendered resource involving emotional skills, knowledge and experiences. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol: 29 Page: 137-148 2008
  Maeve O'Brien

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• 7.   Helping hands

  This article discusses how advice from nurses and midwives, as well as a better support network, will improve breastfeeding rates

  

  Abstract:

  Advice from nurses and midwives, as well as a better support network, will improve breastfeeding rates, writes Patrick Gleeson. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  World of Irish Nursing & Midwifery, Vol: 15 Page: 27-27 2007
  P. Gleeson

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• 8.   Home-based support for disadvantaged teenage mothers

  The aim of the review was to assess the effectiveness of home-visiting programmes for women who have recently given birth and who are socially or economically disadvantaged.

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Babies born to socio-economically disadvantaged mothers are at higher risk of injury, abuse or neglect and health problems than babies born to more affluent mothers; disadvantaged teenage mothers are at particular risk of adverse outcomes. Home-visiting programs are thought to improve outcomes for both mothers and children, largely through advice and support. OBJECTIVES: To more...

  International Classification:

  Systematic Review

  Categories:

  home-visiting programmes for newly delivered women

  Geography:

  Systematic Review

  Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2007
  G. Macdonald; C. Bennett; J. Dennis; E. Coren; J. Patterson; M. Astin; J. Abbott

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• 9.   Infanticide and child murder - admissions to the Central Mental Hospital 1850-2000

  The aim of this study was to describe the subject of infanticide and child murder-admissions to the Central Mental Hospital 1850-2000

  

  Abstract:

  Examined the case notes and legal files of 64 women charged with infanticide or murder of their child, who were admitted to the Central Mental Hospital forensic psychiatry service in Dublin, Ireland, between 1850 and 2000. Average age at the time of the offense was 30.5 yrs. This group represents a complete sample of female inpatients charged with these offenses over the 150 yr history more...

  International Classification:

  Deaths - infanticide

  Categories:

  infanticide; child murder-admissions

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol: 19 Page: 8-12 2002
  Niamh Mulryan; Pat Gibbons; Art O'Connor

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• 10.   Low immunisation uptake: is the process the problem?

  This study examines mothers satisfaction with the process of immunisation and its possible contribution to suboptimal immunisation uptake

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To examine mothers' satisfaction with the process of immunisation and its possible contribution to suboptimal immunisation uptake. DESIGN: In depth interviews with mothers. SETTING: Two Community Care Areas, Dublin city, Ireland. PARTICIPANTS: In depth interviews of 23 mothers of children 1-2 years old, recruited purposively from a birth cohort born in 1994. MAIN RESULTS: more...

  International Classification:

  Vaccination

  Categories:

  immunisation satisfaction

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Epidemiol Community Health, Vol: 54 Page: 394-400 May 2000
  P. M. Harrington; C. Woodman; W. F. Shannon

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• 11.   Maternal burden in families with children with autistic spectrum disorder

  The aim of this study was to investigate the extent of maternal burden in mothers of children with autism and the relationship with variables measuring child characteristics, social problems and family burden.

  

  Abstract:

  Families who have a person with autism experience increased levels of burden in many areas. In this study an attempt was made to investigate the extent of maternal burden in mothers of children with autism and the relationship with variables measuring child characteristics, social problems and family burden. The sample comprised 100 persons with autism and 100 mothers, who were more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Disorders of psychological development - autism

  Categories:

  autism

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychology, Vol: 23 Page: 2-17 2002
  Michael Fitzgerald; Gail Birkbeck; Pat Matthews

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• 12.   Maternal mental health and faltering growth in infants

  The aim of this study was to examine psychological data collected using the Parenting Stress Index, Rosenberg Self-Esteem and the General Health Questionnaire in relation to child growth

  

  Abstract:

  This study reports on the first phase of a large-scale, longitudinal, multidisciplinary community study examining the growth, learning and development of young children with a particular focus on failure to thrive without organic cause. However, the group identified in this study may be better described as weight faltering. This paper examines the psychological data collected using the more...

  International Classification:

  Growth and development

  Categories:

  child growth

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Abuse Review, Vol: 16 Page: 283-295 2007
  Laura Dunne; Helga Sneddon; Dorota Iwaniec; Moira C. Stewart

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• 13.   Mental health status of homeless children and their families

  The aim of the study was to compare the mental health status of 31 homeless 2-15 yr olds and their families and compare the findings with those of P. Vostanis

  

  Abstract:

  Examined the mental health status of 31 homeless 2-15 yr olds and their families and compared the findings with those of P. Vostanis et al (1997). 14 mothers and 2 fathers (aged 20-35 yrs) completed the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The mothers completed the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). Of the mothers, 28% (4/14) indicated the presence of more...

  International Classification:

  Other - Homelessness

  Categories:

  homeless

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol: 18 Page: 11-15 2001
  AnneMarie Waldron; Genevieve Tobin; Paul McQuaid

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• 14.   Mothers' dietary patterns during pregnancy and risk of asthma symptoms in children at 3 years

  This study examined maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy influenced general practitioner diagnosis of asthma by the age of 3 years in the Life-ways cohort of children.

  

  Abstract:

  There is increasing evidence that dietary factors in early life play a role in the aetiology of childhood asthma. Our objective in this analysis was to assess whether maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy, as measured by a validated food frequency questionnaire, influenced general practitioner diagnosis of asthma by the age of 3 years in the Life-ways cohort of children. General more...

  International Classification:

  Longitudinal - Maternal dietary patterns and childhood asthma

  Categories:

  maternal dietary patterns and childhood asthma

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: suppl 27-32 September 2007
  N. Fitzsimon; U. Fallon; D. O'Mahony; B. G. Loftus; G. Bury; A. W. Murphy; C. C. Kelleher

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• 15.   Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus: evidence for preventable peripartum transmission

  The aim of this study was to examine the effect of risk factors, including mode of delivery, on the vertical transmission rate of hepatitis C

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Little information is available about the timing of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV), and no interventions to decrease transmission rates have been identified. We examined the effect of risk factors, including mode of delivery, on the vertical transmission rate. METHODS: Data from HCV-infected women and their infants from three hospitals in Ireland and more...

  International Classification:

  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Viral hepatitis - hepatitis C

  Categories:

  hepatitis C

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Lancet, Vol: 356 Page: 904-7 September 2000
  D. M. Gibb; R. L. Goodall; D. T. Dunn; M. Healy; P. Neave; M. Cafferkey; K. Butler

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• 16.   Natural benefits

  This article reviews the reasons for the low initiation rates of breastfeeding among Irish women

  

  Abstract:

  Embarrassment and lack of employer support are just two reasons why breastfeeding initiation rates are so low among Irish women write Claire O'Donnell and Rhona O'Connell. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  World of Irish Nursing & Midwifery, Vol: 15 Page: 18-19 2007
  C. O'Donnell; R. O'Connell

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• 17.   Northern Ireland

  Legal notes. Northern Ireland - 2003 - Subjects: Child Abuse; Child Welfare

  

  Categories:

  child abuse; Child Welfare

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 27 Page: 70-72 2003
  K. O'Halloran

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• 18.   Obstetric management of hepatitis C-positive mothers: analysis of vertical transmission in 559 mother-infant pairs

  The aim of this study was to examine vertical transmission rates of hepatitis C in 2 tertiary level maternity units

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine vertical transmission rates of hepatitis C in 2 tertiary level maternity units. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective review of all hepatitis C-positive mothers and their pregnancy outcomes. RESULTS: Of 74,629 deliveries, 559 liveborn infants were born to 545 hepatitis C mothers; the rate of antenatal hepatitis C infection was more...

  International Classification:

  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Viral hepatitis - hepatitis C

  Categories:

  vertical transmission rates of hepatitis C

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Am J Obstet Gynecol, Vol: 199 Page: 315 e1-5 September 2008
  M. B. McMenamin; A. D. Jackson; J. Lambert; W. Hall; K. Butler; S. Coulter-Smith; F. M. McAuliffe

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• 19.   Ontological perspectives of breastfeeding

  This article discusses the ontological perspectives of breastfeeding

  

  Abstract:

  Globally, breastfeeding initiation and duration has fallen over the past century. Research confirms that exclusive breastfeeding for six months, as espoused by the World Health Organization is rare in both industrialized and developing countries. Furthermore, breastfeeding rates in the UK and Ireland are among the lowest in Western Europe and indeed worldwide despite breastfeeding being more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  British Journal of Midwifery, Vol: 15 Page: 779-783 2007
  R. Spencer

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• 20.   Participatory nurse/client relationships: perceptions of public health nurses and mothers of vulnerable families

  The aim of this study was to determine similarities in perceptions on participation between nurses and mothers of vulnerable families

  

  Abstract:

  Public health nurses (PHNs) in Ireland are involved with all children and their families for health screening and health education. Nurse/client relationships with vulnerable families are important, yet there is evidence that they are not participatory. Participation in the context of this study implied PHN/client consensus in relation to the needs identified and provided, in more...

  International Classification:

  Other - vulnerable families

  Categories:

  perceptions on participation; vulnerable families

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Appl Nurs Res, Vol: 21 Page: 169-72 August 2008
  H. Mulcahy; G. McCarthy

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• 21.   Psychiatric problems of children exposed to opiates in utero -- a descriptive study

  The aim of this study was to describe the psychosocial and clinical characteristics of children referred to a community-based child and adolescent mental health service, whose mothers reported that they took opiates during the pregnancy

  

  Abstract:

  Objectives: To describe the psychosocial and clinical characteristics of children referred to a community-based child and adolescent mental health service, whose mothers reported that they took opiates during the pregnancy. Methods: In a retrospective study, the case notes of all children whose mothers reported that they had been exposed to opiates in utero, and who were referred to the more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  community-based child and adolescent mental health service

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol: 22 Page: 121-123 2005
  Ciaran Clarke; Carol Fitzpatrick

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• 22.   Review of From Child to Adult: A Longitudinal Study of Irish Children and their Families

  Book Review: From Child to Adult: A Longitudinal Study of Irish Children and their Families

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book From Child to Adult: A Longitudinal Study of Irish Children and their Families by Anne Cleary, Michael Fitzgerald & Elizabeth Nixon (2004). This monograph reports on a 10-year follow-up of a sample of 185 11-year olds from Dublin who were assessed for psychological health in 1990. At age 21, 97 respondents and 80 mothers were re-interviewed. The analyses possible with more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol: 11 Page: 123-123 2006
  Heather Joshi

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• 23.   Review of Mother and child: Maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60

  Book Review: Mother and child: Maternity and child welfare in Dublin,

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book, Mother and child: Maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60 by Lindsey Earner-Byrne (2007). This publication explores in detail the development of maternity and child welfare services in Dublin during the early decades following independence, is a most valuable contribution to the historiography. Tracing the roles, and interaction, of Church, State, the medical more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Gender Studies, Vol: 17 Page: 177-179 2008
  Myrtle Hill

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• 24.   Review of Young Families under Stress: Outcomes and Costs of Home-Start Support

  Book Review: Young Families under Stress: Outcomes and Costs of Home-Start Support

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews Young Families under Stress: Outcomes and Costs of Home-Start Support by C. McAuley et al (2004). This book gives the results of a study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Home-Start support in terms of both outcomes for families and costs. The current study is a comparison study of 88 mothers receiving Home-Start support and 89 mothers in areas where Home-Start was not more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 10 Page: 179-180 2005
  Jacqueline Barnes

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• 25.   Short-term changes in maternal and neonatal urinary iodine excretion

  The aim of this study was to examine short-term changes in maternal and neonatal urinary iodine excretion in relation to breast feeding and bottle feeding babies

  

  Abstract:

  Investigation of maternal urinary iodine (UI) excretion in the immediate antenatal and early postpartum periods showed a precipitous fall in median values from 93 microg/L antenatally to 36 microg/L at delivery subsequently rising to 49 microg/L and 63 microg/L at days 3 and 10 postpartum respectively. The fate of ingested iodine not appearing in the maternal urine is unknown but more...

  International Classification:

  Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - breast feeding

  Categories:

  urinary iodine excretion; -breast feeding

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Thyroid, Vol: 17 Page: 219-22 March 2007
  P. P. Smyth; D. F. Smith; S. Sheehan; M. Higgins; R. Burns; C. O'Herlihy

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• 26.   Supporting mothers: issues in a Community Mothers Programme

  This study describes a community support programme which implicitly challenges the assumption that the existence of a partner and local kin obviates the need to support women when they come home from hospital with a new baby

  

  Abstract:

  This article describes a community support programme which implicitly challenges the assumption that the existence of a partner and local kin obviates the need to support women when they come home from hospital with a new baby. Implicit in the programme is the idea that support by mothers, of mothers, validates the activity of child care and is one way of facilitating the child's more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  community support programme - mother and child support

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Community, Work & Family, Vol: 4 Page: 63-85 2001
  Pat O'Connor

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• 27.   Suspected child abuse: communicating with a child and her mother

  This case report discusses how the value judgments of the health professionals involved affected the interaction between themselves and a mother with her injured child who presented at an accident and emergency department

  

  Abstract:

  The purpose of this article is to explore and examine how the value judgments of the health professionals involved affected the interaction between themselves and a mother with her injured child who presented at an accident and emergency department. The interaction is depicted by means of a classroom role-play in which the "actors" are nurses. Analysis of the interaction more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  value judgments of professionals

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  J Pediatr Nurs, Vol: 17 Page: 229-35 June 2002
  B. Reid; A. Long

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• 28.   The concordance between mother-infant attachment at 18 months and maternal attachment 10 years later among married and single mothers

  The aim of this study was to report on the concordance between mother-infant attachment at 18 months and maternal attachment 10 years later among married and single mothers

  

  Abstract:

  Examined the concordance between infant-mother attachment at 18 mo, assessed in the Strange Situation, and maternal representations of attachment, assessed by the Adult Attachment Interview over 10 yrs later. Ss were 20 mother-infant dyads selected for heterogeneity, and included 15 infants classified secure and 5 classified insecure at 18 mo. 12 mothers were married (mean age 25 yrs) more...

  International Classification:

  Other - mother-infant attachment

  Categories:

  mother-infant attachment

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychology, Vol: 21 Page: 154-170 2000
  Maureen Gaffney; Sheila M. Greene; Dorit Wieczorek-Deering; J. Kevin Nugent

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• 29.   The impact on mothers of bringing up a child with intellectual disabilities: A cross-cultural study

  The aim of this study was to describe across three different cultures - Irish,Taiwanese and Jordanian -the inter-relationships among three indicators of maternal well-being.

  

  Abstract:

  Background: Most research into the impact on mothers of having a child with an intellectual disability has been done in Western cultures. These mothers are at increased risk of stress, along with poorer health and weakened family relationships. Nurses are well placed to support these mothers. Objectives: (1) To describe across three different cultures--Irish, Taiwanese and more...

  International Classification:

  Other - maternal well-being

  Categories:

  maternal well-being

  Geography:

  International

  International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol: 45 Page: 65-74 2008
  Roy McConkey; Maria Truesdale-Kennedy; Mei-Ying Chang; Samiha Jarrah; Raghda Shukri

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• 30.   The meaning of respite care to mothers of children with learning disabilities: Two Irish case studies

  This study examined the meaning of respite care to mothers of children with learning disabilities

  

  Abstract:

  There is a growing interest in Ireland in the nature and significance of respite care for carers and those for whom they care. The relationship of individual stress with caring full time for a child who is learning disabled is well documented. Provision of respite care is seen as an important means of alleviating individual carer stress. Yet, the apparent benefits of respite care have more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Disorders of psychological development - learning disabilities

  Categories:

  learning disabilities; respite care

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Vol: 10 Page: 335-342 2003
  L. Hartrey; J. S. G. Wells

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• 31.   'They are not looking at the cost of living': a study of income adequacy in Northern Ireland

  This article argues that the UK government has failed in its duty to guarantee 'an adequate income and resources to live in human dignity 'for all.

  

  Abstract:

  This article argues that the UK government has failed in its duty to guarantee 'an adequate income and resources to live in human dignity' (EC, 2000, p27) for all. The evidence provided is qualitative, from a study of mothers and young people in the most disadvantaged parts of Northern Ireland. Mothers, particularly those on benefits, found it very difficult to provide food and warmth. more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Benefits: The Journal of Poverty & Social Justice, Vol: 15 Page: 59-68 2007

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• 32.   WITHDRAWN: Home-based support for disadvantaged teenage mothers

  WITHDRAWN: The aim of the review was to assess the effectiveness of home-visiting programmes for women who have recently given birth and who are socially or economically disadvantaged.

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Babies born to socio-economically disadvantaged mothers are at higher risk of injury, abuse or neglect and health problems than babies born to more affluent mothers; disadvantaged teenage mothers are at particular risk of adverse outcomes. Home-visiting programs are thought to improve outcomes for both mothers and children, largely through advice and support. OBJECTIVES: To more...

  International Classification:

  Systematic Review

  Geography:

  Systematic Review

  Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2008
  G. Macdonald; C. Bennett; J. Dennis; E. Coren; J. Patterson; M. Astin; J. Abbott

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• 33.   Young families under stress: Assessing maternal and child well-being using a mixed-methods approach

  This study focuses upon the assessment of well-being of mothers and their children in162 young families experiencing stress in south-east England and Northern Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  Supporting parents has been reinforced as central to improving children's lives. Assessment of needs, however, is crucial to the provision of effective support. This paper focuses upon the assessment of well-being of mothers and their children in 162 young families experiencing stress in south-east England and Northern Ireland. A mixed-methods approach to assessment was adopted and the more...

  International Classification:

  Other - perspectives

  Categories:

  well-being and stress

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 11 Page: 43-54 2006
  Colette McAuley; Nyree McCurry; Martin Knapp; Jennifer Beecham; Michelle Sleed

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