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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Family Well-Being"”.
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Social Policy and Family Well-Being: Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… I focus on issues in maternal and child well-being, as well as family structure and behavior, and draw implications for addressing the needs of disadvantaged populations in the United States. I use quasi-experimental empirical strategies with large and varied data sets to provide credible …
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<b>Black and Latina Family Child Care Educators' </b><b>Community-Centered Care</b><b>: Cultivating Healthy Development and Family Well-Being</b>
… et al., 2011).</p><p dir="ltr">Despite the well-documented advantages of ECE, the systems that underpin these programs are beset by numerous challenges, including funding constraints, workforce turnover, and issues related to program accessibility(Petig et al., 2024). There exists an urgent …
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Children With Special Needs Oral Health Quality of Life Survey
… the effects of oral health conditions on general well-being and family life of these children. A secondary aim of the study was to investigate correlations between specific health care conditions, gender, and age of these children and their global ratings of oral health and well-being.Methods: …
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Forced Termination Among Clergy: A Study of Experiences, Processes and Effects & Their Connection to Stress & Well-Being Outcomes
… low levels of self-efficacy, self-esteem, and family well-being. The third study, examined the mental health of those who had been forcibly terminated. In a convenience sample of 55 ministers who had been forcibly terminated, in general, participants scored above the accepted cut-off score for …
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Understanding the Lived Experiences and Perceived Impacts of Incarceration on the Well-being of Adult Family Members
… As a result, countless immediate and extended family members are impacted by incarceration. My research study aimed to better understand the experiences of adult family members and how their experience impacts their well-being, including their physical health, mental health, life satisfaction, …
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Multi-level Model of Parent-Child Attachment, Depression & Self-Concept in Pediatric Chronic Illness
… lower self-concept when difficulties within the family arise. The Mastering Each New Direction (MEND) program is a psychosocial intervention aimed at addressing adherence and family issues in adolescent CI. Methods: Drawing data from 50 MEND participants, we used multilevel modeling techniques to …
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A qualitative study of the needs of parents of handicapped pre-schoolers attending a special school
… needs or include needs relating to parent and family well-being. In chapter I this question is debated in light of literature on early intervention history and practice in the USA. The reciprocal interaction of handicap and family is seen to be important. This necessitates a family systems …
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The relationship between selected housing and demographic charateristics and employment status among rural, low-income families
… project that focused on assessing changes in the well-being and functioning of rural low-income families in the context of welfare reform. Quantitative analysis was conducted to determine the housing situations of the families and the relationships of these factors with the family economic and …
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Member-perceived Determinants of Resilience of Stokvels Operating in selected Rural Areas of Vhembe District, South Africa
… mutual growth such as financial capabilities and family well-being were found to be the major constructs when assessing resilience of stokvels. The constructs were drawn from seven resilience determining factors, namely disciplinary measures, risk-averseness, cohesiveness and team-support, …
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A Qualitative Examination of Resilience Among Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Using the Resilience Portfolio Model
… 2) the positive strategies they use to promote family well-being 3) how their earlier experiences in life influence their parenting experience with their grandchildren and 4) how they not only protect their families from future crises but how others are testifying of seeing positive changes in …
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PREGNANCY, WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION: A PARTICIPATORY QUALITATIVE STUDY
… during pregnancy is important for individual and family well-being. British public health and academic policy and guidance promotes service user involvement in health care and research, however collaborative research remains underrepresented in literature relating to pregnant women’s mental …
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Šeimų, turinčių vaikų, socialinės apsaugos problemos ir perspektyvos Lietuvoje /
Family has always been one of the most important and strongest social units in society. So far, there is a strong focus on family well-being. In order to create and maintain a social system, which effectively ensure a stable family life, both, at the international and national level, is done at a …
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Assessing the Psychosocial Needs of Individuals Diagnosed with Cancer, by Age and Sex on Interest in Support Group Attendance
… outlets such as support groups to facilitate a wellness model of care (Myers & Sweeney, 2008). Using the demographics of age and sex, I plan to analyze and identify what psychosocial needs are significant to individuals diagnosed with cancer, and compare the sex and age of two significantly …
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Hateful and Heartwarming Bonds: The Senses as Strategy in the South Korean Family
… up to state or societal pressures regarding family-making, child-rearing, and maternal subjectivity. The senses, affect, and emotions are employed to carve out space for individual and family well-being within neoliberal logics of productivity, but these new areas of sensory possibility are …
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Immigrant and U.S. Born Early Head Start Families: Exploring the Relationship Between Parenting Stress, Attachment Behaviors, Primary Caregiver Depressive Symptoms, and Parent-child Attachment in a Nationally-representative Sample
… and sensitive. Second, a need to expand family well-being services through Head Start programming. Lastly, preliminary findings suggest the need to consider intersections of nationality and race/ethnicity as well as levels of education and gender.</p>
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Childhood Maltreatment and Romantic Relationship Functioning During Pregnancy: Women’s Narrative Coherence About Partners and Couples’ Conflict Communication and Recovery
… relationships are highly influential for family well-being. Additionally, very limited research has been conducted on fathers’ relationship experiences after a history of CM. In a set of two papers, this dissertation examined the effects of CM on 1) pregnant women’s narrative coherence …
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Pragmatic family life education: moving beyond the expert-based, content-driven model of serving families
The field of family life education (FLE) is shifting from an expert-based, content-driven model of education that is rooted in a positivistic epistemology of practice to a more collaborative, strength-based model that integrates scientific knowledge from family sciences with the values and …
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Effectiveness of Play2Sleep with Mothers and Fathers of Infants: A Mixed Methods Study
… and are associated with poorer parental health, family well-being, and child developmental outcomes. Assisting families to manage infant sleep disturbances may improve well-being, as well as support child development. However, addressing only sleep-related parenting behaviors and interactions may …
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How States Developed Plans to Meet a Federal Mandate: Addressing the Challenges of the Child and Family Services Reviews
… standards regarding safety, permanency, and well-being of children served by their child welfare systems. These issues are important for the approximately 500,000 children in foster care at any point in time. There is also significant concern for the millions of children involved in the child …
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Perspectives of Stress and Coping among Older, College-Educated African American Women
… strategies used to buffer stress and protect wellbeing. Data analysis procedures involved open and focused coding, analytical memo writing, and diagramming. Findings illuminate the unique social position of older, college-educated African American women. Four primary types of stressors were …
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