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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the concept of child vulnerability as perceived by Iraqw and Datoga peoples in northern Tanzania. Design: A mixed methods design was used, which included semistructured interviews (n = 32) and a questionnaire (n = 80) administered to members of the two ethnic groups. Findings: Five main […]
…Objectives To determine whether elder abuse can predict mortality and disability over the ensuing 12 years. Design Population-based prospective cohort study of women aged 70 to 75 in 1996; survival analysis. Setting Australia. Participants Twelve thousand sixty-six women with complete data on elder abuse. Measurements Elder abuse was assessed using the 12-item Vulnerability to Abuse […]
…Abstract: The approval of the first protease inhibitors as treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is rapidly transforming the way patients with chronic hepatitis C are managed. Treatment regimens are moving to combinations given for shortened periods, excluding poorly tolerated subcutaneous interferon, and providing rates of cure exceeding 75%. The recognition of HCV infection […]
…The article presents a case study of a 44 year-old married woman with a history of breast cancer, who was taken to an outpatient resident assessment clinic due to anxiety. The patient has various stressors such as raising a child with special needs, family conflicts and unresolved losses of love ones. Her parents were emotionally, […]
…This practice note will show that resilience among children who have been maltreated is the result of multiple protective factors, including the quality of the services provided to children exposed to chronic adversity. This social ecological perspective of resilience suggests that resilience is a process resulting from interactions between individuals and their environments, and depends […]
…Children placed in the state’s custody due to neglect, abuse or maltreatment are one of America’s most vulnerable populations. Seventy-five percent of child victims of maltreatment are under the age of 12. Not only is their suffering a problem, these children are also at increased risk for delinquent behavior later in life. While research has […]
…Is harassment based on personal characteristics such as race/ ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, or disability more detrimental than general harassment? In 2 large population-based studies of adolescents, more than one third of those harassed reported bias-based school harassment. Both studies show that bias-based harassment is more strongly associated with compromised health than general harassment. Research […]
…Bullying, despite its pervasive media coverage and many adverse effects, has been examined little in youth with intellectual disability (ID). We assessed the prevalence, chronicity, and severity of bullying of, and by, 46 adolescents with ID and 91 with typical cognitive development (TD). Measures of bullying at child age 13 were derived from separate semistructured […]
…PTSD symptoms related to school bullying have rarely been investigated, and never in national samples. We used data from a national survey to investigate this among students from grades 8 and 9 (n = 963). The prevalence estimates of exposure to bullying were within the range of earlier research findings. Multinomial logistic regression showed that […]
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