Social Support of Chronically-ill Children and Healthy Children

[Social support of chronically mentally ill patients].

AIM Assessment of the social support system of mentally ill persons covered by a local rehabilitation programme situated in Targówek, Warsaw. METHOD The sample consists of 92 participants with serious mental illness. Bizoń's Social Support Inventory and Social Support Map were used. RESULTS Patients' social networks were small (9 persons in average) but had a broad scope of functions. Thera...

Chronically ill children and fragile families.

domestication and foreignization in children literature translation

این پایان نامه به بررسی بومی سازی و بیگانه سازی در ادبیات کودکان مخصوصا زانر فانتزی می پردازد. در این پایان نامه ترجمه 14 کتاب داستان فانتزی برای سه گروه سنی کودکان بر اساس مدل ونوتی یعنی بومی سازی و بیگانه سازی مقاسه شدندکه در نتیجه برای سه گروه سنی از هر دو استراتزی توسط مترجمان در ترجمه کلمات فرهنگی استفاده شده است.

PTSD and psychological distress in Icelandic parents of chronically ill children: does social support have an effect on parental distress?

The purpose of the study was to investigate psychological distress and the prevalence of PTSD among Icelandic parents of chronically ill children, and the potential effects of social support on distress, at two points in time. The Impact on Family scale (IFS), the Trauma Symptom Checklist (TSC), the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) and the Crisis Support Scale (CSS) were completed by 105 pare...

Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in chronically ill children.

Osteoporosis secondary to chronic disease in children has emerged as a major health issue. As the severity of a child's illness increases, so too does the number of factors affecting their bone health. Determinants of bone health in children include level of mobility, exposure to osteotoxic medication, nutritional status, calcium and vitamin D intake, chronic inflammation and pubertal development.