Article history: Received 18 February 2016 Received in revised form 17 May 2016 Accepted 17 May 2016 Available online 18 May 2016 Joint physical custody, i.e., children spending an equal amount of time in both parents' home after a separation or divorce, is increasing inmany countries. In line with the national policy to promote paternal involvement in parenting, two-thirds of Swedish preschool...

We analyze three-body decays of and . Under the factorization approach, there are tree level diagrams for these decay modes and the transition matrix element of decay is factorized into a form factor multiplied by decay constant and form factor multiplied into weak vertices form factor. The transition matrix element of decay is also factorized into a form factor multiplied into weak vertic...

OBJECTIVES To modify the existing 45-item Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI) Quality-of-Life (QOL) instrument (VPIQL), to assess the modified instrument for reliability, and to provide further validation. DESIGN Validation convenience sample from a previously conducted pilot study. SETTING Two academic tertiary referral medical centers. PARTICIPANTS Deidentified data were used from 29 pat...

The tradition of basic Islamic education in Aceh adopts the concept lifelong education, which is fulfilled from age 0. This study aims to identify how through informal, formal, and non-formal based on National Education System Number 20 2003 Government Regulation 55 2007 concerning Religious Education. In addition, this also observe who plays an active role shaping basics children. research qua...

BACKGROUND Asthma is becoming increasingly prevalent among children in China. Poor parent knowledge and attitudes often contribute to inappropriate management practices, leading to deficiencies in the care process. We aimed to document the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of parents of children with asthma and analyze how knowledge and attitudes relate to practices. Our secondary object...

OBJECTIVE Our goal was to determine the feasibility of school staff voluntarily adopting strategies to deliver health-promotion messages to primary and middle school students during the school day. METHODS During the 2006-2007 school year, we provided a resource kit with strategies for promoting physical activity and healthy eating through use of the 5-2-1-0 message (encouraging > or =5 servi...

BACKGROUND Although the vaccination coverage in most high income countries is high, variations in coverage rates on the national level among different ethnic backgrounds are reported. A qualitative study was performed to explore factors that influence decision-making among parents with different ethnic backgrounds in the Netherlands. METHODS Six focus groups were conducted with 33 mothers of ...

BACKGROUND A chronic illness, such as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), has an impact on the whole family, especially on parents caring for the ill child. Therefore the aim of this study is to evaluate parental Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and parental perceptions of child vulnerability (PPCV) and associated variables in parents of a child with JIA. METHODS Parents of all JIA pat...