Correspondence: Robert J. Palisano, Drexel University, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, 245 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192, USA E-mail: robert.j.palisano@drexel. edu Abstract Background Understanding the needs of families of children and youth with cerebral palsy (CP) is important for family-centred services. The aims of this study were to identify: (1) ...

METHODS As described in Table 1 (see page 36), most respondents were women and middle to lower middle class. The group was diverse in race and ethnicity. Respondents were experienced caregivers typically caring for recipients with some degree of cognitive impairment. Using standard focus group interview techniques, views were elicited on the central question: In your caregiving role, what has b...

Since 1970, the Title X family planning program of the US Public Health Service act has helped low-income American women avoid unintended pregnancies, abortions, and unwanted births. In addition to averting a million pregnancies (and half as many abortions) each year, the 4400 Title X clinics provide an array of reproductive health services. Funding for the program, however, has never recover...

This is a quantitative methodological development study on the cross-cultural adaptation of the 'Family Needs Questionnaire' (FNQ), which is a structured instrument developed in the United States to measure the perceived needs of family members after the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) of a relative. This instrument aims to identify important needs presented by family members, whether met or not. ...

While the financial, physical and psycho-social burden for caregivers is recorded, less is known about the post-caring experience. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the experiences and needs of Irish former family carers in the post-caring/care transitions period. Former family carers were defined as family members who provided physical and/or social care to a fam...

T he first days, weeks, and months after a delivery represent a period of substantial information and service needs for both mother and child, including treatment of hemorrhage and infections, breastfeeding infor mation and support, nutritional comple­ ments and micronutrients, immunizations for children and mothers, counseling for managing intimate partner violence and depression, and, most im...

INTRODUCTION The patients' families in intensive care units (ICUs) experience excessive stress which may disrupt their performance in daily life. Empathy is basic to the nursing role and has been found to be associated with improved patient outcomes and greater satisfaction with care in patient and his/her family. However, few studies have investigated the nursing empathy with ICU patients. Thi...

BACKGROUND: Public sector health care providers in rural Guatemala have infrequently offered family planning information and services in routine visits. This operations research project tested a strategy to modify certain practices that prevent health workers from proactively screening clients' needs and meeting them. METHODS: The research design was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest-f...