This study examined the extent to which women accessing antenatal-care services in Botswana were offered HIV-related information and counselling and an opportunity to take an HIV test as part of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of infection, and how these women responded. Data for this study were drawn from the Botswana AIDS Impact Survey 2001, a nationally-representative sample s...

Health Secretary, threw the phrase " children's trusts " into the arena of public debate when he addressed a national social services conference in Cardiff on 16 October 2002. He said: " I intend to create specialist children's trusts to jointly plan, commission, finance, and, where it makes sense, deliver children's services. Children's trusts which commission services will be based in local c...

the Social Services. A book of information regarding the Statutory and Voluntary Services. (Published annually by the Family Welfare Association. 51st edition, 1962. 7s. 6d.) This reference book is not as widely known among social workers and students as it ought to be. In a handy and readable form it covers the basic details of legislation and administration over an extensive field. Central an...

Korean Americans (KAs) with psychiatric service needs underutilizes the mainstream mental health services in United States (US). Barriers to mental health service access among KAs reflect their unique heritage and culture. More than two-thirds of KAs identify themselves as Christians, and Korean clergy have influential roles in daily lives of vast majority of KAs. By working with the Korean cle...