The Wonca Working Party for Women and Family Medicine (WWPWFM) was organized in 2001 with the following objectives: to identify the key issues for women doctors; to review Wonca policies and procedures for equity and transparency; to provide opportunities to network at meetings and through the group's listserve and website; and to promote women doctors' participation in Wonca initiatives.In Oct...

The aim of this study was to conduct a preliminary analysis of relations between child and environmental variables, including factors related to communication aid provision, and participation in informal everyday activities in a sample of children with complex communication needs. Ninety-seven caregivers of children provided with communication aids responded to a questionnaire survey. Child var...

OBJECTIVE To explore factors influencing participation and attrition in a family-led weight-management programme for obese Pacific children. DESIGN Qualitative study used bilingual in-depth interviews at exit and end of an 8-week weight-management programme. SETTING New Zealand. SUBJECTS Forty-two parents/primary caregivers of obese children who were randomised in the intervention weight-...

This study was proposed to analyze the domiciliary energy disposal, the relative participation of macronutrients in the Total Energy Value (VET) and the contribution of different food groups in the disposal energy in residences of the North and South regions of Brazil according to the monthly family income. It was used the micro data of the Family Budget Research--POF related to the period of 2...

Introduction and Purpose: Optimal social participation, which is the ultimate goal targeted by rehabilitation professionals for their clients, can be defined as perfect congruence between an individual’s expectations and reality. Work-family dynamic requires balance between the different spheres of a worker’s life. The purpose is to explore the perception of rehabilitation professionals regardi...

OBJECTIVE Study self-esteem of the elderly and factors related. MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross-sectional survey of two hundred and seventy elderly, aged 60 or above in rural areas of Nakhon Sawan Province. The data were collected by interview questionnaire from May 12 to May 25, 2003. Statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson product moment c...