Dr E E Young, Consultant Endocrinologist, Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria; and Dr C N Unachukwu, Consultant Endocrinologist, Department of Medicine, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Correspondence to: Dr E E Young. Email: [email protected] Introduction An individual’s health behaviour is influenced by his o...

This review addresses the psychosocial research carried out on surrogacy triads (surrogate mothers, commissioning mothers and offspring) and shows that research has focused on a number of specific issues: attachment and disclosure to surrogate offspring; experiences, characteristics and motivations of surrogate mothers; and changes in profiles of the commissioning/intended mothers. Virtually al...

309 The health benefits of regular physical activity have been studied and are well described in the literature (1). The psychosocial benefits of regular physical activity, which are considered to be as important as the health benefits, are less clear (2). The current data regarding the impact of physical activity on children’s psychosocial health confirm an associative, rather then a causal li...

a Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 575 N. West Drive, Room 070, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA b National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, Behavioral Intervention and Research Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA c Division of Adolescent and Behavioral Health, University of Texas Medical Branch...

BACKGROUND Attempts to identify particular aspects of psychosocial work conditions as predictors of sickness absence remain inconclusive. A global measure has previously been suggested to be an efficient way to measure psychosocial work conditions in questionnaires. This paper investigates whether satisfaction with specific aspects of psychosocial work conditions explains sickness absence beyon...