Maternal and child health nurses in two outer urban local government areas in Melbourne, Australia were interviewed about how they facilitated first-time parent groups. Groups were offered to all first time mothers and almost two thirds of mothers joined a group. The groups ran for approximately eight sessions and provided infant-focussed parent education and social contact. Women who joined th...

Maternal and child health nurses in two outer urban local government areas in Melbourne, Australia were interviewed about how they facilitated first-time parent groups. Groups were offered to all first time mothers and almost two thirds of mothers joined a group. The groups ran for approximately eight sessions and provided infant-focussed parent education and social contact. Women who joined th...

This article reports on research into the relationships that a group of case managers formed with local service providers in order to deliver integrated, "joined-up" services to young people experiencing homelessness and unemployment in the state of Victoria, Australia. Using a two-part customized survey tool, we explored the number and nature of relationships with other agencies. Two focus gro...

DNA makes RNA makes protein and cells are full of many other molecules – these are the subject matter of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics, and no doubt lots of other omics too. Browsing in the library, one comes across a journal called Omics: A Journal of Integrative Biology. The articles in the current issue appear to apply individual omics, not joined-up omics. The first...

53 persons suspected to alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency detection (aatd) were investigated for zz, mz, zs, ss, and ms alleles analysis by serum protein electrophoresis (spe), measurement of trypsin inhibiting capacity (tic), isoelectric focusing (ief), polymerase chain reaction (pcr), and ief/pcr-rflp techniques. the result clearly shows by using spe and tic techniques only 35.85 % and 50.08% of ...