INTRODUCTION: Student hardship in social work has become the subject of research recent years. Social students face particular challenges because financial, and emotional demands long, unpaid, clinical placements. APPROACH: This article reports on a literature review conducted prior to mixed-methods study commenced 2019. informed development survey graduates set qualitative interviews that will...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic status is strongly associated with obesity. Current economic circumstances are also independently associated with self-reported weight status in Finnish civil servants. We aimed to examine three types of financial hardship in relation to measured general and central obesity in a general population of older adults, while considering conventional socioeconomic indicators....

Tiny sap-sucking insects that are a scourge to gardeners also have the upside of helping trees survive in seasonally dry forests in Central America. How? Scale insects use carbon they get from Cordia alliodora trees to make sugar-rich ‘‘honeydew’’ for Azteca pittieri ants, which in turn defend the trees against leaf-munching insects. Mutualism is often stronger when resources are scarce, but th...

To get something you never had……you have to do did. I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless take RISKS……NOTHING. Ease…..is a greater threat progress than hardship. Thomas Edison conducted 1000 experiments. Because the and first – was light bulb. Every failed experiment one step closer success So what feel passionate about. Take chances.

IMPORTANCE Parent psychological distress can impact the well-being of childhood cancer patients and other children in the home. Recognizing and alleviating factors of parent distress may improve overall family survivorship experiences following childhood cancer. OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence and factors of psychological distress (PD) among parents of children with advanced cancer. D...

Research suggests that spirituality is important to a large percentage of the older adult population and serves as a promoter of healthy aging. In this qualitative research I conducted and analyzed multiple interviews with 6 women aged 80 and older. Using multiple in-depth interviews I explored the interplay between spirituality and resilience over the life course. A grounded theory analysis of...

OBJECTIVE There is robust epidemiological and clinical evidence of the harmful effects of unemployment on psychological well-being, but the mechanisms through which this occurs is still strongly debated. In addition, there is even less evidence on the impact of underemployment on mental health. Using longitudinal data collected from a cohort of 20-24 years old, the present study examines a rang...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a sample of elderly Chinese people in Hong Kong. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING 18 elderly health centers in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS This study was based on a cohort aged 65 years or above who were enrolled in the Elderly Health Services from 1998 to 2005 in ...