ood health often depends on having a good job and economic security. At the same time, staying healthy is often critical to keeping a job. For women, the tie between health and economic security is intensified by their responsibilities for caring for sick children or family members. In fact, The Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women’s Health finds that half of all lowincome, nonworking women a...

This study aims to determine how the experience of parents in caring for mentally disabled children. research method uses a qualitative descriptive phenomenological approach. The results obtained six themes, namely (1). response when their child is said be RM, (2). RM child's birth weight, (3). RM's parenting pattern, (4). Parents' efforts train children's independence, (5). form family support...

objectives: the global prevalence of lifetime depression is very high among women in the world–approximately 12-25 percent. the global prevalence of disability is also very high and the estimated figure for the end of 2000 was put at around 300 million. the child’s disability stresses the mother the most, and this stress shows itself in the form of depression, and causes the mother’s performanc...

The purpose of this study is that by modifying the game football it can help with basic movement problems experienced mentally retarded children. This research experimental a one group pretest-posttest design. population in were students from SLB-C Cendrawasih Makassar. number samples used amounted to 10 people. sampling technique uses purposive or determination certain criteria, namely as foll...

PURPOSE The aim of this paper is to examine conceptual issues that challenge development of valid and useful measures of children's participation. METHOD Ambiguities in the current definition of participation in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) are examined along with their implications for developing valid measures for children and youth. RESULTS...