摘要:

The extent to which authors of Children's Health Care articles showed increased attention to the elements of family-centered care following the publication of Shelton, Jeppson, and Johnson's (1987) book Family-Centered Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs was examined. A total of 223 parent-oriented and family-oriented articles published during the 1980 to 1991 period were analyzed. The findings showed greater incorporation of family-centered notions into published articles after versus before publication of the Shelton et al. book, although the year in which changes occurred and the magnitude of the changes were quite variable for different elements of care. In cases where increased attention was paid to the elements of care, different subsets of elements were more likely to be attended to by different authors.

ISSN:0273-9615    

DOI:10.1207/s15326888chc2204_1

出版商:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

This study explored the relation of personal and professional characteristics to the attitudes of health professionals toward parent participation. A random sample of members of the Association for the Care of Children's Health completed the Parent Participation Questionnaire. Attitudes were more accepting in subjects who were parents (p<.01), ever married (p<.05), educators (p<.01); older (p<.01), more experienced (p<.01), and/or had a higher level of education (p<.01). Health professionals need to develop means of creating positive attitudes that are not based solely on an individual's characteristics. These, however, can be mediated through several strategies--for example, role modeling, sharing, and education.

ISSN:0273-9615    

DOI:10.1207/s15326888chc2204_2

出版商:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

This study extends previous investigations of prematurity prejudice by manipulating labels of infant health status and infant gender in a 2 x 2 factorial design. Eighty-eight parents of young children born prematurely viewed a videotape of a preterm infant on an apnea monitor and then completed ratings of premature infant behavior, attractiveness, general health, and caregiving. Analyses of variance yielded significant results only on the General Health scale with a significant main effect for infant health. The health status bias did not globally influence all perceptions. Implications for clinical practice are discussed, and future research directions are outlined.

ISSN:0273-9615    

DOI:10.1207/s15326888chc2204_3

出版商:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

To determine the association of Type A behavior and coronary heart disease risk factors in children with a familial predisposition for premature atherosclerosis, subjects 6 to 16 years of age were evaluated on psychological and coronary risk measures. Subjects were classified as being Type A or Type B using the Student Structured Interview. Type A subjects had lower total serum and LDL cholesterol levels and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure than Type B subjects. In addition, Type A subjects had more social competence skills and less behavioral disturbance relative to Type B subjects. Type A subjects tended to have better endurance on treadmill stress testing. These results suggest that in children with increased risk for coronary artery disease, the Type A behavior pattern may be associated with better fitness, better psychological health, and lower serum cholesterol levels. We hypothesized that the psychological and physiological characteristics of children with Type A behavior may enable them to adopt hygienic lifestyles more readily than children with Type B behavior.

ISSN:0273-9615    

DOI:10.1207/s15326888chc2204_4

出版商:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

We evaluated the accuracy of primary health care providers' predictions of parents' adherence to their children's short-term antibiotic regimen and a scheduled follow-up appointment. Adherence predictions were compared with objective measures of the parents' adherence. Providers were poor predictors of non-adherence, greatly overestimating the percentage of parents who would be adherent. Non-adherence is typically addressed by applying adherence improvement strategies to all patients. Recent pediatric research, however, suggests that applying contingency-based interventions for adherent patients can result in later non-adherence if the strategies are withdrawn. Inaccurate predictions of adherence will result in many non-adherent patients not receiving a needed intervention. The results indicate the need for strong behavioral predictors that result in more accurate identification of patient non-adherence to guide further applications of adherence improvement strategies.

ISSN:0273-9615    

DOI:10.1207/s15326888chc2204_5

出版商:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: Taylor