The effect of a family-based mindfulness intervention on children with attention deficit and hyperactivity symptoms and their parents: design and rationale for a randomized, controlled clinical trial (Study protocol)

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“Charity Begins at Home”: Informal Caring Barriers to Formal Volunteering Among Older People

Formal volunteering is an important economic and social activity. In many countries, prevalence of volunteering is decreasing overall, including among older people who constitute a major volunteering resource. This qualitative study explored reasons for non-volunteering among seniors, with a focus on those who attribute their non-volunteering to their existing helping commitments. Forty-nine Australian interviewees aged 60 + years described a range of social, psychological, and temporal factors that resulted in their prioritization of informal rather than formal volunteering activities. These factors are mapped onto a theoretical framework matrix, with social identity and social capital theories appearing to possess the most explanatory power. The findings suggest that programs designed to encourage formal volunteering among older people need to be implemented in a manner that recognizes that members of this group can hold many other responsibilities that limit their ability to participate, especially those assisting in the care of multiple generations

A review of the evidence for hand hygiene in different clinical and community settings for family physicians

This paper discusses the evidence of hand hygiene (mainly hygienic hand antisepsis) in reducing infections in different settings. In the hospital setting, there is convincing evidence that hand hygiene is effective in reducing nosocomial infections such as urinary tract infection, pneumonia, surgical wound infection and sepsis of in-patients, and in reducing the incidence rates of infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). In long-term care facilities, there is limited evidence to prove whether hand hygiene is effective or not in reducing infections. In institutions such as schools, it is evident that hand hygiene is effective in reducing gastrointestinal illnesses and probably respiratory illnesses among healthy children and young adults. In the community, it is evident that hand hygiene is effective in reducing diarrhoea among healthy individuals within families. Unfortunately, despite the above evidence, doctors are constantly reported to have poor compliance in many studies. Therefore it is important for doctors to improve their compliance in hand hygiene whether they practise in hospitals or in their own clinics.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

Correlates and prevalence of depression in chinese residents of nursing homes in Hong Kong and implications for services and intervention policies

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Minor forms of parental maltreatment and educational achievement of immigrant youths in young adulthood : a longitudinal study

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The moderating effects of gratitude on the association between perceived parenting styles and suicidal ideation

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The effects of family-based mindfulness intervention on ADHD symptomology in young children and their parents : a randomized control trial

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Mindfulness-based intervention for caregivers of frail older Chinese adults : a study protocol

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