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Challenges in the care for consanguineous couples: an exploratory interview study among general practitioners and midwives [PDF]

, 2012
Background It is often suggested that an effort must be made to increase awareness among consanguineous couples of their reproductive risk, and to refer them for genetic counseling if needed. Primary care professionals are considered most appropriate for
Cornel, M.C., Hagelaar, A., Henneman, L., Kate, L.P. ten, Teeuw, M.E.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Social Comparison and Its Association With Disordered Eating Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Social comparison has been widely implicated in the etiology and maintenance of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. At the same time, however, the magnitude of this relationship remains unclear, with existing studies varying widely in methodology, measurement, and sample characteristics.
Fidan Turk, Aysesu Bozdogan, Rachel Hughes, Phaedra Longhurst, Millie Chilvers, Ellen E. Fitzsimmons‐Craft   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes of Parents With a Child With Autosomal Recessive Disease Toward Consanguinity

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Consanguineous marriages are known to increase the risk of autosomal recessive genetic disorder. In this study we aimed to examine the perspective and attitudes of parents with 1 or more affected children by an AR disease toward consanguineous marriages.
Yagoub Al-Kandari PhD, Shaker Bahzad MD, Dina Ramadan MD, Hind Alsharhan MD, Mohammad Hussain MD, Waleed Al-Herz MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cognitive Predictors of Cousin Marriage Among Couples Visiting Counseling Centers in Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad Province

Journal of Education and Community Health, 2014
Background and Objectives: Giving birth to a child with disabilities is two-three times more likely in consanguineous marriages. Due to the various negative consequences of such marriages, this study aimed to determine the cognitive predictors of ...
Mari Ataee, Kambiz Karimzadeh-Shirazi, Touraj Ahmadi-Jouybari, Behzad Karami-Matin, Abbas Aghaei, Fazel Zinat-Motlagh*   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Locating ethnicity and health: exploring concepts and contexts [PDF]

, 2007
With the rapid development of ethnicity and health as a field of sociological research, this paper seeks to re-evaluate the development of ideas around ethnicity, 'race' and culture and consider how they have been applied to the question of health ...
Ahmad, Waqar I. U., Bradby, Hannah
core   +1 more source

Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

Applied cultural and social studies are needed for a sustainable reduction of genetic disease incidence [PDF]

, 2017
While clinical and basic biomedical research focus on diagnoses and cures for common and rare genetic diseases, they are unable to address one of the largest underlying causes for genetic disease: mating within families or other small genetically ...
Staal, Jens
core   +3 more sources

Further Findings on the Intergenerational Transmission of Alcohol Consumption

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using 43,817 parent–child pairs from 23 waves of the HILDA Survey, I study the intergenerational transmission of alcohol use within a rational model of trait transmission. Transmission is predominantly same‐sex: the mother–daughter elasticity is 0.10 and the father–son elasticity is 0.09; there is no father–daughter effect.
Sergey Alexeev
wiley   +1 more source

Gene-Targeted Next Generation Sequencing Identifies PNPLA1 Mutations in Patients with a Phenotypic Spectrum of Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis: The Impact of Consanguinity [PDF]

, 2017
Heritable forms of ichthyoses, also referred to as generalized Mendelian disorders of cornification, are phenotypically a highly heterogeneous group of conditions caused by mutations in a number of genes playing a role in keratinocyte differentiation ...
Abiri, Maryam, Barzegar, Mohammadreza, Fortina, Paolo, Karamzadeh, Razieh, Mansouri, Parvin, Mccormick, Kevin, Mohammadi asl, Javad, Saeidian, Amir Hossein, Sotoudeh, Soheila, Uitto, Jouni, Vahidnezhad, Hassan, Youssefian, Leila, Zeinali, Sirous   +12 more
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The Disquiet of Quiet Quitting: Definitional Clarity, Theoretical Pathways, and Future Research

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quiet quitting (QQ) has emerged as a prominent topic in both popular press and academic research, reflecting shifts in employees' engagement, effort allocation, and responses to contemporary work pressures. This review synthesizes findings from 11 papers published in a recent Special Issue on The Disquiet of Quiet Quitting.
Solon Magrizos, Lauren E. Aydinliyim, Dorothea Roumpi, Caitlin M. Porter, Jean M. Phillips, John E. Delery   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source