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Social Support, Social Networks, and Schizophrenia [PDF]

Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1981
This article considers the meaning of "social support" and its relationship to social networks, and discusses a structural approach to analysis of social connections in the study of schizophrenia. The concept of social supports is seen as methodologically more problematic and less strategic than the more structurally oriented concepts of social ...
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Evidence‐Informed Multidisciplinary Consensus Guidance for the Psychosocial Care of Adolescents With High‐Risk Cancer: Recommendations From the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom, Dorella Scarponi, Giulia Zucchetti, Teresa Perillo, Maria Montanaro, Elisa Marconi, Chiara Rutigliano, Paolo Colavero, Paola Quarello, Marina Bertolotti, Monica Cellini, Carlo Clerici, Maurizio Mascarin, Francesca Bomben, Andrea Ferrari, the expert workgroup   +15 more
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Effectiveness of an educational asthma management program (CuidAR): the protocol for a cluster-randomized trial in the Brazilian primary healthcare setting

Trials
Background Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic pulmonary diseases, affecting approximately 20 million Brazilian people. Most patients with asthma in Brazil present with uncontrolled disease, leading to high morbidity and mortality rates ...
Ana Paula Tussi Leite, Géssica Luana Antunes, Amanda Paz Santos, Ingrid Rodrigues Fernandes, Lauren Sezerá Costa, Tássia Rolim Camargo, Camila Bonalume Dall’ Aqua, Fernando Rovedder Boita, Alessandra da Silva Mota, Mariana Motta Dias da Silva, Mariah Prata Soldi Passos Taube, Bruna Silveira da Rosa, Marcus Herbert Jones, Álvaro A. Cruz, Frederico Friedrich, Paulo M. Pitrez   +15 more
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A validation study of the Zanmi Lasante Depression Symptom Inventory (ZLDSI) in a school-based study population of transitional age youth in Haiti

Conflict and Health, 2020
Background The Zanmi Lasante Depression Symptom Inventory (ZLDSI) is a screening tool for major depression used in 12 primary care clinics in Haiti’s Central Plateau.
Rupinder K. Legha, Margaret E. Gerbasi, Mary C. Smith Fawzi, Eddy Eustache, Tatiana Therosme, J. Reginald Fils-Aime, Giuseppe J. Raviola, Emmeline Affricot, Ermaze Louis Pierre, Yoldie Alcindor, Jennifer Severe, Katherine A. Boyd, David J. Grelotti, Sarah Darghouth, Andrew Rasmussen, Anne E. Becker   +15 more
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Empower Peers 4 Careers: Positive Peer Culture to Prepare Adolescents’ Career Choices

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
For youth with special needs, where cognitive difficulties, behavioral and psychosocial issues are more common, career choice is particularly challenging.
Claudia Schellenberg, Christoph Steinebach, Annette Krauss   +2 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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School exclusion and supported school-to-work transitions for adolescents: protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation of a structured school-based program

Frontiers in Education
School exclusion and supported school-to-work transition programs are used to support adolescents with social, emotional and behavioral difficulties who cannot be adequately supported within regular classroom settings.
Marlene Schulze, Meret Stöckli, Claudia Schellenberg, Fabio Sticca, Dennis Christian Hövel   +4 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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Assessment of social support among veterans with military-related post-traumatic stress disorder: a study of the Social Support Questionnaire [PDF]

, 2002
Numerous studies in the past 20 years have found an inverse correlation between social support and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the social support literature is encumbered by a wide-spread inconsistency of social support measurement ...
Daniels, Lori Rae
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Prevalence, patterns, and determinants of breastfeeding cessation among mothers of children under 24 months in Uganda

BMC Public Health
Background Breastfeeding duration is a critical component of infant and child nutrition, providing immediate and long-term benefits to both children and their mothers.
Florence Nakaggwa, Derrick Kimuli, Norah Namuwenge, Rebecca N. Nsubuga, Hellen Nayebare, Louis Kaboine, Immaculate Baseka, Kenneth Kasule, Sheila Nyakwezi, Solome Sevume, Norbert Mubiru, Barbara Amuron, Daraus Bukenya   +12 more
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