(Statistics Canada,2011) Studies have shown that the children whom grow up in these situations are affected in many ways, both positive and negative. ... The last factor being looked at will be the child's health. ... In one presented study, families were called randomly and interviewed via telephone and either the husband or wife was selected for each call. ... Lastly, vaguely briefed on in the introduction are the effects of a missing parent in a child's life and their mental and physical health state. ... Emphasized in the article by DiVerniero ,"several longitudinal studie...

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According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 125,000 children are adopted each year in America. ... It is understood that not every person desiring to adopt is not fit for reasons ranging from financial to health to living situation. ... According to the 2000 US Census/Demography Study, there are approximately 4,000,000 homosexuals living in the United States and less than 4% of those are raising children (Graph: Gay Households with Children). ... Studies have shown that children of same-sex couples fare no worse than their peers in the areas of mental health, so...

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One of the methods used by the researchers were surveys sent out to all mental health professionals. ... According to the article, a majority of the respondents of mental health clients had experienced childhood sexual abuse (Science-Direct, 2002). ... The study gathered results from 226 college women and 141 of those women experienced some form of sexual abuse. The study stated that many victims of abuse suffer immediate and /or long-term negative consequences... ... The information for the study was gathered by quantitative methods. ...

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Also, children of divorced parents tend to have significantly worse mental health and are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. ... According to one study, there is clear evidence that a child has a much stronger relationship with the parent that they primarily live with after a divorce (Vanassche et al., 2013). ... Children of divorced parents tend to have significantly worse mental health than children of married parents. ... Also, studies have "reported higher levels of aggression and antisocial behavior among children whose parents later divorced compared to children whose parents ...

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The following paragraphs will describe the health profile of an alcoholic family, explain the high-risk conditions associated with the alcoholic family, and the associated behavior patterns. ... Health Profile of the Alcoholic Family According to Healthy People 2020 (n.d.), an estimated 22 million Americans suffer from substance abuse or alcohol dependence. ... The goal of Healthy People 2020 (n.d.), related to substance abuse is to reduce the abuse and protect the health, safety and quality of life for all, especially children. ... It is the role of the advanced practice nurse as a case ma...

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One of the possible causes can be lower socioeconomic status of single mother African American families, which can have a detrimental effect on single mother's mental health, on mother-child communication and warmth as well as on child adjustment (leading to externalizing difficulties). ... This is the first study which examined in detail the association between the discrete co-parent parenting behaviors and variation in youth functioning. ... For quantitative study, the mean age of the youth sample was 13 (SD = 1.61) with no gender bias in the sample (55% girls). ... Focus of Interest I...

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It has been found that "The earlier the diagnosis, the more likely your symptoms will respond to treatment" (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2002). ... Symptoms include sadness, inactivity, difficulty thinking and concentrating, and feelings of despair" (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research). ... A study release last month estimated the cost to U.S. business - in lost productivity and absenteeism of employees who care for family members with Alzheimer's disease - to be $61 billion a year" (Alzheimer's Association, 2002). ... "Those who started taking NSAIDs near...

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In a study by Judith S. ... She states that "10 years after a divorce, only 34% of the children in the study were doing well. ... The study showed that the 34% of children possess the ability to "cope with or even benefit from their new life situation" (Wallerstein & Blakeslee 1989). ... They will display health issues to manipulate the parent with whom they are living. ... Media and certain studies have supported these views. ...

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In spite of the significance of these studies, nature of family connections, caregiving solidness, and youngsters' contact with imprisoned folks were not surveyed. ... A few studies have observed that when imprisoned folks get visits from youngsters, folks report more positive emotions about their kids (e.g., Snyder, Carlo, & Mullins, 2001). Then again, the few studies that have surveyed kids' results in connection to contact have yielded blended discoveries. ... The present study used information gathered as a component of a study inspecting kids' interest in Mentoring Connect...

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The study on Udaipur showed that people tend to spend most of their money on the festivals [ CITATION Ban07 l 16393 ] which obviously has religious connections which can also imply people's devotion to their Gods. ... In a study of two women, Mila and Joy, both of them had husbands who were sexually, emotionally and physically exploiting and were also involved in alcoholism and subsequent gambling. ... The children of those families suffer from low health and hygiene, they are usually neglected due to large number of siblings, and also, they start working when they are really young to sup...

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Depression not only deteriorates away at a person's personality but also the individual can experience what Lennon expresses as, "Fatigue, irritability, inability to concentrate, and difficulty performing daily tasks" All this can lead to what Lennon defines as a disability which is " a day in which the individual spends some or all of the day in bed or is unable to carry out his or her usual activities because of illness" In a study done by two national surveys, it indicated that, " depressed workers have between 1.5 and 3.2 more short-term work disability days in a 30-day period than ...

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Studies of both groups have found that they will experience higher than average rates of poverty, unemployment and low educational attainment. ... Desired Results First, SB 528 will ensure all foster youth have access to sexual development and reproductive health information starting at age 12. ... Second, Senator Yee's legislation puts into place a voluntary, specialized case conference, where the pregnant youth, together with their social worker, extended family member and others knowledgeable in the area of maternal and child health, develop a plan for the birth of the child and relate...

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Although marriage is often viewed as something a woman is more enthusiastic about than a man, studies have shown that "married women have poorer mental health, less happiness, and more passive attitudes toward life than single women do" (Macionis 2002: 346). ... However, it has also been shown that "marriage could be healthful for women if husbands did not dominate wives and expect them to do almost all the housework research confirms that the wives and husbands with the best mental health are those who share responsibilities for earning income, raising children, and keeping the home" (Macion...

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However, a large number of academic studies suggested that no significant differences in psychological adjustment, academic achievement, and social function could be found among children reared by homosexual parents and heterosexual parents (Pappas, 2012, p.1). ... Although, scientific studies have proved that negative assertion about homosexual parents is usually based on stereotype assumptions, these prevailing assumptions have significantly affected many countries' adoption policies. ... Studies found that homosexual parents tend to equally distribute to child care between partners; wh...

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Individuals with families are able to balance family commitments & individuals who are also in training or study can balance them with work. ... Employers happy with the level of work may provide employees the opportunity to take on further training/study whilst still being paid to heighten their knowledge & multi-skilling them. ... The NSW Occupational Health & Safety Act 1985 describes the general requirements for workplaces & goes on the focus of prevention, rehabilitati...

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In favoring good health before anything else and concentrating on ensuring strong immediate family ties, he expresses great partisanship toward his family. ... His reasoning was of this, "I reasoned that Chinese philosophy as the root of education was responsible for our obvious shortcomings," he reasoned within himself that Confucianism discouraged independent thought and studies in number and reason in the material culture. ... Here we see once again education is not the only focus Fukuzawa had, here he would care a tremendous amount on the physical health of his children, as he would mak...

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As long as words such as stability, financial security, health or quality of life are often mentioned in various media among the most important aspects of our lives we should consider marriage a way to improve our lives and this is exactly what I will try to prove in this essay. ... The recent studies of the University of Economics in Prague show that people who get married before they reach the age of thirty live longer than those who remain single5. ...

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To answer all these questions, I"m going to argue in this essay based on my resent study with this issue. ... Many families struggle with providing basic substances, education, health, there is no point for those countries to establish a non-violence family system. ...

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Can divorce be the primary cause for the downfall of a child's mental health? ... Through a series of studies, Block has proved that marital concord results in greater social competence in children (Block et. al 965). ... For decades, since a pioneering study by Judith S. Wallerstein in 1971, sociologists and family-health specialists have posited that the wrenching act of divorce and its aftermath leave scars that can linger "in the afflicted children, throughout adolescence and into adulthood (Wallerstein and Kelly 257). ...

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Clinicians' involvement and support at this critical time can have a very positive effect on the family's experience, and may help prevent some of problems that are associated with poor coping (decline in health; inappropriate usage of healthcare; increased risk of depression; sleep disruption; increased consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and sedatives; increased suicide risk; and death).[6,7] In addition to clinicians' common roles of delivering bad news (at the time of death) and immediately consoling the family, healthcare professionals can be helpful to families by providing s...

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