Thesis (M.S.)--University of Delaware, 2007. / Principal faculty advisor: Michael Gamel-McCormick, Dept. of Individual & Family Studies. Includes bibliographical references.

The objective of this study was to inquire into the educational experiences of pregnant and parenting adolescents enrolled in a pregnant minor program and represent their voices by documenting this inquiry. This is a qualitative study that utilized phenomenological perspective and included a series of three in-depth interviews with six pregnant and parenting students. The focus and aim of the study was to represent the participant's voices on their educational experiences. The participants were pregnant teenagers attending a program in Southern California in the United States of America.

UTBILDNING I BARN-HLR TILL FÖRÄLDRAR MED SVÅRT SJUKA BARN -Intervjustudie om sjuksköterskors erfarenheterHELENE JÖNSSONJönsson, H. Utbildning i barn-HLR till föräldrar med svårt sjuka barn – Intervjustudie om sjuksköterskors erfarenheter. Examensarbete i Omvårdnad 15 högskolepoäng avancerad nivå. Malmö Universitet: Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle, institutionen för Vårdvetenskap, 2018.Bakgrund: Föräldrar till svårt sjuka barn som erbjuds förebyggande föräldrautbildning i barn-HLR före hemgång från sjukhus upplever ökad trygghet samt medför en ökad säkerhet för de sjuka barnen i hemmet. Det saknas kunskap huruvida sjuksköterskor på barnkliniker i Sverige har erfarenhet av att erbjuda denna föräldragrupp utbildning i barn-HLR och hur den i så fall bedrivs. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av att utbilda föräldrar med svårt sjuka barn i barn- HLR, i samband med sjukhusvistelse.Metod: En kvalitativ semistrukturerad intervjustudie utfördes, med totalt elva sjuksköterskor från de större barnklinikerna i Sverige. Med induktiv innehållsanalys analyserades materialet enligt Burnard.Resultat: Temat som framkom var: Sjuksköterskor har en nyckelroll i föräldrautbildning, samt följande kategorier: Sjuksköterskans undervisande funktioner, Föräldrar och närståendes utbildningsbehov, Utbildningsstrategier, Resultat och konsekvenser av utbildningen. Sjuksköterskornas erfarenhet var att föräldrar till svårt sjuka barn inte alltid får tillräcklig undervisning inför hemgång, de påvisade stress över att inte kunna hantera akuta situationer. Föräldrarna upplevdes tryggare när de fick information och kunskap. Det utbildningsprogram i barn-HLR som finns upplevdes som otillräckligt då det inte täcker behovet som föräldrautbildning till svårt sjuka barn. Slutsats: En standardiserad preventiv föräldrautbildning för barn-HLR till svårt sjuka barn saknas - med de individuella behov som de barnen kan ha. Ansvarsfördelningen är otydlig om vem som tar beslutet om föräldrautbildning ska erbjudas, samt sjuksköterskorna har en nyckelroll i föräldrautbildningen men har ett svagt mandat att bedriva undervisning då stöd från riktlinjer saknas.Nyckelord: Barn-HLR, föräldrautbildning, sjuksköterskors erfarenheter, svårt-sjuka barn. / EDUCATION IN CPR TO CHILDREN FOR PARENTS WITH HIGH-RISK CHILDREN -INTERVIEW STUDY OF NURSES´ EXPERIENCEHELENE JÖNSSONJonsson, H. Education in CPR to children for parents with high-risk children – Interview study of nurses´ experience. Degree project in nursing 15 credits - advanced level. Malmö University: Faculty of Health and Society, Department of Care Science, 2018.Background: Parents with high-risk children who are offered preventive parental education in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for children before departure from hospitals experience increased security and result in increased safety for the sick children in the home. There was no knowledge whether nurses at children's clinics in Sweden had experience in offering this parent group training in CPR for children or, if so, how it was conducted. Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate nurses´ experiences of educating parents with high-risk children in CPR for children, during hospitalization.Methods: A qualitative study incorporating semi-structured interviews was performed, with a total of eleven nurses from the major children’s clinics in Sweden. The interview material was analyzed through inductive content analysis according to Burnard.Results: The theme that emerged was: Nurses have a key role in parental education, and following categories were: Nurse's educational functions, Parents and relatives´ educational needs, Educational strategies, Results and consequences of education. Parents to high-risk children are not always adequately taught pre-departure, they demonstrate of stress over not being able to cope with emergency situations. Parents was felt safer when they received information and knowledge. The educational program of CPR for children that exist were perceived as insufficient as it does not cover the need for parental education to high-risk children. Conclusion: A standardized preventive parental training in CPR for children is lacking, with the individual needs that high-risk children may have. Responsibilities are unclear on who takes the decision on parental education and who will be offered, the nurses have a key role in parental education but have a weak mandate to carry out teaching when support from recommendation was lacking.Keywords: Cardiopulmonary-resuscitation, high-risk child, nurse-experience, parents-education.

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In this thesis, return to health is also estimated. We examine the effects of height on hourly wage, monthly earnings, working hours, and education level. Our results show that height has different causal impacts on women and men. Women benefit from height: taller women earn more, work less, and have more leisure time. However, taller men are more likely to land a job and work longer, largely because they are better endowed. Moreover, the positive effect of height on hourly wage for women is larger than that for men. In general, the findings have contributed new evidence to existing literature that estimates the return to health. / This thesis mainly investigates the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic status. Specifically, it estimates the effects of family income and parental education on the health status and educational attainment of the next generation using unique twins data collected from urban China. By using twins strategy, we can largely control for unobservables, which may cause biases in estimations. Our results show that the positive correlations of family income and maternal education with child health are largely due to unobserved endowment and family background. However, family income and paternal education do have a positive effect on child education. Overall, our findings suggest that increasing family income and parental schooling do not help in improving child health. However, to reduce the educational gap of the next generation, redistributing income would prove beneficial. The design of government policies is dependent on the policy targets. / Xiong, Yanyan. / Advisers: Hongbin Li; Junsen Zhang. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: A, page: 2176. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest dissertations and theses, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

Lee Chor To. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-112). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of appendices --- p.xi / List of tables --- p.xii / List of figures --- p.xii / Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Introduction --- p.3 / Prematurity --- p.3 / Parental feelings of a preterm birth --- p.5 / Transition from hospital to home care --- p.11 / Maternal information need --- p.13 / Discharge education --- p.15 / Use of video education --- p.18 / Summary --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY / Aims and Objectives --- p.22 / Operational definitions --- p.23 / Research design --- p.23 / Sample --- p.24 / Inclusion criteria --- p.24 / Sample size --- p.25 / Sampling procedure --- p.26 / Educational program of infant care --- p.27 / Usual care --- p.27 / Educational video --- p.27 / Data collection methods --- p.30 / Phase I: / Instruments --- p.31 / Chinese version State Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults --- p.31 / The Chinese version of the Maternal Confidence Questionnaire --- p.31 / Knowledge Test Infant Care --- p.33 / Social Support Questionnaire --- p.35 / Demographic information --- p.35 / Satisfaction Questionnaire of the Video Education --- p.36 / Date Collection procedure in Phase I --- p.37 / Phase II: / Instrument --- p.39 / Interview guide --- p.39 / Data collection procedure in Phase II --- p.39 / Data analysis --- p.40 / Phase I of the quantitative data --- p.40 / Phase II of the qualitative data --- p.41 / Pilot study --- p.42 / Ethical considerations --- p.42 / Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- FINDINGS / Introduction --- p.44 / Phase I / Sample --- p.45 / Sociodemographic and other characteristics of participating women --- p.45 / Demographic characteristics of infants --- p.46 / Comparison of sociodemographic data between groups --- p.47 / "Maternal outcomes of knowledge, confidence and anxiety about infant care" --- p.52 / Knowledge of infant care --- p.52 / Confidence in infant care --- p.53 / Anxiety concerning infant care --- p.55 / Correlation between outcome measures and sociodemographic data --- p.56 / Video group women perceived satisfaction of the study video --- p.58 / Summary of major findings in Phase I --- p.61 / Phase II / Characteristics of informants --- p.62 / Six categories emerged from the content analysis --- p.63 / Feelings about infant care at home --- p.64 / Concerns about the infant --- p.65 / Perceptions of the discharge process --- p.67 / Sources of support --- p.69 / Help-seeking activities --- p.70 / Perceptions of the usefulness of video education --- p.74 / Differences and similarities in the perceptions of the video group and non-video group women about the experience of caring for their infants at home --- p.77 / Summary of major findings in Phase II --- p.78 / Chapter CHAPTER 5. --- DISCUSSION / Introduction --- p.80 / Sociodemographic characteristics of participants --- p.80 / Effects of video education on knowledge of infant care --- p.83 / Effects of video education on confidence about infant care --- p.85 / Effects of video education on anxiety about infant care --- p.88 / Women's feelings about caring for infants at home and their information need --- p.90 / Preferred methods of learning about infant care --- p.92 / Contributions of the study video --- p.93 / Chapter CHAPTER 6. --- CONCLUSION / Limitations --- p.96 / Implications for nursing practice --- p.98 / Recommendations for farther research --- p.100 / Conclusion --- p.101 / REFERENCES --- p.102 / APPENDICES / Appendix 1a State Scale of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (English) --- p.113 / Appendix 1b State Scale of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (Chinese) --- p.114 / Appendix 2a Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (English) --- p.115 / Appendix 2b Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (Chinese) --- p.116 / Appendix 3a Knowledge Test of Infant Care (English) --- p.117 / Appendix 3b Knowledge Test of Infant Care (Chinese) --- p.120 / Appendix 4a Social Support Questionnaire (English) --- p.123 / Appendix 4b Social Support Questionnaire (Chinese) --- p.125 / Appendix 5 Demographic information --- p.127 / Appendix 6a Satisfaction Questionnaire of the Video Questionnaire (English) --- p.128 / Appendix 6b Satisfaction Questionnaire of the Video Questionnaire (Chinese) --- p.129 / Appendix 7a Interview guide (English) --- p.130 / Appendix 7b Interview guide (Chinese) --- p.131 / Appendix 8a Ethics approval 2001 --- p.132 / Appendix 8b Ethics approval 2004 --- p.133 / Appendix 9 Permission from Prince of Wales Hospital --- p.134 / Appendix 10 Consent form --- p.135 / Appendix 11 Comments about the video provided by video group women --- p.136 / Appendix 12 Other topics of interest provided by video group women --- p.137

<p>The aim of this study was to find relations between parents background and education ina wider sense and their children's success in school. The study also includes genusdifferentiations, the family profile and residential areas influence on children's ability anddetermination to study.</p><p>The study confirmed earlier research that children's success in school is to some extentdependant on their parents education. At the same time it was shown that in most casesthe children reached higher level of education than their parents – also when they werepoorly educated or had emigrated from a country with big cultural differences. It was alsoevident that children with at least one Swedish parent (and presumably Swedish as theirmother tongue) reached higher educational levels than other children.</p><p>Children from single parent families often stopped their school carrier after the 9-yearcompulsory class while children of dual parent families more often continued to university.In general, girls were more affluent in school than the boys. The study also reveled anoticeable difference in educational attainment between the different neighbourhoods inMalmö; children from residential areas with well educated parents also reached a highereducational level. Finally, the study conclude that the single most influential factor onchildren's schooling is their parents education.</p>

The aim of this study was to find relations between parents background and education ina wider sense and their children's success in school. The study also includes genusdifferentiations, the family profile and residential areas influence on children's ability anddetermination to study. The study confirmed earlier research that children's success in school is to some extentdependant on their parents education. At the same time it was shown that in most casesthe children reached higher level of education than their parents – also when they werepoorly educated or had emigrated from a country with big cultural differences. It was alsoevident that children with at least one Swedish parent (and presumably Swedish as theirmother tongue) reached higher educational levels than other children. Children from single parent families often stopped their school carrier after the 9-yearcompulsory class while children of dual parent families more often continued to university.In general, girls were more affluent in school than the boys. The study also reveled anoticeable difference in educational attainment between the different neighbourhoods inMalmö; children from residential areas with well educated parents also reached a highereducational level. Finally, the study conclude that the single most influential factor onchildren's schooling is their parents education.

M.A. (Social Work) / The goals of this study were viewed as the development and evaluation of a parent-training programme for foster parents related to their foster children; that 1s, to apply programme evaluation to a newly-developed social technological item, in this case a specific preventive intervention parent-training programme. The researcher formulated the following objectives towards the achievement of these goals: to present a theoretical perspective on foster care, on the ecological approach which was utilized in the development of the programme, and on programme evaluation; to develop the programme envisaged utilising the DR & U (Development Research and Utilization) model of Edwin Thomas; to evaluate the programme by inviting a group of foster parents, related to their foster children, to participate in the evaluation phase with a view to: * broadening the knowledge and insight of the participants on their foster care situation; * developing a more positive self-concept for programme participants, through improved insight into their foster care situation; * enhancing foster child-foster parent relationships through improved insight into the foster care situation; * improving the family relationships of the programme participants.

Esta dissertação teve o objetivo geral de contribuir para o processo de letramento literário de pais de alunos da educação infantil, motivando-os a ler para seus filhos, sobretudo ensinando-os como fazê-lo. Diante disso, além de garantir aos pais o acesso a livros de literatura infantil de qualidade, a pesquisa teve o propósito de estabelecer uma comunidade de leitores, oportunizando aprendizagens e o desenvolvimento de capacidades interpretativas que lhes permitissem construir sentidos nas obras lidas. A escolha do letramento literário se deve à relevância que a literatura tem para a formação integral das pessoas. Além do mais, foi possível constatar muitos trabalhos que incentivam a leitura e poucos que ensinam como se deve ler e falar com as crianças sobre os livros lidos, e ainda com foco apenas na formação dos professores, desconsiderando que as práticas interacionais orais, vivenciadas na família, configuram o processo de letramento das crianças. Somam-se a isso as constantes queixas das professoras sobre a falta de acompanhamento da família ao projeto de leitura em casa, promovido pela escola. Autores como Vygotsky e Bakhtin constituíram as bases teóricas para o desenvolvimento desta pesquisa por darem um papel central à linguagem. A metodologia utilizada foi a pesquisa-ação e contou com uma sequência de atividades, realizadas com um grupo de vinte e cinco pais ou responsáveis de alunos de uma Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil de uma cidade do Vale do Paraíba. Com base em situações de interação, foi possível conhecer como se dão os eventos de letramento proporcionados pelos pais, como no caso da leitura em casa, a partir do questionamento da sua leitura em termos quantitativos e qualitativos, constatando sua pouca familiaridade com os livros e uma concepção utilitária da leitura, voltada muito mais para a decodificação e para o cumprimento de uma obrigação escolar. A partir de experiências vivenciadas nos doze encontros realizados, mediados pela pesquisadora, em contato com livros da literatura infantil, com a linguagem verbal e a não-verbal, e situações interacionais em que estavam presentes outras concepções de leitura, além da decodificação, os pais ampliaram seu olhar e ressignificaram suas ações. Assim, desenvolveram sua capacidade interpretativa, notaram que a leitura podia mobilizar sua atenção, abrir-lhes novos horizontes com o despertar de novos sentidos, e lhes dar prazer, passando a ler mais e melhor para os filhos. O estudo permitiu concluir também que as características das práticas de letramento dos pais dependem do contexto, na maioria das vezes, negado pela escola. / The main objective of this dissertation is to contribute to the literary literacy of parents of primary school students, motivating them to read to their children and especially to teach them how to do it. Besides providing the parents with access to good quality childrens literature books, this research aimed at establishing a readers community, promoting learning and the development of interpretative capacities that allowed them to build meanings. The choice for literary literacy is due to the relevance Literature has in peoples whole formation. Furthermore, it was possible to notice that there are many researches which motivate reading, but just a few teach how to do it and to speak with children about the books they read and these few focus on teachers education, not taking into account the ways in which familys oral participation can contribute to childrens literacy process. We also noticed teachers constant complaints about the lack of familys follow-up of reading projects promoted by the school. Authors such as Vygotsky and Bakthin are the theoretical bases for this research due to the central role they both give to language. The methodology applied was action-research and it also included a sequence of activities performed with a group of twenty-five parents or legal tutors of students of a municipal Primary School in Vale do Paraíba. Based on the interaction situations, it was possible to know how the literacy events promoted by parents take place, as in the case of reading at home. By using a qualitative and quantitative questionnaire about reading, we could observe little familiarity with books and a utilitarian conception of reading, focusing on decodification and the fulfillment of a school task. Starting with the experiences we had in the twelve meetings organized and held by the researcher, the parents had their view of reading widened due to the contact with childrens books, with the verbal and nonverbal language, and interactional situations which put them in contact with other reading conceptions, besides decodification. This gave them a new meaning to their actions. Thus, they could develop their interpretative capacity and realized that reading could mobilize their attention, open new horizons by awakening new meanings, giving them pleasure, making them read more and better to their children. This study also showed us that parental practical literacy practices depend on the context, most of the time denied by schools.