Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1977.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1988.

Young adulthood is generally a time when an individual completes a post-secondary education, decides on a career, and enters the workforce. When individuals are diagnosed with cancer during this stage in life, they often take time away from school or work to undergo treatment. The aim of this study was to collect data to get a richer understanding of the experiences of young adult cancer survivors who resumed an occupation of school or work following cancer treatment. Ten young adult cancer survivors were interviewed. An interpretative phenomenological approach allowed for the study of individuals’ lived experiences. An account of participants’ experiences is presented, organized by 4 master themes, “making the decision”, “actively adapting to changed lives”, “receiving support”, and “renewed sense of health and wellness”. These findings may be informative for cancer patients and survivors, as well as stakeholders, as they often have access to limited resources.

Objective: To identify the physician-, patient- and health-system-related factors that influence gynecologists’ decision to recommend endometrial sampling in young women (less than 40 years) with abnormal uterine bleeding Study methods: A mail-based survey study was conducted using the Salant-Dillman method with 4 points of contact over 9 weeks. All Canadian obstetrician/gynecologists were initially surveyed (N=1746), receiving either French or English questionnaires. Eligible respondents were gynecologists practicing in Canada who treat these young women (N=834). Order response bias was taken into consideration by mailing two versions of the survey. Categorical data were analyzed using Pearson’s Chi-square statistics. A logistic regression with mixed effect model was performed to determine the odds of sampling the endometrium, using physician as random factor. Results: Overall response rate was 56.5%. The majority of respondents were generalists (83.6%). 70.3% of respondents have had young patients with malignant or pre-malignant endometrial conditions. Physicians ≤ 39 years have had less experience with these patients (59.6%, p=0.002) as have physicians practicing in communities without ob/gyn residents (35.2%, p=0.006). Sampling method was predominantly by office pipelle (79.7%), with younger physicians and female respondents employing this method most frequently (p=0.0001). In case scenarios which explored the importance of four patient-related risk factors (obesity, irregular cycles, nulliparity and older age), on the decision to sample, 98.8% of respondents would sample a young woman presenting with all four risk factors, as opposed to 8.8% who would sample if the patient did not have any of these characteristics. Obesity and irregular cycles was the next most important combination of risk factors prompting sampling in 87.3% of physicians. In the logistic regression, the odds ratio to proceed with endometrial sampling was 2.23 (95% CI 1.64-3.03) if a physician had previous experience with young women diagnosed with endometrial cancer or a pre-malignant condition, and was 1.45 (95% CI 1.05-2.01) if the physician was female. Conclusion: Patient and physician factors influenced the decision to proceed with sampling the endometrium of young women with abnormal uterine bleeding, whereas the health-system factors studied in this survey did not seem to play a strong role. / Thesis (Master, Community Health & Epidemiology) -- Queen's University, 2010-07-14 15:06:07.786

This paper forms an introductory account of the irreducible representations of the permutation group using Young Tableaux as the tool to achieve this. The basics of C*-Algebra theory and Young Tableaux are provided including a brief history of the two subjects. This paper provides a straightforward development of the subject up to the main result which says that restricting the irreducible representations of S_n corresponding to the Young diagrams of shape ? to S_n-1 decomposes as the direct sum of the irreducible representations of S_n-1 corresponding to the Young diagrams formed by removing one box from ?. / Graduate

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A certain percentage of young offenders are re-incarcerated after their first offence and they land back in jail to serve a further sentence. This implies that they could not find their feet back in society once they have been released and it signifies failure on the part of the correctional authorities to rehabilitate the young offenders successfully. Recidivism is a complicated phenomenon which is not easy to deal with as the correctional institutions often have no control over the circumstances outside the prison walls affecting the young offender. The overall goal of this research was to establish the circumstances leading to the re-arrest of the young offender in the Kroonstad Youth Centre in order to adjust the rehabilitation programmes if necessary. The data was collected by means of a focus group consisting of young offenders who have been re-arrested after the first offence. The young offenders could not accurately identify the circumstances leading to their re-arrests, but they could give an indication of the family and community circumstances under which they must live. This ranged from unstable family life to community conditions not conducive to their adjustment. It was also found that the lack of support in the form of outside NGO's to assist them with their adjustment once they left prison was a serious shortcoming. It was recommended that intervention with the youth offenders should be focused on teaching skills that will help them to adjust in the community after their release. It was also recommended that families be trained on how to deal with the behaviour of the youths who has violated the law. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

The vast majority of the research literature on the issue of children caring for their parents (Young Carers) has reflected a social policy standpoint and has consistently focused on the negative consequences of caring responsibilities during childhood. To date the psychological literature has failed to address the needs and experiences of children who act as care providers. Through the use of qualitative methodology, this paper explores the ways in which children conceptualise their role as carers and how this may be more or less informed by the in social constructions of childhood. It also examines how traditional psychological theories on child and adolescent development have both informed and limited our understanding of the issue. While the results of this study demonstrate that the demands of the caring role has many emotional, educational and social costs for young carers it also discusses the ways in which young carers perceive the caring role to be a positive and enriching experience which facilitated a closer parent-child relationship, instilled discipline and prepared them for independent adult living. The clinical implications of these findings are addressed and recommendations made for supportive professional imput.

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