Complex Living Arrangements and Child Health: Examining Family Structure Linkages with Children's Health Outcomes

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 424-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest ◽  
Rachel E. Dunifon
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
And Child Health

Impacts of Parental Technoference on Parent-Child Relationships and Child Health and Developmental Outcomes: A Scoping Review Protocol

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyndsay Jerusha MacKay ◽  
Jelena Komanchuk ◽  
K. Alix Hayden ◽  
Nicole Letourneau
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Developmental Outcomes ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
And Child Health ◽  
Parent Child ◽  
Research Studies

Abstract Background: With increases in the use of technological devices worldwide, parental technoference is a potential threat to quality of parent-child relationships and children’s health and development. Parental technoference refers to disrupted interactions between a parent and child due to a parent’s use of a technological device. The aim of this scoping review is to map, describe and summarize existing evidence from published research studies on the impacts of parental technoference on parent-child relationships and children’s health and development and to identify limitations in the studies and gaps in the literature. Methods: This scoping review will be conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. A search for relevant research studies will be undertaken in APA PsycInfo, MEDLINE, Central, Cochrane Database for Systematic Reviews, JBI EBP and Embase (OVID). CINAHL (Ebsco) and Scopus will also be searched. Grey and popular literature will be excluded. This review will include primary research studies and review papers published in English with no time limit that identify the impacts of technoference on parent-child relationships and child health and developmental outcomes. Parent participants include primary caregivers, either biological, adopted or foster parents, of children under the age of 18 who engage in technoference. Two reviewers will independently screen titles, abstracts and full texts of studies according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Disagreements will be resolved through discussion with a third researcher. Data will be extracted into a data charting table including; author(s), year of publication, country, research aim, methodology/design, population and sample size, variables/concepts and corresponding measures and main results. Data will be presented in tables and figures accompanied by a narrative summary. Discussion: The goal of this scoping review is to present an overview of the evidence on impacts of parental technoference on parent-child relationships and child and health developmental outcomes, highlighting the current risk of children of today. It will identify gaps in the literature, inform future research, advise recommendations for parents on technological device use and possibly guide the development of interventions aimed at addressing parental technoference. Systematic review registration: Open Science Framework (10.17605/OSF.IO/QNTS5)

Intentional interprofessional leadership in maternal and child health

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Romer McGrath ◽  
Devon R. Bacso ◽  
Jennifer G. Andrews ◽  
Sydney A. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Child Health

Purpose This paper aims to describe an interprofessional leadership training program curriculum implemented by a new maternal and child health leadership training program, its collaboration with a well-established leadership consortium, the measures taken to evaluate this training and implications for other leadership programs. Design/methodology/approach The intentional leadership program weaves together the complementary core threads to create strong sets of skills in the areas of personal leadership, leading and influencing others and creating effective interprofessional partnerships with others around women and children’s health. Findings The strong emphasis on the incorporation of leadership competencies coupled with evidence-based leadership training strengthens students’ clinical skills, enhances workforce development and increases interdisciplinary health care practices. Research limitations/implications The findings presented in this paper are limited to self-reported changes in understanding components of leadership skills for self, others and the wider community and attitudes and beliefs related to interdisciplinary training and interprofessional team decision-making. Social implications The in-depth focus on one’s self, teams and on the wider community enhances each individual’s grasp of how people and organizations approach women and children’s health challenges and strengthens their ability to negotiate among the diverse disciplines and cultures. Originality/value This paper details the intentional incorporation of leadership skill development throughout an academic program and brings to focus the importance of thoughtful leadership development to prepare participants to anticipate, manage and take advantage of changes in knowledge and health care delivery systems.

scholarly journals Women’s Empowerment and Infant and Child Health Status in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Kibret Abreha ◽  
Yacob Abrehe Zereyesus
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
And Child Health

Abstract Introduction Although many studies have examined the relationship between women’s empowerment and a wide range of health outcomes, the extent to which the different dimensions of empowerment influence children’s health, and through which mechanisms and in what contexts, is limited in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this review is to systematically assess and examine studies that investigated the association between women’s empowerment and children’s health status in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods A systematic review of the published literature is searched through PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus databases focusing on different measures of women’s empowerment and children’s health outcomes. Inclusion criteria in the review are studies that are published in English; full and original articles; studies measuring at least one dimension of women’s empowerment and children’s health outcomes; and Sub-Saharan African context. Studies included in this review are articles published between the year 2000 and 2019. Studies were excluded if the source was a letter, editorial, review, commentary, abstracts without providing full information about the study. Results Initially 4718 citations were identified. Finally, 15 studies met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. In general, the evidence suggests that women’s empowerment at the household level is positively and statistically significantly associated with better children’s health outcomes in sub-Saharan African countries. The review also reveals that women’s decision-making power or autonomy is the most common measure of women’s empowerment employed by many studies. Conclusions Future related studies would benefit by incorporating additional aspects of women's empowerment and child health outcomes.

scholarly journals Impact of Female Employment and Education on Child Health Care: A Case Study of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
Mrs. Fouzia ◽  
Durdana Qaiser Gillani ◽  
Shahbaz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
And Child Health

The majority of the females become a part of the labour force to share the burden of families in Pakistan, and they contribute to the cost of their children's health care. This issue is highlighted in this study. This research focuses on females’ education and their involvement in the labour market and child health care in Pakistan. The activities that affect the health of children are analysed here by using time use survey data. The ordinary least squares regression technique is used to find an association of female related and household related variables and their child health care. The results reveal that female’s age and employment affect child health care negatively. However, female’s age square and child health care are positively related. Moreover, the mother’s educational grade dummies, assets of family and family size positively affect the child's health care. The study concludes that mature females provide better care to their children's health. However, employed females have less time to care for their child's health. Those females who belong to the joint family system can better look after their children due to their share of household responsibilities. In addition, educated and financially strong females provide better health care to their children. The study suggests that lower-cost care centers can make the high participation of females in the labour market. Moreover, mothers should give too much time to their children for better care. There is a severe need for improvement of the higher education of females so that they can better utilize their education in caring for their children.

HOUSEHOLD NUCLEATION, DEPENDENCY AND CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES IN GHANA

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 565-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMUEL KOBINA ANNIM ◽  
KOFI AWUSABO-ASARE ◽  
JOSHUA AMO-ADJEI
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
Demographic And Health Surveys ◽  
Anthropometric Measures ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children ◽  
Child Health Outcomes ◽  
And Child Health

SummaryThis study uses three key anthropometric measures of nutritional status among children (stunting, wasting and underweight) to explore the dual effects of household composition and dependency on nutritional outcomes of under-five children in Ghana. The objective is to examine changes in household living arrangements of under-five children to explore the interaction of dependency and nucleation on child health outcomes. The concept of nucleation refers to the changing structure and composition of household living arrangements, from highly extended with its associated socioeconomic system of production and reproduction, social behaviour and values, towards single-family households – especially the nuclear family, containing a husband and wife and their children alone. A negative relationship between levels of dependency, as measured by the number of children in the household, and child health outcomes is premised on the grounds that high dependency depletes resources, both tangible and intangible, to the disadvantage of young children. Data were drawn from the last four rounds of the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (GDHSs), from 1993 to 2008, for the first objective – to explore changes in household composition. For the second objective, the study used data from the 2008 GDHS. The results show that, over time, households in Ghana have been changing towards nucleation. The main finding is that in households with the same number of dependent children, in nucleated households children under age 5 have better health outcomes compared with children under age 5 in non-nucleated households. The results also indicate that the effect of dependency on child health outcomes is mediated by household nucleation and wealth status and that, as such, high levels of dependency do not necessarily translate into negative health outcomes for children under age 5, based on anthropometric measures.

scholarly journals In-utero exposure to antihypertensive medication and neonatal and child health outcomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 2123-2137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine A. Fitton ◽  
Markus F.C. Steiner ◽  
Lorna Aucott ◽  
Jill P. Pell ◽  
Daniel F. Mackay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Antihypertensive Medication ◽  
In Utero ◽  
In Utero Exposure ◽  
Child Health Outcomes ◽  
And Child Health
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