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Survey of Grandparents Reveals Stress of Caring for Grandchildren

July 1, 2002 | Program Result

The University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health and the University of Toronto undertook a collaborative research and dissemination project on the prevalence and nature of childcare provided by grandparents.

Family-Centered Support Services Make Strides, But Institutional Change is Elusive

September 1, 2001 | Program Result

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center planned and implemented a comprehensive, coordinated service system to address the medical and social needs of chronically ill children and their families in New Hampshire.

Families Caring for Preemies are at Risk

January 1, 2002 | Program Result

From 1995 to 1996, staff from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care developed a model for a family support program to address problems encountered by pre-term infants and their families.

Second Time Around

August 1, 2000 | Program Result

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children enabled Grandparents As Second Parents to test and to disseminate for national use a peer support program it had developed for grandparents raising their grandchildren.

Parental Misinterpretations of Over-the-Counter Pediatric Cough and Cold Medication Labels

June 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Concerns about the safety and efficacy of over-the-counter cold medications have led to a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration public health advisory against their use in children 2 years of age. This study's goal was to examine caregiver understanding of the age indication of over-the-counter cold medication labels and identify factors, associated with caregiver understanding.

Parents as Information Intermediaries Between Primary Care and Specialty Physicians

December 1, 2007 | Journal Article

This study examines the degree to which parents serve as information intermediaries in children referred from community practice to an academic referral center, as well as both parent and physician attitudes to their performing this role.

IOM Identifies Ways to Help Dying Children and Their Families

August 1, 2004 | Program Result

The Institute of Medicine (IOM), Washington commenced a study of care for children who die and their families in 2000, and issued a report in July 2002.

Book and Video Show Parents of Disabled Children how to Create a Safe, Supportive Home

February 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Center for Architecture and Building Science Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology produced both a book and a video to help parents of children with a physical disability create a supportive home environment.

Two National Groups Support Parents Raising Children with Disabilities, Chronic Health Conditions

January 1, 2006 | Program Result

Statewide directors of Parent to Parent programs, representing the national Parent to Parent movement, investigated the possibility of creating a formal partnership between the Parent to Parent movement and the Grassroots Consortium on Disabilities.

In Two California Counties Health Teams Support Grandparents Raising Their Grandkids

March 1, 2006 | Program Result

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 1999 more than 3.9 million children in America were being raised in homes maintained by one or more grandparent.

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