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Burnes, David P. R.; Antle, Beverley J.; Williams, Charmaine C.; Cook, Lisa – Health & Social Work, 2008
This qualitative study used the long interview method with Canadian mothers of African and Caribbean descent to understand the underresearched experience of raising a child with sickle cell disease (SCD). Mothers' realities were explored through three levels of social organization: daily caregiver coping (micro level); community views of SCD, such…
Descriptors: Mothers, Diseases, Coping, Foreign Countries
Grant, James P.; Adamson, Peter – 1982
Synthesizing the experience of UNICEF's own work in over 100 countries as well as the views of leading international specialists, this report suggests that recent scientific and social breakthroughs have put into our hands the means to bring about a revolution in the health and well-being of children in the developing world. The first part of the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Children, Developing Nations, Employment
Dunn, Alison – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2005
The research reviewed and the current responses identified in this paper show that at local, national and international levels there are gaps in programming and policy to engage ideas and mobilise resources to address the needs and experiences of very young children infected/affected by HIV and AIDS. Chapter one identifies some key areas where the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Health