Background: Taiwanese family carers of people with intellectual disabilities not only suffer from long-term stress but also need to cope with social difficulties. The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) among family carers of people with intellectual disabilities. Materials and methods: A census interview survey was…

Relates the experiences of participants in four poetry workshop sessions at a convalescent rehabilitation center. Provides examples of the poetry written during the sessions. (RL)

This publication reports the results of a review of scientific research on office job hazards, survey responses from more than 1,200 office workers in Cleveland and Boston, and in-depth interviews with more than 100 office workers. The report covers the following areas of health hazards for office workers: (1) job stress--physical and…

Examines the congruency between interviewers' ratings and respondents' (n=3,586) levels of self-reported self-esteem, depression, and health status. Multiple regression analysis was applied to the data, and the results revealed that interviewers' ratings were fairly congruent with respondents' self-reported self-esteem, depression, and health…

Elderly Mexican Americans (n=25) participated in ethnographic interviews about folk healing and its influence on health care behaviors. Participants relied on modern medicine to treat serious injuries but still considered folk healing a viable alternative when modern health care was unsatisfactory or ineffective. (JBJ)