Development and Psychometric Properties of Social Exclusion Questionnaire for Iranian Divorced Women.

Background: Divorce, especially in women, could be assessed from socio-cultural perspective as well as psychological viewpoint. This assessment requires cultural adopted as well as valid and reliable questionnaire. This study aimed to develop and assess the psychometric properties of a questionnaire in order to address social consequences in Iranian divorced women.

An examination of the health and wellbeing of childless women: a cross-sectional exploratory study in Victoria, Australia.

Background: Childlessness among Australian women is increasing. Despite this, little is known about the physical and mental health and wellbeing of childless women, particularly during the reproductive years. The aims of this exploratory study were to: 1) describe the physical and mental health and wellbeing and lifestyle behaviours of childless women who are currently within the latter part of their reproductive years (30 - 45 years of age); and 2) compare the physical and mental health and wellbeing and lifestyle behaviours of these childless women to Australian population norms.

Rules and resources: a structuration approach to understanding the coordination of children's inpatient health care.

Aim: This paper presents findings from a multi-method study exploring the process of care coordination in children's inpatient health care.

Background: Existing work on care coordination is typified by "black-box" type studies that measure inputs to and outcomes of care coordination roles and practices, without addressing the process of coordination.

Method: Using questionnaires, interviews and observation to collect data in multiple sites in the United Kingdom and Denmark between 1999 and 2005, the study gathered the perceptions of staff and compared these with observed practice.

Women exposed to intimate partner violence: expectations and experiences when they encounter health care professionals: a meta-analysis of qualitative studies.

Background: The appropriate response of health care professionals to intimate partner violence is still a matter of debate. This article reports a meta-analysis of qualitative studies that answers 2 questions: (1) How do women with histories of intimate partner violence perceive the responses of health care professionals? and (2) How do women with histories of intimate partner violence want their health care providers to respond to disclosures of abuse?

Methods: Multiple databases were searched from their start to July 1, 2004. Searches were complemented with citation tracking and contact with researchers.