Parents' and Children's Emotional Well-Being and Language Beliefs in Heritage Bilingual Families.

The present study aimed to examine how parents' psychological characteristics and positive beliefs about multilingualism predict children's emotional well-being in 51 multilingual families with an immigrant background. Parents were interviewed to assess their beliefs about multilingualism and completed a battery of questionnaires assessing depression, anxiety, psychological distress, parental competence, quality of life, and acculturative stress. They also completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), which assessed their children's socio-emotional and behavioral characteristics.

[Sensitization and occupational asthma in poultry workers].

Background: A high prevalence of asthma has been reported in poultry farmers. Our aim was to determine air contaminants in poultry confinement buildings and the prevalence of occupational asthma in these workers.

Patients And Method: Spanish poultry farmers who participated in the European Study Prevalence and Risk Factors for Airway Obstruction in Farmers, who worked inside confinement buildings, were enrolled in a cross-sectional study that included the measurement of air contaminants (ammonia, total dust, endotoxin and microorganisms), symptoms, skin testing with common and poultry-related allergens, and a specific bronchial challenge.