Intrinsic reading motivation of Chinese preschoolers and its relationships with home literacy.

The relationship between intrinsic motivation and home literacy of preschoolers was explored. One hundred and seventy-seven preschool children (3.8 to 6.

A randomized controlled trial of an individualized motivational intervention on smoking cessation for parents of sick children: a pilot study.

This is a pilot study of a randomized controlled trial of an individualized motivational intervention (IMI) provided by nurses to help smoking parents of sick children quit smoking. Eighty parents who brought their sick children to the hospital were entered into the study. The intervention group received an IMI from a trained nurse counselor and telephone reminders were given 1 week after the intervention.

The impact of work-related risk on nurses during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a highly infectious disease, with high potential for transmission to close contacts, particularly among healthcare workers. This is the first systematic study investigating hospital nurses' physical and psychological health status and the kinds of healthcare used-stratified by the level of contact with SARS patients-during the 2003 outbreak in Hong Kong. Nurses in moderate-risk areas appeared to have more stress symptoms than those working in high-risk areas.

Depressive symptoms and smoking among Hong Kong Chinese adolescents.

Aims: To examine associations among depressive symptoms, smoking, smoking trajectories and quitting smoking in Hong Kong.

Design: Prospective longitudinal design, with wave 1 at baseline (T1) and wave 2 (T2) 12 months later.

Setting And Participants: Form 1 (equivalent to 7th grade in the United States) students, mean age = 12.