Stepping Up and Stepping In: Exploring the Role of Nurses in Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.

This study focused on the experiences of grandparents raising grandchildren in rural, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Termed grand-families, there are numerous reasons why grandparents must step up and step in to care for their grandchildren. Often these reasons are related to their adult children's struggles with mental illness and substance use disorders.

Relationships Among Factors Related to Childbirth and Breastfeeding Outcomes in Primiparous Women.

Objectives: To explore the relationships among potentially modifiable factors related to childbirth and effective breastfeeding initiation at approximately 36 hours after birth and duration and exclusivity at hospital discharge, 2 weeks, 2 months, and 6 months after birth in primiparous women and to explore whether modifiable and nonmodifiable secondary factors and covariates influenced the relationships among factors related to childbirth and these breastfeeding outcomes.

Design: A prospective, longitudinal, cohort study.

Setting: The postpartum units of two general hospitals in eastern Canada.

Optimizing osteoporosis care in a rural primary health care center: Findings of a research study aimed to support seniors.

Background: Osteoporosis is one of the most under-diagnosed and under-treated health conditions in Canada. This study questioned whether an invitation to self-refer for osteoporosis risk evaluation would improve the number of patients who were tested for bone mineral density (BMD) at a rural Primary Health Care Center (PHCC).

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to improve osteoporosis care and decrease bone fracture risk in a population of patients 65 years of age and older.