Publications by authors named "Susan Booth"
Background: Fabric orthoses are elasticated garments designed to provide support to the musculoskeletal system. They may benefit people with multiple sclerosis; however, in this population, their acceptability is largely unexplored.
Objectives: This study aimed to explore the meaning that fabric orthoses hold for people with multiple sclerosis and factors influencing acceptability.
Parents of school students on childhood overweight: the Weight of Opinion Study.
J Paediatr Child Health
April 2009
Aim: The perceptions of parents of school-aged children regarding child and adolescent overweight and obesity were examined.
Method: Parents with children in primary and secondary schools in socio-economically diverse areas across metropolitan Sydney and rural New South Wales, Australia, were recruited for focus group discussions. Content analysis was used to analyse the focus group transcripts.
Aim: The incidence and prevalence of overweight and obesity are rising around the world. Health promotion planning must be informed by the knowledge, perceptions, motivations and perceived needs of the target population, but little is known about how adolescents perceive overweight and obesity, its causes and solutions.
Methods: A cross-sectional, non-representative sample of 12- to 17-year-old boys and girls (n = 58) attending schools in diverse metropolitan areas and one rural area in NSW, Australia.
Aim: To investigate the perceptions of parents of young children aged 2-5 years regarding childhood overweight and obesity.
Methods: Parents with children in seven pre-schools and long day-care centres from diverse socio-economic areas across metropolitan Sydney and one rural area were recruited for focus groups. Focus group transcripts were analysed using content analysis.
Objective: To identify the factors influencing participation and outline the benefits and challenges of providing transitional rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) from rural and regional locations.
Design: Grounded Theory analysis of service records and policy documents.
Setting: One transitional rehabilitation service for people with SCI.
Background: GPs can potentially play a significant role in assessing weight status, providing advice, and making referrals to address overweight and obesity and its consequences among children and adolescents.
Aim: To investigate the perceptions of GPs about overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, including the extent to which they perceive it as a concern, the factors they see as causal, what actions they consider might be needed, and their sense of responsibility and self-efficacy.
Design Of Study: A cross-sectional qualitative study of GPs' perceptions.