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Changes in children's behavior and costs for service use associated with parents' response to treatment for dysthymia.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
February 2006
Dr. Byrne is with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oshawa, and McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences System-Linked Research Unit on Health and Social Service Utilization, Hamilton; Drs. Browne and Roberts are with McMaster University's System-Linked Research Unit on Health and Social Service Utilization and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Drs. Mills and Bell are with the Caroline Medical Group, Burlington; Dr. Gafni is with McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, and System-Linked Research Unit on Health and Social Service Utilization; Ms. Jamieson and Ms. Webb are with McMaster University's System-Linked Research Unit on Health and Social Service Utilization, Hamilton.
Objective: This study examined differences in children's behavior and expenditures for health and social services used when their parents with dysthymia did or did not respond to antidepressant therapy.
Method: Children ages 4 to 16 years of consenting parents enrolled in a treatment trial for dysthymia who did and did not respond to treatment were compared at baseline and 24 months. The responder was a parent with at least a 40% reduction in his or her baseline depressive symptoms using the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale.
An exploration of socioeconomic, spiritual, and family support among HIV-positive women in India.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
July 2004
School of Nursing and Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences.
Through in-depth, tape-recorded interviews, this qualitative pilot study explored the feelings and concerns of 10 HIV-positive women, aged 18 to 70 years, and the socioeconomic, spiritual, and family support available to them in Kolkata, India. A qualitative approach of continuous comparative analysis of themes revealed that although heterosexual contact was the main source of infection, poverty and sexual violence were indirect social factors. These women experienced markedly less socioeconomic, spiritual, and family support after contracting the disease.
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