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L M Ware

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PubMed2001

A therapeutic nursery evaluation study.

The object of this prospective study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a therapeutic nursery program for troubled preschoolers attending the Preschool Day Treatment Center of The Menninger Clinic. Thirty-eight seriously disturbed preschoolers were assessed both at admission and at 9 months or at discharge (if before 9 months) in a pre-post design. Commonly used assessment instruments were collected by independent research clinicians. Significant gains were found in both internalizing and externalizing behaviors on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The Kohn Social Competence Scale showed significant improvement in learning, pleasurable play activities, and peer interactions. The socialization domain on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale also indicated improvement beyond expectable maturation. In the Behavioral Observations test, both the capacities of the child and the qualities of the relationship were shown to be improved. As measured by the Epidemiologic Studies of Depression Scale (CES-D), mothers also became less depressed. Overall, the researchers conclude that a therapeutic nursery with a comprehensive program is an effective way to help seriously troubled preschoolers make gains in behavior, as well as in social and emotional growth.

Child↗
PubMed1999

Comparison of sponging and excising as sampling procedures for microbiological analysis of fresh beef-carcass tissue.

Sponging and excising were evaluated as sampling procedures for microbiological analysis of beef-carcass tissue. Brisket tissue portions (10 x 10 cm) were inoculated with 2 ml of an Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 cell suspension (3 x 10(8)CFU/ ml). After 30 min, the portions were sampled by excising (EX) or swabbing (SP) with a sterile sponge and were analyzed for aerobic plate counts on tryptic soy agar and for total coliform counts and E. coli counts on Petrifilm E. coli count plates. Another set of inoculated samples was analyzed after being spray washed, in sequence, with water (6 s, 35 degrees C, 3.4 bar), acetic acid (2%, 6 s, 35 degrees C, 2.1 bar), water (20 s, 42 degrees C, 20.7 bar), and acetic acid (2%, 6 s, 35 degrees C, 2.1 bar). Additional samples were sampled for analysis after chilling at 7 degrees C for 24 h. Bacterial counts recovered were influenced (P < or = 0.05) by procedure of sampling (EX versus SP), time of sampling (0.5 versus 24 h), and by their interactions. Counts recovered 0.5 h after inoculation from unwashed or spray-washed samples were similar between the two sampling procedures (EX and SP). However, counts recovered after 24 h of sample storage were significantly (P < or = 0.05) lower for the SP compared with the EX procedure. The results indicated that as the carcass tissue was stored, recovery of bacteria by SP was less efficient than was recovery by EX.

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PubMed1996

Children of adolescent mothers: attachment representation, maternal depression, and later behavior problems.

Underlying the responses of 34 44-month-old children of adolescent mothers to five attachment narratives were two factors--departure and reunion. The departure factor included disorganized and insecure responses to parents' departure as well as disorganized responses to narratives about children's misbehavior and fear. Scores predicted children's externalizing behavior problems 10 months later and discriminated children in the clinical from those in the normal range for externalizing problems. Maternal depression explained significant additional variance in children's externalizing problems.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

[Children of adolescent mothers: a group at risk for psychopathology].

Developmental psychopathology focuses on developmental aspects of pathology as well as individual patterns of adaptation and maladaptation. Adaptation involves the resolution of earlier issues, with successful resolution facilitating adaptation and earlier developmental failures increasing the likelihood of future problems. The study of developmental psychology provides knowledge about normal processes in order to better understand psychopathology as well as groups at high risk for having problems over time. The project described in this paper focuses on applied psychoanalysis using psychoanalytic knowledge and theory in the context of an intervention project involving observational research. Two case descriptions of adolescent mothers and their children are presented to illustrate issues about problematic development in a child first observed as part of the research project and later referred to a therapeutic nursery. The cases are discussed in relation to two questions: 1/Is it possible to define and evaluate manifestations of disturbance early in life that result in definable psychopathology at school age? 2/To what extent can the selfrighting capacity of the child or environmental intervention compensate in correcting the developmental process?

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1991

Differences in cancer-risk-related behaviors in Latino and Anglo adults.

METHODS. Latino (n = 358) and Anglo (n = 113) adults living in the San Diego area were surveyed on nutrition, smoking, and cancer screening behaviors. The Latino respondents were dichotomized into a low (L-Latino) or high (H-Latino) acculturation group according to a median split of an acculturation index. RESULTS. After controlling for age, years of education, gender, marital status, and income, significant cross-cultural differences were found in saturated fat/cholesterol avoidance, and fiber and high calorie food consumption. L-Latino respondents had the lowest degree of saturated fat/cholesterol avoidance, followed by H-Latinos and Anglos. A pattern of decreasing consumption with increasing acculturation was observed for fiber and high calorie foods. Significant differences were found among women in the prevalence of Pap smear exams, with L-Latinas having the lowest prevalence of ever and in the past year having had a Pap smear, followed by H-Latinas and Anglos. A similar significant pattern was observed among women 50 years of age or older with respect to the prevalence of ever having had a mammogram.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

Reversible quantitative EEG changes in a case of cyclic vomiting: evidence for migraine equivalent.

Medical experts have disputed whether childhood cyclic vomiting is a manifestation of epilepsy or a migraine equivalent. Quantitative EEG provides an objective measure of changes in brain activity during and between episodes. This paper reports reversible changes involving two episodes in a patient whose history included cyclic vomiting and emotional/behavioural problems. Abnormal delta activity seen during both episodes resolved at follow-up, when the patient asymptomatic. The brain wave changes counter the hypothesis that vomiting in these patients is psychosomatic, and support the interpretation of cyclic vomiting as a migraine equivalent.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1988

Intervention challenges with adolescent mothers and their infants.

Adolescent pregnancy is a major social issue resulting in significant risk for both the infants and young mothers. In this paper, we will describe the effects of an intervention program for adolescent mothers and their infants, including the complexities of evaluating the effects of intervention for risk groups. More than half of the teenagers in the United States are sexually active, and more than 1.1 million become pregnant each year. It has been estimated that in 1981 approximately 22% of sexually active teens 15-19 experienced a pregnancy (Hofferth 1984). Among teen pregnancies, 70-80% are unintended and unwanted (PPFA 1984). Adolescent mothers and their infants appear to be at higher risk than older mothers for a variety of medical complications that may affect subsequent infant health and may impact on infant development and parent-infant interaction. While a number of studies have indicated that the biomedical risk for teenage mothers, especially those ages 15 and older, can be decreased considerably with adequate nutrition and proper prenatal care (Carey et al. 1983; Osofsky 1968; Osofsky and Osofsky 1970), for a variety of reasons, most teens do not receive the type of prenatal care that would most likely minimize risk and optimize outcome. Adolescent mothers are more likely than their nonpregnant peers to have lower education attainment, lesser job and economic success, and less frequent marital stability (Furstenberg 1976; Simkins 1984).

Adolescent↗