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S J Stevens

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PubMed1993

Mothers' awareness of HIV and AIDS.

Health visitors in Northamptonshire carried out a survey of mothers attending child health clinics to determine their knowledge and awareness of HIV and Aids. The aim was to ascertain levels of need for further health education for professional health workers and, in turn, their client groups. Susan J Stevens et al describe the results of the survey which revealed widespread lack of knowledge among women of childbearing age.

Community Health Nursing↗
PubMed1992

Differentiating the language disorder in dementia from dysphasia--the potential of a screening test.

A considerable amount of information is now available about the way in which senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) affects language performance. Speech and language therapists may have the requisite knowledge to work in the field, but they have few assessment materials to facilitate improved differential diagnosis between language breakdown in dementia and dysphasia. This study highlights the differential diagnostic potential of a short screening test with a weighted scoring system. The best discriminatory effect was in the areas of action picture description, verbal description and confrontation naming. Neither age nor sex appears to have a significant effect on results, and re-test results contribute little to the test's discriminatory power in terms of differential diagnosis between the two groups. The possibilities for future test usage and development are discussed.

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PubMed1989

Differential naming difficulties in elderly dysphasic subjects and subjects with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type.

This paper reports the results of a study in which elderly dysphasic subjects, and elderly subjects with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) were asked to name two representations of familiar objects. These were presented as coloured photographs, and as black and white line drawings. The results show that, although patients with SDAT perform better overall, there is a significant difference in their ability to name drawings compared to photographs. Analysis of the errors made by both subject groups shows significant differences, especially with regard to errors of visual misperception. The implications of these differences are discussed.

Aged↗
PubMed1981

Subjective time experience in an intergenerational sample.

The roles chronological age and gender play in subjective time experience were explored in a sample of 294 adult men and women. Subjective time experience (STE: the difference between subjective age and chronological age) was found to vary widely among individuals, with some being "accurate" (SA = CA), and others either "retarded" (SA less than CA) or "advanced" (SA greater than CA). Males were more retarded in STE than females at every point in the lifespan, and patterns of age differences in adulthood differed for the two sexes as well. The results suggest that chronological age may play a key role in transitions in STE, and that chronological age is more significant in the STE of women than in the STE of men.

Adolescent↗
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A therapeutic community for substance-abusing pregnant women and women with children: process and outcome.

The fact that women of childbearing age make up a large proportion of the alcohol and other drug using population has gained national attention. Since treatment for addicted pregnant women and women with children has become a federal priority, treatment programs of various modalities have opened their doors to this population. One promising treatment modality is the therapeutic community (TC). This article briefly describes Amity, a TC for women and children that provides long-term residential TC treatment for addicted pregnant women and women with children. Amity currently has 65 women and 50 children living together in treatment on a 23-acre ranch. Descriptive data including demographic information and data on violence are presented. Preliminary outcome data are detailed, comparing drop out and treatment completion on such variables as alcohol and other drug use, rearrest, employment, child custody, and involvement in support groups. A pattern of behavior involving experiences in violent episodes and alcohol and other drug use is illuminated and discussed. Ideas for further research are suggested.

Adolescent↗