Disability, chronic disease and human development / Joav Merrick, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merrick, Joav, editor.

Series:

Pediatrics, child and adolescent health.

Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with disabilities--Development.

Children with disabilities.

Chronic diseases in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Biomedical, 2015.

Summary:

Disability is part of human life and most of us will, at some time during our lifetime, experience an impairment or difficulty in our functioning, either by disease or in our old age. Once upon a time, disability in a person resulted in many kinds of disadvantages and shunning from society as a whole, but in our time society has changed attitudes toward this part of our population. The idea today is to transform a disability into an ability and to support and help this population in any way possible via treatment, interventions or new technology to make a better quality of life and an optimal

Contents:

DISABILITY, CHRONIC DISEASEAND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; DISABILITY, CHRONIC DISEASEAND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Section one: Introduction; Disability, chronic diseaseand human development; Introduction; Epidemiology; Disability, chronic diseases and death; Risk behaviors; Cost of chronic diseases; Recommendations; References; Section two: Abstracts; Abstracts from the GerrySchwartz and Heather Reisman4th International Conference onPediatric Chronic Diseases,Disability and HumanDevelopment, Jerusalem,January 21-23, 2015

Capnography in patients with severeneurological impairmentThe early origins of stress regulationand mental health in childhood:Clues from studies following pretermbirth and prenatal maternal mental health; Pathways to early mental health; A study of patient autonomy attitudesfor a surgical ward in Xiamen; New recreational opportunities to kidsand young adults with disabilities; Importance of a regular source of primarycare in adolescents: The case ofadolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Neonatal outcomes in womenwith a history of juvenile idiopathicarthritis

Early childhood and adult ADHD:From the womb to the tombDisease and disability perspectivesin children's health care: Can we achievebalance?; Sexuality of people with intellectualdisability: Parents perspectives; Coping every day with celiac disease:Emerging experiences from focus groupswith children, adolescents and parents; Parents' perceptions of circumstancesinfluencing their own sleep when livingwith a child enrolled in hospital-basedhome care services; Hindering and buffering factorsfor parental sleep in neonatal care:A phenomenographic study

Child neurodevelopmental functionalcharacteristics mediate apparent effectsof neurodevelopmental diagnosison select child and family outcomesFamily quality of life among familiesraising a child with developmentaldisabilities: Importance of supportresources, religion and spirituality; Effect of neurological disorderson cognitive and psychosocialdevelopment in infants; Parental occupational executive training(POET): Parental perceptions of itscontribution to their young childrenwith ADHD symptoms

Facilitators and barriers to participationin a shopping mall: Perspectivesof adolescents with disabilities""Equal in uniform"": How has it influencedsoldiers with intellectual disabilities?; Does a child on chronic ventilation havethe right to demand home care?; Attachment-based integrativeintervention in complex cases of abusedand neglected children: Preliminaryresults of a mixed methods Israeli study; Managing and coping with childhoodchronic diseases: Sleep problems in thechild with neurodevelopmental disorders

Transitioning to school:Utilization and parental satisfactionwith rehabilitation services

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 19, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63483-057-1