2011
Intervention Groups for HIV-Infected Women: The Need for Additional Services
Eloff I, Forsyth B, Finestone M, Ebersöhn L, Visser M, Ferreira R, Boeving A, Sikkema K. Intervention Groups for HIV-Infected Women: The Need for Additional Services. South African Journal Of Psychology 2011, 41: 38-51. DOI: 10.1177/008124631104100105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntervention groupGroup interventionExperimental intervention groupIntervention trialsFrequent reasonPsychosocial referralsSuch referralsIntervention studiesReferralSevere emotional disturbanceSouth African mothersStudy participantsAfrican mothersInterventionHIVYoung childrenBehavioral problemsChildrenMothersEmotional disturbanceLimited accessParticipantsService deliveryAdditional supportLack of mobility
2009
Perception of vulnerability among mothers of healthy infants in a middle‐income country
Dogan D, Ertem I, Karaaslan T, Forsyth B. Perception of vulnerability among mothers of healthy infants in a middle‐income country. Child Care Health And Development 2009, 35: 868-872. PMID: 19735267, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01015.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild Vulnerability ScaleMiddle-income countriesHealthy childrenCross-sectional observational studyHealthy young childrenPotential risk factorsVulnerable child syndromeKnown health riskSocio-demographic factorsPerceptions of vulnerabilityHealthy infantsPediatric literatureRisk factorsObservational studyMaternal perceptionHealthy populationPaternal ageItem-total scale correlationsSocio-demographic variablesLAMI countriesChild syndromeBirth orderYoung childrenChildrenMothers
1997
Development of a Supplement to the HOME Scale for Children Living in Impoverished Urban Environments
ERTEM I, FORSYTH B, AVNI-SINGER A, DAMOUR L, CICCHETTI D. Development of a Supplement to the HOME Scale for Children Living in Impoverished Urban Environments. Journal Of Developmental And Behavioral Pediatrics 1997, 18: 322-328. PMID: 9349975, DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199710000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImpoverished urban environmentsNew clinical dataYoung childrenNursing Child Assessment Teaching ScaleHigh-risk familiesConstruct validityPsychometric propertiesNursing Child AssessmentClinical dataInter-rater reliabilityHigh inter-rater reliabilityHome visitsGood psychometric propertiesPilot studyValid additionChildren's AssessmentInternal consistencyChildrenSupplementsHOME scale