Taller de masculinidades. Un dispositivo grupal de articulación intersectorial para el abordaje de las violencias por motivos de género en el Municipio de Gral. Paz / Masculinities workshop. A group facility for intersectoral coordination to address gender-based violence in the Municipality of Gral. Paz

Planteada la necesidad desde la Mesa Local Intersectorial de dar respuesta a la problemática de las violencias por motivo de género en el Municipio de Gral Paz y realizando nuevas apuestas que devengan en modos de abordaje, se conforma un grupo de trabajo constituido por tres psicólogas y una trabajadora social. Trabajadoras provenientes de la Dirección de Género, CPA (Centro provincial de adicciones), Patronato de Liberados y del Servicio de Salud Mental del hospital Municipal de dicha localidad. Creándose un dispositivo de atención para varones que han sido denunciados por violencia por motivo de género, desde un modelo de abordaje psico-socio-educativo, llamado "Taller de masculinidades". El objetivo de éste trabajo es dar cuenta del desarrollo y características de éste primer taller, recorrido de 12 encuentros, para el abordaje y prevención de la violencia por motivos de género a nivel territorial comunitario. Poniendo en relevancia el trabajo de articulación intersectorial que se ha requerido para el abordaje de ésta temática a nivel local.

Referrers' use and views of specialist mental health services for deaf children and young people in England.

BACKGROUND: Deaf children are at greater risk of mental health problems than hearing children. Generic child and adolescent mental health services cannot be expected to have the expertise to work with these children. Three teams in England currently provide specialist mental health services to deaf children. AIMS: The research sought to explore referrers' views of these specialist services. METHODS: Interviews and a postal survey were used. RESULTS: Referrers were very satisfied with the service and identified the features of the service which supported positive outcomes for users. Access was, however, a significant problem. Referrers suggested developments to the service should incorporate preventive work and cascading of skills to other professional groups. CONCLUSIONS: Deaf children require services which are expert in deafness and mental health, and the findings suggest the specialist services are achieving this. Resolving issues of access and widening its remit are desirable ways forward in any future development of the service.

Key worker services for disabled children: the views of staff.

Provision of 'key workers' for disabled children and their families, working across health, education, and social services, has been recommended in the Children's National Service Framework. This study investigated the views of staff of key worker services concerning the organisation and management of the services. Interviews were carried out with key workers (N=50), managers (N=7) and members of multi-agency steering groups (N=32) from seven key worker services in England and Wales. A response rate of 62% was obtained. Major themes emerging from the interviews were identified, a coding framework was agreed upon, and data were coded using the qualitative data analysis programme Max QDA. Results showed that although the basic aims of the services were the same, they varied widely in the key workers' understanding of their role, the amount of training and support available to key workers, management and multi-agency involvement. These factors were important in staff's views of the services and inform recommendations for models of service.

Health promotion for survivors of childhood cancer: a minimal intervention.

We report the evaluation of an information booklet aimed to explain the purpose of follow-up to survivors of childhood cancer. Evaluations drew on theoretical concepts in the elaboration likelihood and stages of change models. We predicted that survivors who adopt central rather than peripheral processing would show greater understanding and increased readiness to change health behaviour. Forty-eight survivors were shown an example page of the booklet in the clinic and then completed questionnaires about attitude to clinic, readiness to change behaviour, and the importance and scariness of the information. They were then given the whole booklet and asked to complete a second questionnaire at home. After reading the booklet, survivors reported a more positive attitude to clinic. Survivors using central processing rated information as more important and were more ready to change health behaviour than peripheral processors. We recommend that methods to encourage central processing should be routinely included when providing children with health information.

Surviving childhood cancer: quality of life and parental regulatory focus.

Applying Regulatory Focus Theory (RFT), the authors predicted that among survivors of childhood cancer, quality of life (QOL) may be compromised by prevention-focused parenting characterized by an overly protective concern with possible mishaps and illness recurrence rather than promotion-focused parenting encouraging expectations of recovery and a normal life. Interviews with parents of 64 survivors (M age = 13.83 years) of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or central nervous system (CNS) tumors were coded for reports of promotion or prevention-oriented parenting and positive and negative expectancies. Overall, parents expressed more promotion than prevention focus, especially in relation to general rather than illness-related contexts. Greater use by parents of prevention focus in general contexts predicted lower QOL for survivors (as rated both by parents and survivors themselves) and less satisfactory parental well-being. These effects were independent of a main effect for type of cancer, with survivors of ALL having higher QOL.

Parenting a child with cancer: promotion and prevention-focused parenting.

Applying regulatory focus theory (RFT), it was predicted that, among survivors of childhood cancer, quality of life (QoL) may be compromised by prevention-focused parenting (the focus on avoiding negative outcomes), rather than promotion-focused parenting (the focus on approaching positive outcomes). Interviews with mothers of survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) and tumours of the Central Nervous System (CNS) were coded for reports of parenting and related to child QoL. Parents reported overall more promotion than prevention; however, mothers of children with tumours of the CNS reported more prevention-focus than mothers of children with ALL. Furthermore, prevention focus was related to child QoL, regardless of diagnosis. The study points toward the value of further development of RFT in clinical contexts.