By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- New research on Mental Health is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Winston Salem, North Carolina, by NewsRx journalists, researchers stated 'Researchers have identified complex needs of custodial grandparent families and lack of access to needed resources such as housing, financial and legal assistance, and health care. Case management links these families with needed services while helping them develop skills to promote their health and well-being.'
The news reporters obtained a quote from the research by the authors from Winston-Salem State University, 'This paper describes a case management program for custodial grandparent families using a nurse-social worker case management team. data were collected from 50 grandparents and 33 children using surveys and semi-structured instruments. Physical and mental health outcomes were measured using Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF 12) to measure the perceived quality of health for grandparents and the Child Behavior Checklist to measure the emotional and behavioral functioning of grandchildren. Grandparents more positively perceived their mental health after participating in the program. Perceptions about physical health were generally the same before and after the program. Grandparents' reported that many grandchildren had emotional and behavioral problems in the clinical range.'
According to the news reporters, the researchers concluded: 'These findings highlight the need for further research on the mental health needs of children being parented by grandparents as well as determining effective models and interventions to minimize adverse effects of parenting on grandparents.'
For more information on this research see: Examining the effectiveness of a case management program for custodial grandparent families. Nursing Research and Practice, 2012;2012():124230. (Hindawi Publishing - www.hindawi.com; Nursing Research and Practice - www.hindawi.com/journals/nrp/)
Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting L. Campbell, Division of Nursing, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC 27402-6172, United States (see also Mental Health).
Keywords for this news article include: Winston Salem, United States, Mental Health, North Carolina, North and Central America.
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