Loida Maritza Pérez's Geographies of Home portrays a Dominican family who has emigrated to the United States in an attempt to escape from poverty and the lack of opportunities in the Dominican Republic, an aftermath of ...

Palliative care settings in many countries acknowledge families as their prime focus of care, but in Brazil, to date, researchers have devoted scant attention to that practice setting. In this article, we report the findings ...

Home Literacy Environment (HLE) plays a fundamental role in the development of reading and writing skills in children. Evidence suggests differences in HLE components based on cultural and idiosyncratic characteristics. ...

The entrance of woman in the working Market from the 1960s forged discussions about the balance between work and family. The hegemonic family structure of this time had at its core a heterosexual couple, in which the man ...

The report presents the study of 20 countries related to the valuation of household tasks, family interactions, motivation to work. This is a comparative study in 20 countries in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Background: Early-life conditions are important for the development of obesity. We hypothesized that home and family characteristics reflective of less supportive environments during childhood will be associated with higher ...

The home learning environment includes parental activities, attitudes, affect, knowledge, and resources devoted to supporting children's development, including literacy and mathematics skills. These factors are related to ...