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Coping when a child has a disability: exploring the impact of parent-to-parent support (2000)

Kerr, S M ; McIntosh, J B

Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd

Child 26 (2000), S. 0

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ISSN: 1365-2214

Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005

Topics: Medicine , Psychology

Notes: Aim To explore the impact of parent-to-parent support when a child is born with a disability. Design The research approach was qualitative. Data were collected retrospectively and were derived from in-depth interviews with parents. The audio-taped interviews were transcribed and then analysed using constant comparative procedures. Setting Scotland. Participants The parents of 63 children born with a congenital upper limb deficiency. Findings The early weeks and months following the birth of their baby was a difficult and emotional time for most parents. Feelings of isolation were common and there was a lot of concern about what the future would hold. Although a certain amount of support was derived from contact with family, friends and health professionals, parents did not generally obtain the level of support that was required from these sources. Contact with other parents of limb-deficient children, however, clearly exerted a powerful stress-buffering influence, providing much needed emotional, social and practical support. Conclusions This study suggests that parents of children with special needs are uniquely qualified to help each other. The challenge is to ensure that health professionals are aware of the potential benefits of parent-to-parent support and provide parents with information about appropriate local organizations/ contacts.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2214.2000.00149.x

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Analysis of cDNA sequences from mouse testis (1994)

Kerr, S. M. ; Vambrie, S. ; McKay, S. J. ; [et al.]

Springer

Mammalian genome 5 (1994), S. 557-565

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ISSN: 1432-1777

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Biology , Medicine

Notes: Abstract Few mammalian proteins involved in chromosome structure and function during meiosis have been characterized. As an approach to identify such proteins, cDNA clones expressed in mouse testis were analyzed by sequencing and Northern blotting. Various cDNA library screening methods were used to obtain the clones. First, hybridization with cDNA from testis or brain allowed selection of either negative or differentially expressed plaques. Second, positive plaques were identified by screening with polyclonal antisera to prepubertal testis nuclear proteins. Most clones were selected by negative hybridization to correspond to a low abundance class of mRNAs. A PCR-based solid-phase DNA sequencing protocol was used to rapidly obtain 306 single-pass cDNA sequences totaling more than 104 kb. Comparison with nucleic acid and protein databases showed that 56% of the clones have no significant match to any previously identified sequence. Northern blots indicate that many of these novel clones are testis-enriched in their expression. Further evidence that the screening strategies were appropriate is that a high proportion of the clones which do have a match encode testisenriched or meiosis-specific genes, including the mouse homolog of a rat gene that encodes a synaptonemal complex protein.