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Background  This study reports development of a social support scale appropriate to the Vietnamese culture and the impact of social support on mothers of children with cognitive delays by using the developing scale.Method  Interview surveys were conducted with 225 mothers of children with and without cognitive delays in Vietnam. The structural and functional social supports were examined in relation to two aspects of stress, parental competence and role restriction. Demographic variables were incorporated in examining the relationships between social support and stress.Results  The social support scale had adequate reliability and structural and functional aspects comparable to those found in Western societies. Two domains in functional support, material and family‐directed support, alleviated stress when controlling for child disability status and sociodemographic variables.Conclusions  The results showed that informal and functional social support have some effect on maternal stress. However, when other variables were examined in combination, child disability was the strongest predictor of maternal stress.

This article has validity for our field since blind people represent a cross section of the varied cultural groups that make up America. It is important for practitioners to understand the mores, folkways and social institutions of the people they serve. What variations in reaction to blindness may be expected from individuals who have roots in Puerto Rico, or Poland or China, or Mexico or Ireland? More provocative is the question: Do "the blind" constitute a subculture in our society? A subculture has been described as follows: "Every society is internally differentiated into numerous subgroups, each with ways of thinking and doing that are in some respects peculiarly its own, that one can acquire only by participating in these subgroups and that one can scarcely help acquiring if he is a full-fledged participant." Would it then follow that blind persons who, in their employment or in their social activities, are associated almost exclusively with other persons who are blind do tend to become members of a subculture?

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Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on the Contributors -- 1. Innovation and Social Learning: an Introduction -- 2. Farms, Phones and Learning in the Trade Regime -- 3. Institutional Learning in International Financial Regimes -- 4. Institutional Learning in Standards Setting -- 5. Locational Tournaments, Strategic Partnerships and the State -- 6. Technology, Culture and Social Learning: Regional and National Institutions of Governance -- 7. Institutions of the Learning Economy -- 8. The Learning Region -- 9. Regional Innovation Systems and Regional Competitiveness -- 10. Regions as Laboratories: the Rise of Regional Experimentalism in Europe -- 11. Negotiating Order: Sectoral Policies and Social Learning in Ontario -- Index.

Alcohol distribution and consumption has been linked with controversy throughout history. Modern battles regarding its use, misuse, and regulation continue to evolve according to changing societal mores and legal precedents. This book is useful for those interested in developing or influencing policy making in the area of alcohol control