OBJECTIVES To determine Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) in Gambat and to identify causes of and factors associated with it. METHODS The study was conducted in taluka Gambat of Sindh, Pakistan from December 2002 to August 2003. The sample of at least 510 mothers was needed to capture expected 1020 live births. We interviewed mothers to elicit information about live births in the past five yea...

background & aim:  according to the previous studies, anxiety along with some other psychiatric disorders is common among mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). since maternal anxiety affects mother-child interactions, early treatment plays an important role in the prognosis of adhd in children. this study aimed to determine the relationship between maternal a...

OBJECTIVE To document the child-rearing needs and pediatric health care experiences of parents with children from birth to 3 years old. DESIGN A nationally representatives sample of 2017 parents with children younger than 3 years using a 25-minute structured telephone questionnaire. Interviews were completed by 68% of the screened eligible respondents. The margin of sampling error for results...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess correlations between various factors and the physical and mental development of 4-month-old infants using a multi-faceted evaluation approach. METHODS A total of 1,402 self-administered questionnaires were distributed to consenting mothers of infants who had undergone a 4-month health checkup in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. The questionnaires incl...

This research is on the relationship between mothers and fathers in child-rearing attitudes, parents' was conducted to examine variables that affect attitudes. The study group relational screening model consisted of 324 children (n=648) 36-72 months old attending preschool education institutions. Parent Child-Rearing Attitudes Scale (ABTÖ-A) form used as a data collection tool study. Spearman-B...

This study investigated the cross-cultural and intra cultural diversity of mothers' beliefs and values regarding child rearing, education, and the causes of language impairment. Thirty Mexican-American and 30 Anglo-American mothers of children with language impairments completed 2 questionnaires, and 10 randomly selected mothers from each group participated in an interview. In addition, the Mex...

It was hypothesised that there exists significant difference between the parents of male and of female schizophrenics and those of the corresponding control group, in the child-rearing attitudes. The experimental group consisted of the 62 pairs of parents of 62 male and 38 pairs of parents of 38 female schizophrenics. A control group of 100 pairs of parents of mentally and physically healthy of...