maternity child health is one of the important and essential aspects of health services that must be considered as a priority in administrative programs because mothers and their children more than other people in the community are affected by perilous environmental factors. they are very vulnerable that lead to disease, failure to thrive, inability and death. every year, poor hygiene leads to ...

Nursing programmes must prepare children's nurses to respond effectively the health needs of children and young people. The aim this study was examine general nursing curricula for child-related content. A non-experimental descriptive design used. Curricular plans from 18 countries where education only requirement care with complex in community were analysed. Curricula obtained institutions who...

There is a considerable research literature which focuses on the lives and needs of informal carers in the community.' Some of this literature examines the impact of the caring role on the physical and mental health of carers.2 However, the literature fails to examine in any depth the particular experiences and needs of children who care. In effect, child carers have been excluded from the wide...

Research on health care behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa usually considers the mother as the reference in the household when a child is sick. The study of health care management within the family is a key issue for understanding therapeutic rationales. This study was conducted in the region of Fatick in Senegal among 902 children with malaria-related fever. The data were taken from a retrospecti...

Diarrhoea, pneumonia, measles, malaria and malnutrition account for more than 70% of deaths and health facility visits among children under 5 years of age in developing countries. A number of programmes in WHO and UNICEF have developed an approach to the integrated management of the sick child, which is being coordinated by WHO's Division for the Control of Diarrhoeal and Acute Respiratory Dise...

Sweden's population is gradually changing to become more multiethnic and diverse and that applies also for recipients of health care, including childhood cancer care. A holistic view on the sick child in the context of its family has always been a cornerstone in childhood cancer care in Sweden. The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about the experiences and main concern of foreign-bor...