acute gastroenteritis (age) has a great impact on children less than five years of age, producing high levels of morbidity and mortality. worldwide, age is mainly related to viruses, mainly rotavirus but human adenovirus (hadv) in particular as an important etiologic agent. among hadv species f, genotypes 40 and 41 are responsible for a high number of diarrhea cases, mainly in children under 2 ...

objective the aim of this study was to identify the best criteria for diagnosis of migraine in our pediatric population. materials and methods a total of 85 children aged below 15 years who had been referred to the neurology clinic of al-zahra hospital with headache as their chief complaint, were enrolled. validated questionnaires were completed by them. the patients were evaluated using five s...

Latino immigrant families with children with disabilities experience multiple sources of oppression during their settlement process in the United States. Unfair social structures and dominant cultural values and norms and the way they influence the immigrants' personal life stories generate a cycle of oppression very difficult to break. This paper presents a case study of how a group of Latino ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: scrubbing is the most common brushing method for children. the goal of our study was to find out what time length of scrubbing could be most effective on the reduction of plaque index among children of 10 to 12 years. materials and methods: in this interventional experimental research, 60 primary school children...

it is necessary for community health nurses to be aware of children growth velocity as well as their height. this is a report of joan arton’s study on primary schools children. traditionally children health indicators were based on if they gain enough weight or not. although today it is proved that height is a better index for children health, but measuring height alone is not enough and growth...

Background Nutritional status of children is one of the major predictors of child survival. However, malnutrition is a major public health problem in most of the developing countries and occurs prominently among under-five children. In context of Nepal, nearly 37% children are suffering from underweight, 41% from stunting and 11% are suffering from wasting. These children are at a substantially...