The quality of father-child interactions has become a focus of increasing research in the field of child development. We examined the potential contribution of father-child interactions at both 3 months and 24 months to children's cognitive development at 24 months. Observational measures of father-child interactions at 3 and 24 months were used to assess the quality of fathers' parenting (n = ...

[Purpose] The purpose of this case report is to present the effects of vestibular stimulation on a child with hypotonic cerebral palsy through the use of swings. [Case Description] The subject was a 19-month-old boy with a diagnosis of hypotonic cerebral palsy (CP) and oscillating nystagmus. The subject had received both physical therapy and occupational therapy two times per week since he was ...

OBJECTIVE Bayley Scales of infant & toddler development is a well-known diagnostic developmental assessment tool for children aged 1-42 months. Our aim was investigating the validity & reliability of this scale in Persian speaking children. MATERIALS & METHODS The method was descriptive-analytic. Translation- back translation and cultural adaptation was done. Content & face validity of transl...

To make artificial constructs that mimic the structural complexity of native tissues, scientists typically use photolithography, soft lithography, stamping or microfluidic approaches. Recent advances in such microand nanoscale technologies, emerged at the convergence of engineering, biology, chemistry and materials science, have also enabled great progress in the understanding of living systems...

Background: Early life experiences have important consequences on health and human capital throughout life. The development is the result of interaction between the child's biological characteristics and cultural and social factors on which it is inserted. Biological factors that cause developmental delay associated with environmental factors increase the chance of the infant having an inapprop...

The study by Cheong et al, 1 “Changing neurodevelopment at 8 years of children born extremely preterm since the early 1990s” in this issue of Pediatrics, once again reminds us of the challenges and limitations of follow-up studies. The authors have done a commendable job following 3 cohorts (1991 to 1992, 1997, and 2005) of extremely preterm infants from 22 to 27 weeks' gestation to 8 years of ...

INTRODUCTION Emotional problems are amongst the most critical concerns to be intentionally handled to enhance the wellbeing and development of children. OBJECTIVE To determine the predictors of socio-emotional development of Egyptian infants related to infant feeding practices, aspects of infant and maternal health and socioeconomic status. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional comparative...

AIMS To describe perinatal factors associated with later morbidity among extremely preterm children at 30 months of age corrected for prematurity. POPULATION Of 308 surviving children born at <or=25 weeks gestation in the United Kingdom and Ireland from March to December 1995, 283 (92%) were evaluated at 30 months of age corrected for prematurity. METHODS Cerebral palsy, severe motor disabi...

AIMS This study examined the relationship between early organization of sleep-wake states and developmental outcome at 6-month-old premature infants. STUDY DESIGN This was a prospective randomized study that evaluated the sleep-wake states of healthy premature infants in the nursery environment for two successive 72-h periods, at 32 and 36 weeks gestational age. SUBJECTS Thirty-four healthy...

The purpose of this study was: (a) to assess and to compare anxiety and depression symptoms in mothers of preterm neonates during hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, after discharge, and at the end of the infants' first year of life; and (b) to assess the child's development at 12 months of chronological corrected age (CCA). Thirty-six mothers, with no psychiatric antecedents a...