Dietary intake among Danish children, in general, does not comply with the official recommendations. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the 3-year effect of a multi-component school-based intervention on nutrient intake in children, and to examine whether an intervention effect depended on maternal education level. A total of 307 children (intervention group: n 184; comparison...

objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the impact of early family-centered psychological and educational interventions on adaptive behaviors in children with down syndrome (ds). method: utilizing an experimental pretest-posttest control group design, parents of 36 children with ds were selected in isfahan. vineland adaptive behavior scale was used to assess adaptive behavior. resul...

  Background :Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most prevalent occupational disorders in different jobs such as office work. Some interventions such as ergonomic modifications and workplace exercises are introduced as the methods for alleviating these disorders. In this study we compared the effect of ergonomic modifications and workplace exercises on musculoskeletal pain and discomfort i...

Perinatal mortality is high in rural hospitals in South Africa. In part this is due to less than optimal care. This study determined the perinatal mortality experienced by a rural hospital and its clinics. Avoidable causes of death are described and various intervention strategies that effectively and rapidly prevented such deaths, reducing perinatal mortality by one-third, are outlined.

extract: children abuse probably not new phenomena but sever reflection of treble stories in press due to that this issue viewed as a problem which need to special nursing and medical attention.   each person who read new articles may to conclude that children abuse is a phenomenon relevant to twenty century but unfortunately children were abused for centuries. in 16th century a surgeon called ...

background: the overcrowded hospital is an unsafe one. overcrowding the emergency department (ed) results in increased patient suffering, prolonged waiting time, deteriorating level of service, and on occasion, a worsened medical condition or even death. objectives: this study proposes a strategy to overcome ed overcrowding. materials and methods: the proportion of acute area admitted patients ...

background :musculoskeletal disorders are among the most prevalent occupational disorders in different jobs such as office work. some interventions such as ergonomic modifications and workplace exercises are introduced as the methods for alleviating these disorders. in this study we compared the effect of ergonomic modifications and workplace exercises on musculoskeletal pain and discomfort in ...

background: to examine the effect of nutritional education on children’s breakfast patterns methods: a kindergarten based nutrition intervention was started in september 2001 among 8 kindergartens in hefei with a total of 2,012 children aged 4-6 years and their parent pairs. results: monthly nutrition education sessions were held over two semesters in kindergartens part of the intervention arm....

extractthis study have been done in the american university of beirut medical center for recognizing the skills of nurses in counseling for facilitating mental and physical rehabilitation of war disabled. this center was admitted veterans from ten years ago. this study showed important role of nurses in rehabilitation persons who were disabled from war conflict, terrible events related to war, ...

nursing standards of prevention of suicide in the hospital , is caution s related to suicide . this involves assigning a room with several beds near the nursing station, collecting of dangerous instruments, limiting of each unit, and excessive caring by nurse. the purpose of this policy is preventing of self- destructing behaviors in hospital. however these interventions are not effective unles...