OBJECTIVE To test the impact of oral health education provided to pregnant mothers on subsequent practices within the infant's family. RESEARCH DESIGN A quasi-experimental intervention trial comparing the effectiveness of 'usual care' to one, or both, of two oral health education resources: a 'sample bag' of information and oral health care products; and/or a nine-minute "Healthy Teeth for Li...

OBJECTIVES The main purpose of this study was to compare parenting self efficacy between mothers of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and mothers of normal children. METHOD One hundred twenty mothers including 60 mothers of children with ADHD and 62 mothers of normal children were selected. In each group the participants were allocated between three subgroups of pr...

OBJECTIVES In this study, we evaluated the continuous and state anxiety levels of mothers with children with language delay. METHODS The study group consisted of the mothers of 18 children with language delay. The control group consisted of the mothers of 29 healthy children without language delay. To gain data about mothers, a personal information form and Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety I...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To describe the utilisation of reproductive health services (family planning, antenatal care, and delivery services) and the socioeconomic determinants for utilisation of health services. DESIGN This was a cross sectional survey, using a multistage sampling technique. SETTING Tien Hai district, Thai Binh Province, Vietnam. Altogether 1132 mothers with children under 5 years...

BACKGROUND In 2001, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. The objectives of this study are to assess awareness of the WHO recommendation among first-time mothers (women at 24 to 34 weeks of pregnancy) and to explore the relationship between this awareness and mothers' intention to exclusively breastfeed for six months. METHOD...

Traditional Sudanese medicine is based on experiences of every day people, systems of taboos, customs and deep-rooted traditions. This is a cross-sectional, hospital-based study done in Gaafar Ibnauf Children's Hospital including inpatient and outpatient subjects from October 2009 to January 2010, to identify the pattern and determinants of use, prevalence and commonest types of traditional tre...

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effect first aid training program on self-efficacy mothers with disabled children in home accidents.
 
 Material and Methods: This quasi-experimental one-group pretest-post-test conducted 44 mothers. Mothers were given education sessions. data collected using an informed consent form, introductory information Self-efficacy scale for ...

Child health as one of the main indicators of economic development has been included directly in the millennium development goals. Due to the increased rate of mothers' employment and education along with children malnutrition, the effect of mothers’ socioeconomic status on children’s health was examined in this study. In case study, data on children at birth were gathered from heal...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of anaemia and associated factors among under-fives and their mothers in a rural area of Western Uganda. DESIGN A cross-sectional investigation using both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. Stratified multistage sampling methods were used to select the study sample. A haemoglobinometer was used to assess Hb levels in the blood. SET...