Purpose: Using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics benchmarks as a framework, this study examined childcare providers’ (Head Start [HS], Child and Adult Care Food Program [CACFP] funded, and non-CACFP) perspectives regarding communicating with parents about nutrition to promote children’s health. Design: Qualitative. Setting: State-licensed center-based childcare programs. Participants: Full...

background : the education of preventing hiv/aids among the students 1s one of the best methods to prevent the spread of aids virus. the awareness of the students' knowledge about this disease is the first step in this way. methods : this descriptive-analytic study (cross-sectional) was done in hamadan male high schools in 1383-84, by using a closed questionnaire, the data was collected from 40...

PURPOSE Using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics benchmarks as a framework, this study examined childcare providers' (Head Start [HS], Child and Adult Care Food Program [CACFP] funded, and non-CACFP) perspectives regarding communicating with parents about nutrition to promote children's health. DESIGN Qualitative. SETTING State-licensed center-based childcare programs. PARTICIPANTS Fu...

BACKGROUND Infantile hemangioma (IH) is the most common vascular tumor in children. It is controversial whether IHs has effects on the quality of life (QOL) in patients of whom IH poses no threat or potential for complication. Thus, we conducted this study to evaluate the q QOL in patients with IH and find the predictors of poor QOL. METHODS The PedsQL 4.0 Genetic Core Scales and the PedsQL f...

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.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 preschool, first and se...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to establish asthma knowledge of parents of children (0-18 years) with asthma at the outpatient clinic. METHODS A translated and adapted a 21 item Likert type 5 point scale questionnaire (Cronbach's α-coefficient 0.73) was completed by 291 parents of children with asthma. Total asthma knowledge scores were associated with demographic and psychosocial variab...

BACKGROUND Parents of young athletes play a major role in the identification and management of sports-related concussions. However, they are often unaware of the consequences of concussions and recommended management techniques. HYPOTHESIS This study quantitatively assessed parental understanding of concussions to identify specific populations in need of additional education. We predicted tha...

This study examined the existence of a digital skill divide in Internet use for parenting purposes, exploring whether child-rearing content searched, parental skills on search practices, criteria used in the evaluation of content and satisfaction with the results are modulated by socio-demographic factors and level of Internet experience. Participants were 234 Spanish parents recruited through ...

background: the parent’s awareness about chronic disabling disease in their children definitely distresses the parents. children of such parents show behavior & cognitive disturbances with long term negative impact on the family.   objective: the present study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of depression in parents of disabled children.   methods: following a cross-sectional stud...