Background Children’s responses to medical treatments differ significantly from adults. Appropriately selecting and measuring child and family relevant outcomes when designing pediatric clinical trials is important for decision making with regards to the health of the child. However, outcomes used to measure an intervention’s effectiveness in current pediatric clinical trials often lack child a...

Postnatal depression (PND) is associated with impairments in the mother-child relationship, and these impairments are themselves associated with adverse child outcomes. Thus, compared to the children of non-depressed mothers, children of mothers with (PND) are more likely to be insecurely attached, and to have externalizing behavior problems and poor cognitive development. Each of these three c...

A three-factor theory of child abuse has been developed which includes: (1) a high level of parental aggression; (2) a low level of parental inhibition of overt aggression; and (3) the focusing of parental aggression on the child. In the theory each factor is the outcome of a subfactor "path." A high level of parental aggression is the outcome of seven subfactors. A low level of parental inhibi...

Objectives:The aim of this single case study is to describe a child with Landau Kleffner Syndrome who misdiagnosed as a child with autism spectrum disorder. We also explore occupational therapy`s role in correct process for diagnosis and treatment. Methods:Three times measurement with Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist was performed to measure severity of symptoms and compare treatment ou...

This article investigates the impact of the Programme de Renforcement de la Nutrition – Nutrition Enhancement Program (PRN) that aims to improve child nutrition in Senegal based on randomized community intervention. Despite substantial deviation from the original assignment status of villages between the two data waves in 2004 and 2006, we find a significant impact of the PRN on medical inputs ...

background: labor pain is one of the severest pains that cause many women request cesarean section for fear of pain. thus, controlling labor pain is a major concern of maternity care. nowadays, interest in non-pharmacological pain relief methods has been increased because of their lower side effects. the effects of discrete heat and cold on decreasing labor pain have been reported but there was...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the worldwide consensus that twin pregnancy after fertility treatment represents an adverse outcome to be avoided is correct. DESIGN Literature search via PubMed and MEDLINE, going back to 1990. SETTING Academically affiliated private fertility center. PATIENT(S) Mothers and offspring in singleton and twin pregnancies. INTERVENTION(S) None. MAIN OUTCOME ...