Background: The first year of life is the most important period of an extra uterine brain development requires environmental stimulation for developmental capabilities expression. Mean while, due to the repeated environmental disparity, nursery children are at great risk of developmental delay. Aim: To determine the effect of an evidence-based care package on infant gross motor development. Met...

Introduction: Measuring the patient mortality rate is the most important indicator for the evaluation of healthcare capabilities in intensive care units in hospitals and health systems. This study aims to investigate the impact of the socio economic status of households on premature infant mortality in hospitals affiliated to the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. <st...

background: infant&apos;s transition is a challenge for parents and the health system that requires ongoing assessment and management to improve each newborn`s growth and development. the purpose of this study was to explore the management of infant` transition from neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) to home.materials and methods: we used a grounded theory study to explore and describe the man...

This study examined whether the quality of caregiver behavior in child care centers contributes to infant cognitive development at 9 months of age. Sixty-four infants (34 boys) were observed with their primary caregivers in child care centers at 3, 6, and 9 months of age. Caregiver behavior was rated for sensitivity and for stimulation of infant development during one-to-one caregiving interact...

Background: One of the most important indicators of quality of services and monitoring health services is evaluation and assessment of patient satisfaction of services that comes from sociology research. Aim: To identify the effect of providing post partum care at home on maternal received care and satisfaction. Method: This clinical trial was carried out on 200 mothers who referred to Akbar Ab...

Aim: To identify the care provided at home aimed at the promotion of child health in Brazil. Method: Integrative review of articles published in Portuguese, English and Spanish in MEDLINE, CINAHL and LILACS, using the descriptors infant, infant care, health promotion, family, child health and child welfare. A total of 11 items were selected. The results were presented according to the domain of...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to introduce an intensive interventional maternity care program, called the Temple Infant and Parent Support Services (TIPSS) program, and to determine whether comprehensive maternal and infant care would reduce the high rate of infant morbidity and mortality. METHODS The TIPSS program was comprehensive, offering multidisciplinary services that were fam...

newborns’ bacterial infections due to group b streptococcus (gbs) happen in two forms including early-onset disease or late-onset disease. in this paper, we report a case of early-onset gbs infection in a male infant. a 22-year-old primigravid woman delivers a term normal looking male infant. nasal flaring, grunting, and poor feeding presented soon after birth. an empiric treatment with intrave...