BACKGROUND The latest national census reports the population of Iranian children (1 - 8 years old) about 11 millions. On the other hand, the latest population policies approved by supreme cultural revolution council (SCRC) will make this population increase faster. Childhood development is one of the social determinants of health, of which "child's play" is a part. OBJECTIVES This study is an...

The present study focuses on the effect of parental consanguinity on genetic disorders in the Iranian population, which is predominantly Muslim and where consanguineous marriages are quite common. Data were collected from three genetic centers from different areas of Tehran. Out of 800 affected subjects nearly 44% were born to consanguineous parents. While 37.8% of them were born out of paralle...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess the relationship between body mass index (BMI) of children and that of their parents in a nationally-representative sample of Iranian population. METHODS This cross-sectional nationwide study was conducted in 2011-2012 among 6-18-year-old students and their parents living in 30 provinces of Iran. Socio-demographic information was collected. The BMI values o...

To my parents, Hadi and Azam and to my husband, Masoud ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would first like to thank my outstanding advisor, Professor Todd Austin, for his continuous guidance, strong support and encouragement without which, this work would have not been possible. It has been truly a privilege for me to work with him and I look forward to our further corporations in the future. has produced a...

BACKGROUND Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong condition for children and their parents, the management for which imposes a vast responsibility. This study explores the mediating factors that affect Iranian parents' coping processes with their children's type 1 diabetes. METHODS Research was conducted using the grounded theory method. Participants were selected purposefully, and we continued with t...

Two hundred and fifty-eight Iranian university students estimated their own, parents', and partners' overall (general) intelligence, and also estimated 13 'multiple intelligences' on a simple, two-page questionnaire which was previously used in many similar studies. In accordance with previous research, men rated themselves higher than women on logical-mathematical, spatial and musical intellig...

sleep problems are common in childhood, but there are limited studies regarding that in iranian children and awareness of the sleep problems and their complication in iranian parents. we arranged this study in which parents of children attending for a sick visit or routine growth control to assess whether sleep problems are under-reported at general pediatric visits. in a cross - a sectional st...

BACKGROUND Selecting appropriate controls for studies of genetic variation in case series is important. The two major candidates involve the use of blood donors or a random sample of the population. METHODS We compare and contrast the two different populations of controls for studies of genetic variation using data from parents enrolled in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™ 4.0) Generic Core Scales in children. METHODS A standard forward and backward translation procedure was used to translate the US English version of the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales for children into the Iranian language (Persian). The Irani...

A case of multiple pulp stones, a supernumerary tooth and a congenitally missing tooth accompanied by several developmental dental anomalies concurrently affecting the upper and lower anterior teeth in an Iranian healthy girl is reported. Developmental tooth abnormalities are usually found in conjunction with certain diseases or conditions. In the present case, although the patient had consangu...