background and purpose: fever is one of the most frequent disease symptoms and a common cause of emergency admissions in infants and children. considering the alarming nature of fever and pivotal role of mothers in the management of this symptom in children, this study aimed to evaluate the ability of fever management among mothers in sabzevar city, iran. materials and methods: this cross-secti...

BACKGROUND Health behaviors play a major role in the prevention of the most common oral diseases. To investigate health behaviors related to the potential transmission of oral bacteria from mother to child using novel multiple correspondence analysis (MCA). METHODS Mothers (n = 313) with children under three years attending two municipal child health clinics in Finland completed a self-admini...

introduction: a deaf child creates a feeling of stigma in many hearing parents. stigma in mothers can have a negative impact on a child’s treatment and rehabilitation process. therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the extent of stigma in mothers with deaf children.  materials and methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 90 mothers with deaf children...

BACKGROUND Body mass index (BMI) does not make a distinction between fat mass and lean mass. In children, high fat mass appears to be associated with low maternal education, as well as low lean mass because maternal education is associated with physical activity. Therefore, BMI might underestimate true obesity in children of low-educated mothers. OBJECTIVE To investigate the associations of m...

Breastfeeding is beneficial for the baby and the mother, but is yet to be successfully practiced by newly delivered women as proposed in the Healthy People 2020 goal. Most breastfeeding education during the prenatal or postpartum period provides adequate information for interested women. However, mothers need individualized client-professional interactions and follow-up after hospital discharge...

this is a quasi-experimental study. purpose was to investigate effect of education on health behaviors of mothers of children under 6-12 years old, about prevention of typhoid. a sample of 60 mothers selected and then divided to two groups. one group had typhoid and the other didn't have typhoid. data were collected by a questionnaire with two parts. the first part included demographic and...

Mother is considered as the first teacher in the life of a child and it is anticipated that mother’s education level may have some influence on the personality of a child. Therefore, the present investigation was intended to study the impact of maternal education on the value pattern of adolescents. The study was conducted on senior secondary school students of the age group of 15-18 years of H...