OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of childhood preventable and treatable medical conditions and the parent's/guardian's knowledge about the conditions and their management. DESIGN A descriptive cross-sectional study. SETTING Paediatric medical wards at Kenyatta National hospital SUBJECTS All children aged 0-60 months with preventable conditions (that included pneumonia, malaria, diarr...

The purpose of this study was to determine some parental predictors of physical inactivity in Spanish adolescents. The sample comprised 1,978 children, aged between 12 and 16 years. A quantitative and qualitative technical triangulation was employed. The study analyzed data of the parents' educational level, the importance they grant to physical-sport activities, and their physical-sport practi...

Parental smoking is the major source of children's secondhand smoke exposure and is influenced by parents' perception of children's exposure. However, the factors associated with these perceptions remain unclear. The objective of this study was to examine factors associated with parents' perceptions about parental smoking in the presence of children and its consequences. We conducted a cross-se...

Parental involvement in school has been demonstrated to play a crucial role children’s academic achievement. This article examines the relation of adolescent's achievement parental and parent’s education level, separately, grounded on quantitative approach. All participants were middle-class dual-earner parents from eight cities across United States. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used ...

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 study, 5...