introduction: optimal child development necessitates proper nutrition in childhood. despite of improvements in child nutrition, there are still lots of challenges in proper child nutrition which shows the necessity of using the past experiences more than ever. despite of particular interest of iranians to cardinal humors (temperaments), unfortunately, families and medical staffs are not appropr...

in 17 hospitals, 13123 new births were born during 1989 in tehran. some well-trained personnel observed the events, filling the required questionnaires, interviewing, and collecting necessary information. among them 730 newborns was low birth weight (less than 2500 grams) which was considered as cases. immediately after each case was born, two normal newborn were randomly selected as controls. ...

background although iranian women increasingly attend hospitals for childbirth, no information is available on programs and practices related to infection control in labor and delivery units. conclusions the results of this study revealed a need for development of appropriate policies and protocols for infection control practices in labor and delivery units and also midwives training on clean d...

objective: the goal of this study was to investigate all the potential routes to child/adolescent psychiatry clinic-university hospital center (capc-uhc) in tirana. the article provides demographic data, as well as further information on the types and amounts of services children/adolescents received during the process of seeking help related to different diagnoses . method: the study was condu...

Over the years, national and sub-national governments have introduced several initiatives to improve access to maternal and child health services in India. However, financial barriers have posed major constraints. Based upon the data of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) round 4 for Odisha state, our paper examines the out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) borne by households for accessing materna...

OBJECTIVE The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness is a strategy designed to address major causes of child mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the strategy on the quality of child health care provided at primary facilities. METHODS Child health quality of care and costs were compared in four states in Northeastern Brazil, in 2001. There were studied 48 health fa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the extent to which a program of home visitation (Early Start), targeted at families who are facing stress and difficulty, had beneficial consequences for child health, preschool education, service utilization, parenting, child abuse and neglect, and behavioral adjustment. METHODS The study used a randomized, controlled trial design in which 220 families who were partici...

Policymakers considering the 2009 reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) have an opportunity to strengthen federal provisions to promote primary, preventive, and developmental child health care. Several pieces of legislation introduced in 2007 focused on aspects of child health quality, but none placed a specific emphasis on primary care. This issue brief descr...