background: head lice infestation is one of the most common parasitic infections with a long history in the world . the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of head lice infestation among 3-6 years old children going to nursery schools in kashan, iran in 2009.   materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 1200 children having the age range of 3-6 years ol...

We examined the activities that low-income, ethnically diverse fathers of sons versus daughters engage in with their children in the preschool years. African American, Latino, and White fathers (N=426) from research sites across the United States, were interviewed about their caregiving, play, literacy, and visiting activities when their children were 2 years, 3 years, and preschool age. Father...

constant breastfeeding that depends on the family support. fathers' involvement is as an important factor of successful breastfeeding. the aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of fathers' participation in constant breastfeeding in vali-e-asr hospital, tehran, iran. this interventional study was piloted on spouses of pregnant women participating in pregnancy courses. the case group co...

OBJECTIVE To understand the relationship between several measures of child health status and the employment of parents. DESIGN A cross-sectional study using 1994 National Health Interview Survey on Disability data. PARTICIPANTS A nationally representative sample of children and their parents. OUTCOME MEASURES Maternal and paternal employment (measured separately). INTERVENTION We use a ...

BACKGROUND Most of the studies about parenting stress among parents of children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) have been conducted in western societies. The objective of this research, conducted in Iran, is to evaluate the parenting stress among fathers and mothers of children with ASD and find the correlation between severity of the disorder in children and the level of parental stress....

A previous study described the phenomenon of 16 financially stable Caucasian elders living with a chronic wound. The purpose of this study was to extend this research and describe the phenomenon of living with a chronic nonhealing wound in elders of color and in financially fragile circumstances. A purposive sample of 11 elders (nine older than and two disabled persons younger than 65...

As countries scale up adult voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention, they are looking ahead to long term sustainable strategies, including introduction of early infant male circumcision (EIMC). To address the lack of evidence regarding introduction of EIMC services in sub-Saharan African settings, we conducted a simultaneous, prospective comparison of two models of EIMC se...