BACKGROUND Mother -to -Child transmission of hepatitis B infection remains a major public health concern particularly in Africa. Adequate knowledge of physicians and midwives is crucial in averting most of the hepatitis B viral transmissions from mothers to their new-borns. However, there is a dearth of evidence on extent of knowledge of physicians and midwives in Ghana inspite of the increasin...

ENURESIS IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIAN CHILDREN: PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS AND PARENTAL PERCEPTION OF TREATMENT 1 2 Abiodun MT, Oluwafemi RO Department of Child Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria Department of Paediatrics, Mother and Child Hospital, Akure, Ondo State Nigeria Correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Moses Temidayo Abiodun Email: Department of Child He...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between maternal depression and anxiety disorders (MDAD) and child development assessed during the kindergarten year. METHODS Administrative data from several health and social databases in Manitoba, Canada, were used to study 18,331 mother-child pairs. MDAD over the period from one year prior to the child's birth to the kindergarten year was defined using...

aim: many of the oral health problems start in childhood that may affect the way of speaking, eating and even the social manners of the individual. the aim of this study was to test the trans-theoretical model to gain an understanding of the inter-dental cleaning behavior change in mothers and their children in the city of sanandaj. methods: this study was a randomized controlled trial, conduct...

A two years old male child was referred from the child health department with a two month history of recurrent bleeding per rectum. The child was seen in multiple consultations elsewhere and extensively investigated to rule out gastrointestinal as well as bleeding disorders. During psychiatric interview, mother reported that she induced the rectal bleeding by injuring the rectal mucosa using he...

This qualitative study aims to identify and analyze the meanings the health team attributes to the parents' participation in the care of premature children hospitalized at a public hospital. Data were recorded and collected through semi-structured interviews performed with 23 professionals. The results show that parents' participation in the care of these children is still in an initial stage a...