Our mission is to help the people of Canada maintain and improve their health. Également en français sous le titre La négligence à l'égard des enfants : définitions et modèles actuels—Examen de la recherche portant sur la négligence à l'égard des enfants, 1993–1998. The opinions expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Health Canada. Contents ...

OBJECTIVES Examine the extent that parent gender is associated with supporting children's physical activity. DESIGN Cross-sectional mixed-methods study. SETTING 47 primary schools located in Bristol (UK). PARTICIPANTS 944 children aged 8-9 years and one of their parents provided quantitative data; 51 parents (20 fathers) were interviewed. METHODS Children wore an accelerometer, and mean...

BACKGROUND There is growing evidence that early childhood education (ECE) interventions can reduce the loss of developmental potential of disadvantaged children in low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC). Less attention has been paid to the potential of these programmes to prevent child mental health problems and promote child well-being. METHODS Peer-reviewed journal articles describing con...

OBJECTIVE Clinical writings on sensory integration treatment and theory have long professed that play serves as an important means of implementing treatment goals. However, to date, there has been little research that examines this aspect of the intervention. With the use of play language as an indicator for the occurrence of play, this study examined the frequency and characteristics associate...

BACKGROUND Low dietary quality and quantity and inappropriate feeding practices can cause undernutrition. Poor nutritional status in early childhood is associated with growth faltering. The objective of the study was to assess the potential of community-based nutrition education to improve height-for-age z-scores in children 6-23 months of age. METHODS AND FINDINGS We carried out a cluster-ra...

Considering the need of parameters to know the workload existent in Rooming-in (RI), it is imperative to identify nursing activities in the mother-child binomial. The objectives of the study are: to identify nursing activities in the Rooming-In Unit of the HU-USP; to classify activities in nursing interventions according to the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC), and to validate the inte...

Individuals with Down syndrome typically have low fitness levels and obesity despite data that indicate physiological gains from physical activity and exercise interventions. Low fitness levels and obesity in individuals with Down syndrome may be related to sedentary lifestyles, social and recreational opportunities, or low motivation to be physically active. These causal influences on the over...

Pervasive computing technologies can assist parents and occupational therapists in modifying behaviors in young children. In occupational therapy, an effective mean to motivate child behavior change is by designing playful activities which leverages the desire of children to play to induce their behavioral change. By embedding digital technology into playful activity, pervasive computing techno...