BACKGROUND AND AIM: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a multifactorial disease and several factors are implicated in its establishment. Considering the numerous problems those children with ECC face and the important role of parents in preventing them, the aim of this study was to evaluate the mothers’ awareness about ECC in Yasuj, Iran.METHODS: It was a cross-sectional study. The study populatio...

OBJECTIVES To describe feeding patterns and mothers' perceptions of desirable feeding practices in low-birth-weight (LBW) infants after hospital discharge in England and to test for the association of inappropriate practices/perceptions with identifiable demographics. DESIGN Postal questionnaires from 198 mothers of LBW infants in London, Liverpool and Winchester were analysed regarding infan...

BACKGROUND Postpartum depression (PPD) is a mood disorder that affects 10-20 percent of women, and can begin any time during first year after delivery lasting for months. Social support may decrease risk of depression during pregnancy for women. However, literature shows that the amount of social support received during and after pregnancy is different for teen mothers and adult mothers. This s...

OBJECTIVE Experimental studies suggest that maternal hypercholesterolemia may be relevant for the early onset of cardiovascular disease in offspring. We investigated the effect of perinatal hypercholesterolemia on the atherosclerosis development in the offspring of apolipoprotein E-deficient mice and the underlying mechanism. APPROACH AND RESULTS Atherosclerosis and related parameters were st...

prevention of disabilities and handicaps, including mental relardation and low intelligence, is one of the important aims of health programmes. therefore, understanding the causes of such disabilities could reduce their incidence. a cause of low iq and mental retardation is prematurity and this could be the result of low age of mothers at the time of pregnancy. this study investigates the relat...

This study examined intra- and inter-personal associations between pain catastrophizing and verbal expression in 70 children with recurrent abdominal pain and their mothers. Participants independently completed the Pain Catastrophizing Scale. Mothers and children then talked about the child's pain. Speech was categorized using a linguistic analysis program. Catastrophizing was positively associ...

introduction: facial deformities and aesthetic and functional anomalies in children may be a cause of real distress in families. problems faced by parents in coping with a child’s anomaly can be upsetting and lead parents to exhibit over-severe behavior. the present study was conducted in order to study the effect of happiness program on the happiness of the mothers of children with a cleft lip...

background recently, parenting programs to address behavioural and emotional problems associated with child maltreatment in developing countries have received much attention. there is a paucity of literature on effective parent education interventions in the local context of pakistan. this study aimed to assess the feasibility of offering a 6-week parenting program for mothers of pre-school chi...