OBJECTIVE Despite documented associations between stunting and cognitive development, few population-level studies have measured both indicators in individual children or assessed stunting's associations with other developmental domains. DESIGN Meta-analysis using publicly available data from fifteen Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS-4) to assess the association between stunting and de...

The importance of this first years of life for long-term developmental outcomes has prompted researchers to search for specific factors that may be related to early childhood development. One of the factors that may influence the outcomes of children is parenting knowledge. Parenting knowledge is thought to be associated with the cognitive and social-emotional development of children, as it all...

Background: Mother-child interaction and spiritual well-being can influence child behavioral disorders by affecting the motherchr('39')s mental health. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of mother-child interaction and spiritual well-being with child behavioral disorders through the mediation o mental health in mothers of children with hearing impairment. Methods: The stud...

BACKGROUND In early typical language development, children understand words before they are able to use them in speech. Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) generally show impairments in both the comprehension and the production of language. However, the relative degree of delay or impairment in each of these sub-domains may also be atypical and remains less well-understood. AIMS Rel...

introduction: intentional and unintentional poisoning are among the most common reasons for referrals to emergency department (ed). therefore, the present study was designed to evaluate epidemiologic features and effective risk factors of intentional and unintentional poisoning in children. methods: this prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in ed of loghman hakim hospital, greatest...

child maltreatment that includes emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect has been widely documented as a risk factor for diverse negative consequences in adolescence and adulthood (suderman & deprince, 2015).for adolescents, these consequences include educational problems, heightened rates of law infringement, aggressive behavior, as well as various mental disorders such as mo...