Breastfeeding plays a pivotal role in the promotion of health and prevention of psychological problems in children. This study aimed to compare the effects of breastfeeding educational programs on the development of infants aged 1-3 months based on the model of Belief, Attitude, Subjective Norm, and Enabling Factors (BASNEF) and application of acupressure on the GB-21 point. Methods: This quasi...

Background Progress in medical science and success in increasing the survival rate of vulnerable infants have raised the issue of future development in these children. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between small for gestational age (SGA) status at birth and developmental delay in children aged 4 to 60 months. Materials and Methods This study was a correlation descriptive thro...

OBJECTIVE To understand how early childhood developmental services are provided in other countries in comparison with the United States. BACKGROUND Recent surveys document gaps in developmental services provided in the United States. Understanding pediatrician roles in other industrialized countries may shed light on how to meet emerging professional expectations around health promotion care ...

OBJECTIVE An increasing number of older people in Western countries are living with incurable cancer, receiving palliative care from specialized healthcare contexts. The aim of our article was to understand how they experience the existential meaning-making function in daily living from a life-span perspective. METHOD Some 21 participants (12 men and 9 women), aged 70-88, were interviewed in ...

BACKGROUND Developmental care practices across pediatric cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) have not previously been described. PURPOSE To characterize current developmental care practices in North American CICUs. METHODS A 47-item online survey of developmental care practices was developed and sent to 35 dedicated pediatric CICUs. Staff members who were knowledgeable about developmental ...

how to cite this article: yaghini o, kelishadi r, keikha m, niknam n, sadeghi s, najafpour e, ghazavi mr. prevalence of developmental delay in apparently normal preschool children in isfahan, central iran. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):17-23. abstract objective developmental delay screening is essential in pediatric medicine. the purpose of this study was to estimate the developmental d...