Current theorizing and evidence suggest that parenting stress might be greater among parents from both low and high socioeconomic positions (SEP) compared with those from intermediate levels because of material hardship among parents of low SEP and employment demands among parents of high SEP. However, little is known about how this socioeconomic variation in stress relates to the support that ...

OBJECTIVE to explore the attitudes of first-time mothers towards antenatal education from the perspective of attenders and non-attenders. DESIGN a qualitative approach was utilised using focus group interviews to collect the data. SETTING the study was conducted in one local health office area of the Health Service Executive-South East, Ireland. PARTICIPANTS a purposive sample of first-ti...

this is a semiexperimental research to study effect of education on knowledge of mothers with children under six years of age about preventing their child from being poisoned and providing first aid in case of such an inctdent in tehran. 100 mothers between 18-38 years old were surveyed, the range of their education was from elementary to high school diploma. the tool for collection of data was...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization recommends initiating breastfeeding within the first hour of birth. This study is aimed at assessing the effect of the mother's education on early initiation of breastfeeding. METHODS Data from the Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys (NDHS) 2001, 2006 and 2011 were used which included 12,845 last born children born within 5 years before the surveys. E...

introduction: a deaf child creates a feeling of stigma in many hearing parents. stigma in mothers can have a negative impact on a child’s treatment and rehabilitation process. therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the extent of stigma in mothers with deaf children.  materials and methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 90 mothers with deaf children...

The TAT was administered to 20 mothers of schizophrenic and 20 mothers of normal children. Children were matched on the basis of sex, age, level of education, number of siblings, and the child's position among his siblings. Mothers were matched on the basis of age, level of education, and social class. Each story was judged pathogenic, benign, or unscorable by 2 clinicians. A pathogenic score w...

OBJECTIVES In Emilia-Romagna, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign started in 2008 offering free vaccines for 1996 and 1997 cohorts. Systematic active invitation was implemented for the 1997 cohort. Our study aimed at measuring the impact of the active invitation campaign on HPV vaccine coverage and on coverage inequalities in 11-year-old girls. Second, we evaluated the effect of...