conclusions the significant improvement in the experimental group’s mean knowledge, hbm structures , and behavior scores indicates the positive effect of the intervention. background using various models of behavior change, a number of studies in the area of nutrition education have confirmed that nutrition habits and behaviors can be improved. objectives this study sought to determine the effe...

BACKGROUND Although the number of high-risk neonates has increased in Korea, hospitals were reluctant to open or maintain neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) due to the low medical cost. Consequently, there were regional disparities in facilities, equipment, and neonatal health outcomes. For these reasons, the Korean government began to invest in neonatal care during the last decade. We identif...

AIMS To investigate infant deaths in Cumbria, 1950-93, in relation to individual and community level socioeconomic status. METHODS Retrospective birth cohort study of all 283,668 live births and 4889 infant deaths in Cumbria, 1950-93. Community deprivation (Townsend score) and individual social class were used to estimate socioeconomic status. Logistic regression was used to investigate risk ...

Emergency obstetric care refers to life-saving services for maternal and neonatal complications provided by skilled health workers. Since the beginning of the 1980’s, several efforts have been intensified to improve maternal and child health status and reducing the high morbidity and mortality. There was built on a worldwide consensus to provide improved maternal and child health care for addre...

This paper uses data from the 1990/91 Pakistan Demographic Health Survey (PDHS) to examine the importance of socioeconomic, behavioural and biodemographic factors in the determination of neonatal, infant and child mortality in Pakistan with special focus on maternal education and health seeking behaviour. The central hypothesis of the study is that education of mother and health seeking behavio...

background: in the history there are long backgrounds to coexistence of human and domesticated animal. counter effect of more than 150 common diseases threat the human and domesticated health. due to climate condition of mazandaran, in the north of iran, the objective of the present study is to evaluate health conditions of the industrial animal husbandries (iah) during 2000-2001 . methods: thi...

  Introduction: Neonatal mortality rate is an important index of development in different communities and respiratory distress syndrome is one of the important causes. This study aimed to determine the status and effective demographic  factors of neonatal mortality due to respiratory distress syndrome  in Rural Area of Ahvaz city Iran. Method: It was a case control study of all neonatal death ...

Neonatal mortality is a major health problem in low and middle income countries and the rate of improvement of newborn survival is slow. This article is a review of the PhD thesis by Mats Målqvist, titled 'Who can save the unseen - Studies on neonatal mortality in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam,' from Uppsala University. The thesis aims to investigate structural barriers to newborn health improve...

BACKGROUND In pregnancy, violence can have serious health consequences that could affect both mother and child. In Ghana there are limited data on this subject. We sought to assess the relationship between physical violence during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes (early pregnancy loss, perinatal mortality and neonatal mortality) in Ghana. METHOD The 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey da...