Background: A child brings happiness, love and joy in the family and society and if a child born with Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD), then parenting of IDD children requires a huge ...amount of liability, accountability, commitment and dedication. Children with intellectual disability are having debilitate physical and mental health conditions, lower longevity1. As parents are the primary caregivers, but lives of parents of children with IDD are much more complicated and stressful as compared to the lives of non-disabled childrens parents. Methodology: Quasi-experimental Time Series Research Design was used to assess the effectiveness of Parenting Skill Program on childs adaptive behavior among parents of children with Intellectual developmental disability in selected Special Schools of Delhi NCR.The tools used for data collection included a socio-demographic proforma and the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS). Structured interviews and pre-assessment tools, such as socio-demographic proforma and the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS), were administered to both experimental and control groups in the first month. Subsequently, the parenting skills program, consisting of 12 sessions, was implemented over a three-month period, with one session per week for parents in the experimental group. At the 6th, 9th, and 12th months, structured interviews using post-assessment tools were conducted with parents from both groups. Results: The findings of the study revealed thatthere was an improvement in the mean posttest score of childs adaptive behavior over the time. Specifically, at 6th month, it increased to (53.425±8.95), followed by (52.850±9.77) at 9th month and (55.288±8.87) at 12th month when compared to baseline score (46.362±8.09).This increase was found to be statistically significant within the group (F= 163.040, p 0.001).However, the control group, showed no significant change in the mean score of childs adaptive behavior and it remained same in 6th month, 9th month and 12th month as baseline, and no significant difference was observed within the group (F= 6.00, p 0.112). Hence, it could be interpreted that parenting skill program was effective in improving the childs adaptive behavior score of children with IDD in experimental group than in control group. Conclusion:It was concluded thatparenting skill program was effective in improving the childs adaptive behavior of children with IDD.
NUTRITION: A BOON TO HEALTHY EARLY CHILDHOOD Haldar, Pratiti; Viswanath, Lekha; Kumar Srivastava, Ashok
International journal of advanced research (Indore),
02/2022, Letnik:
10, Številka:
2
Journal Article
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Food!! The word food itself holds a very important role in everyones lives. The food we eat gives us the needed energy to pursue our daily activities and gives us the necessary strength to help boost ...our immunity. The importance of an adequate nutrition for children below three years cannot be ignored or cut short. The early nutrition practices in a childs life decides, the how the latter years of life turn out. Therefore, it should be a fundamental right of a child to have good nutritional practices from day one. Exclusive breast feeding since very long has been emphasized upon by Governments of various countries, medical practitioners and other involved in maternal and child health sector. If a child gets exclusive breast feed for six months, experts believe that it helps a child to grow healthy and also contributes to overall development of the child. Healthy Nutritional practices play a vital role in health of children especially in children below three years. Healthy nutritional practices are like the steps of a ladder, the stronger the steps the better is the climb for the child. Mothers or the primary care givers are like poles of the ladder which holds the steps together. Therefore, educating a mother or primary care giver about healthy nutritional practices becomes utmost necessity for any society.
Aim:This study aimed to explore the childbirth experiences of primipara mothers in selected community health centre of Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Design: Qualitative exploratory study. Methods: The study ...was conducted among 10 primiparous women using semi structured interviews on 3rd day of delivery. Results: Data analysis led into two themes and seven sub- themes. The themes include low self-esteem and unrealistic childbirth expectations. Low self esteem theme consisted of self-blame, poor self-confidence, ambivalent feelings, novel experience and the theme of unrealistic childbirth expectations the subtheme are unfamiliar environment, pain, medical intervention. Womens low childbirth self-efficacy can be the result of negative childbirth experience. Therefore, it seems that providing positive childbirth experience plays an important role in improving womens self-efficacy and self-esteem, which requires cooperation and effort at the level of the individual, family, education system and health care system.
Objective: To assess the level of knowledge regarding breastfeeding among postpartum mothers who attended immunization clinics in four maternity hospitals in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Design: ...Descriptive cross-sectional survey design. Setting: Four maternity hospitals in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Participants: 400 postpartum mothers (up to 6 months) Methods: The data was collected after obtaining University ethical clearance and administrative permissions from the four maternity hospitals in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. 400 postpartum mothers who attended the immunization clinics (up to 6 months) were approached through convenience sampling technique. The participants were explained about the purpose of the study. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the participants were selected. Informed consent was taken from the participants. The demographic data and breastfeeding related knowledge questionnaire was collected from the participants. Results: Only 46(11.5%) postpartum mothers had good breastfeeding knowledge, 255(63.7%) had average knowledge and 99(24.8%) mothers had poor breastfeeding knowledge. The mean knowledge score was 4.94±1.92 (maximum score = 12 with mean score % = 41.16). Conclusions: Mothers knowledge is a key factor for improving breastfeeding rates. The majority of the mothers attending immunization clinics were having insufficient knowledge regarding breastfeeding. This underlines the need for the involvement of health care professionals in educating mothers about breastfeeding. Implications for Practice: While developing countries strive to increase institutional births, there is a growing demand for a healthy atmosphere for breastfeeding in health care facilities. Improving the knowledge of expecting mothers in the antenatal period itself can bring in a lot of change in practice of breastfeeding as breastfeeding knowledge is an important factor for improving breastfeeding outcomes. Antenatal counseling regarding breastfeeding, arrangement of child birth classes to couples, provision of guidance and support, are some of the steps which can enhance confidence in mothers and can lead to successful establishment of breastfeeding.
Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum remains the leading single-agent cause of mortality in children
, yet the promise of an effective vaccine has not been fulfilled. Here, using our previously ...described differential screening method to analyse the proteome of blood-stage P. falciparum parasites
, we identify P. falciparum glutamic-acid-rich protein (PfGARP) as a parasite antigen that is recognized by antibodies in the plasma of children who are relatively resistant-but not those who are susceptible-to malaria caused by P. falciparum. PfGARP is a parasite antigen of 80 kDa that is expressed on the exofacial surface of erythrocytes infected by early-to-late-trophozoite-stage parasites. We demonstrate that antibodies against PfGARP kill trophozoite-infected erythrocytes in culture by inducing programmed cell death in the parasites, and that vaccinating non-human primates with PfGARP partially protects against a challenge with P. falciparum. Furthermore, our longitudinal cohort studies showed that, compared to individuals who had naturally occurring anti-PfGARP antibodies, Tanzanian children without anti-PfGARP antibodies had a 2.5-fold-higher risk of severe malaria and Kenyan adolescents and adults without these antibodies had a twofold-higher parasite density. By killing trophozoite-infected erythrocytes, PfGARP could synergize with other vaccines that target parasite invasion of hepatocytes or the invasion of and egress from erythrocytes.
Background: Estimation of stature from mutilated body parts, as in mass disasters and in many heinous crimes, has always intrigued the Forensic Pathologist and investigating agencies. Every part of ...human being grows in correlation to each other. Many authors have conducted various studies to find the correlation amongst various body parts and found positive correlation. The present study has correlated the length of all fingers with the stature of the individual. Methodology: The study was carried out on 150 healthy voluntary subjects (75 male and 75 female) of age 18-25 years. Instruments like Stadiometer and Vernier caliper was used for height and finger length measurements respectively. Result: Mean values of stature and finger length were larger in males as compared to females. Positive and strong correlation was found between stature and right index finger length in females and left middle finger length in males whereas right and left middle finger length in total subjects showed statistically significant correlation (P-value < 0.05). Conclusion: The findings of the study can be useful only when an intact finger is examined. As very less information is available related to correlation between finger length and stature of individual, there is need of more research from different geographical locations.
Poland syndrome is an uncommon, congenital anomaly characterized by multiple systems and organs involvement like musculoskeletal, lungs, heart, kidneys and haemopoetic system with absence of ...functional disability. Right sided Thorax deformity is the most common feature of this syndrome with the absence of underlying bones and muscles making this condition similar to open chest along with ipsilateral hand anomalies such as brachydactyly, syndactyly or ectodactyly 1. The incidence of this syndrome is 1 per 30,000-50,000 live births 2. Patients with Poland syndrome require anesthesia during surgical procedures to correct the associated deformities or the organ systems associated with the disease process. Literature shows that these patients may be more susceptible for malignant hyperthermia due to associated musculoskeletal abnormalities under general anesthesia 3. Moreover respiratory problems and hypoxia in the perioperative period may be related to associated paradoxical breathing, lung hypoplasia and chest wall abnormalities in otherwise asymptomatic patient at rest. We report a diagnosed case of Poland syndrome presented for syndactly release Keywords: USG blocks, Supraclavicular approach.
Fermented bamboo shoots are rich in high protein, carbohydrates, fibre and minerals while low in fat content. In the North-East region of India and other Asian countries, they are mostly used in ...various food preparations. The present study was undertaken to explore the diversity of bacteria associated with Bamboo shoots and to evaluate their antibacterial profile. Based on the results the fermented bamboo shoots showed viable counts ranging from 6.55 ± 0.91 log CFU/g to 7.86 ± 1.21 log CFU/g. The 16s rRNA sequence analysis showed that these isolates belonged to the genus
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and Enterobacter. These isolates have not been reported previously from fermented bamboo shoots except
. Surprisingly, no
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