International Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Keywords: Electronic Media; Children; Effects and Management. 

Childhood Tuberculosis has not given much alteration from the part of Governments and Voluntary organizations, if treated well the outcome will be better in children than that of adults. 

 Key words: Prevention of Dental Caries; School Children. 

 The study was conducted to find maternal and neonatal factors resulting in low birth weight of term neonate at selected hospitals of the city.  The study is based on Multi-factorial theory. After considering the factors related to the selected problem which were retrospective in nature, the researcher had selected the “case- control design” as suitable for this study. In this study Non probability Convenient Sampling Technique was adopted to select the sample. 100 mothers with term neonates,  50 in case group (mothers with low birth weight neonate) and 50 in control group (mothers with normal birth weight neonate) were selected as per inclusion criteria. In demographic variables education of the mother, residence of mother, monthly income of the family, maternal weight, and gender of the newborn were associated with low birth weight of term neonate. In maternal factors weight gain during pregnancy, and history of low birth weight in siblings was found to be associated with low birth weight of term neonate. In neonatal factors history of intra uterine growth retardation and history of multiple pregnancies was found to be associated with low birth weight of term neonate.

 Anxiety is an emotion concerned with the future. In this study effectiveness of selected nursing interventions in reducing pre-operative anxiety among children was studied using Stait Trait Anxiety Scale. The research design used in the study was one group pre-test and post-test Pre-experimental design. Nursing interventions selected for reducing pre-operative anxiety among children included: Desensitization by showing photographs, tour to operation theatre and allowing mother to leave the child to the operation theatre. Levels of pre-operative anxiety were assessed twice before and twice after the implementation of selected nursing interventions. The conceptual framework of the study was based on Roy’s Adaptation model. Study was conducted among 30 children whose age was between 11 and 13 years. The study revealed that the preoperative anxiety was significantly reduced after implementation of selected nursing interventions. The effectiveness of selected nursing interventions was independent of the selected background factors.

 Background: According to World Economic Forum report 2011,  more than 60% of deaths worldwide are due to Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), killing 36 million people each year.The beneficial role of physical activity in the prevention of NCD in adults has long been recognized. It is well established that health and development during adolescence in turn affect health during the adult years. Aims: To explore the patterns of physical activity and its determinants among school going adolescents. Methods & Materials: A school based descriptive survey conducted among 96 eligible adolescents selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique in Thrissur district, Kerala, with a structured pretested and validated questionnaire. Physical inactivity was defined as less than one hour of moderate and vigorous physical activity in a day. Results: The mean age of participants was 12.75±.92years. It was found that 57.3% don’t meet the requirements for 6 hrs of physical activity in a week 46.9% of children spent >2 hrs/day watching television. Physical activity was significantly associated with age and educational qualification of mother. Analysis was done using SPSS Version-16.Conclusion: Finding calls for an urgent need for population based strategies implemented at local and national level aimed at increasing levels of activity of adolescents to prevent escalation of non communicable diseases among young adults.

 The main aim of the study was to  do  comparative study to assess the effectiveness of left lateral position vs upright position on fetal heart rate and labor pain among parturient mothers in first stage of labor at government hospital, Vellore,.quasi experimental , comparative pre  and post test design was adopted for the study.The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique, and 60 parturient mothers were taken for study, out of which 30 parturient mothers were allotted to study group I and 30 parturient mothers in study group II.Data collection was done for a period of 1 month,  assessment of demographic variables, fetal heart and perception of pain assessment were done with left lateral and upright position among parturient mothers in first stage of labour.