نشریه پرستاری ایران (Mar 1999)
Assess the growth and development of 15 month- old children who have been breast fed continuously from birth (1994)
Abstract
This is a field study to assess the growth and development of 15 month-old children who have been breast fed continuously from birth . This study has been conducted in the health centers related to Iran Medical University in Tehran in 1995 . One hundred (n =100) 15 month-old children (50 girls, 50 boys) took pan in this research . Brought in by their mothers , they have referred to one of the health clinks from the four educational hospitals related 10 Iran Medical University in Tehran . They were referred to for their periodical vaccination visits , Data collecting tools in this study were questionnaire , Seca scale and strip metre. The questionnaire was developed by the researcher and consisted of three parts . The first part included 4 questions on subjects , physical measurements (such as weight . height. head circumference, etc:…) at birth, the second part consisted of 6 questions on their specifications currently, and the third pan included 37 questions on their cognitive emotional and social development . The collected data au presented in 22 tables and 6 graphs . The descriptional and inferential nameswere wed to analyze them . Growth and development of children under study were compatible with the standard curve . The findings of the investigation showed that in a major percent of these continuously breast fed subjects J physical growth was compatible with the standard curve. A lso the majority of these children has gained cognitive motor emotional and social development, There was a significant correlation between the subjects ' specifications' such as weight , height, head circumference and chest circumference at birth and at 15 month sub age . At last according to the results, the researcher makes suggestions for further investigation and for the use of this survey in various areas of children growth and development assessments .
