Download or read book Use of the Child s Growth Chart as an Educational Tool written by Nancy R. Pielemeier and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Growth Chart written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written to assist managers of child health programs, this publication explains the features and uses of a simple visual chart for monitoring childhood growth and detecting changes in nutritional and health status. The first part of the book introduces the basic principles and procedures for measuring changes in growth and knowing when these changes signal a deterioration in health. Highly practical information on the design and use of growth charts is presented. In order to ensure that growth charts are understood and properly used by community health workers, the book alerts program managers to specific problems of design, presentation, recording, or interpretation that should be considered when developing or adapting a chart for local use. Illustrations show a prototype chart and modified versions developed to meet special needs in India, Indonesia, Colombia, Thailand, and Brazil. The book also shows how such charts can be used for the education of mothers in appropriate feeding practices and the development of a medical history. The second part of the book offers guidelines for training health workers to use the chart. Information ranges from important points to stress when teaching weighing procedures to examples of cases where growth information might be misinterpreted. (RH)

Download or read book Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.

Download or read book Use of Growth Charts for Assessing Progress of Children and Teaching of Parents written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Use of Growth Charts for Promoting Child Nutrition written by C. Gopalan and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Creative Curriculum written by Teaching Strategies and published by Delmar Pub. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Creative Curriculum comes alive! This videotape-winner of the 1989 Silver Apple Award at the National Educational Film and Video Festival-demonstrates how teachers set the stage for learning by creating a dynamic well-organized environment. It shows children involved in seven of the interest areas in the The Creative Curriculum and explains how they learn in each area. Everyone conducts in-service training workshops for staff and parents or who teaches early childhood education courses will find the video an indispensable tool for explainin appropriate practice.

Download or read book Tools of the Mind written by Elena Bodrova and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition, this classic text remains the seminal resource for in-depth information about major concepts and principles of the cultural-historical theory developed by Lev Vygotsky, his students, and colleagues, as well as three generations of neo-Vygotskian scholars in Russia and the West. Featuring two new chapters on brain development and scaffolding in the zone of proximal development, as well as additional content on technology, dual language learners, and students with disabilities, this new edition provides the latest research evidence supporting the basics of the cultural-historical approach alongside Vygotskian-based practical implications. With concrete explanations and strategies on how to scaffold young children’s learning and development, this book is essential reading for students of early childhood theory and development.

Download or read book The Battle Against Hunger written by Devi Sridhar and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why have strategies to combat hunger in India failed so badly? How did a nation that prides itself on booming economic growth come to have half of its preschool population undernourished? This book takes up these questions and probes the issues surrounding the World Bank, development assistance, hunger, and aid and power.

Download or read book Pediatrics in Practice written by and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pediatrics in Practice is a faculty development health promotion curriculum based on the principles of Bright Futures. Through the resources presented, maternal and child health (MCH) educators can prepare healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to communicate effectively, partner with, and educate children and families as their advocates to promote health and prevent illness in a time-efficient manner. This innovative curriculum is based on six core concepts that serve as the foundation for effective health encounters: Partnership Communication Health promotion/Illness prevention Time Management Education Advocacy These six concepts provide the tools for building successful partnerships and promoting positive interactions among health professionals, children, and families during health encounters. By learning how to integrate these core concepts into clinical practice, health professionals can be assured that they are delivering time-efficient health promotion services. This curriculum developed in collaboration with Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, and Bright Futures, will be of interest to anyone who cares for pediatric-age children, including all maternal and child health professionals such as pediatricians, nurses, public health specialists, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, social workers, dentists, and medical educators. The Pediatrics in Practice publication is accompanied by a supplemental DVD containing background information about Bright Futures, models of best practice, this health promotion curriculum, and scenes from Disney's The Doctor to be used with the Communication module. For Further Information, Please Click Here!

Download or read book A I D Research and Development Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book NURSING Solved Question Papers for BSc Nursing 4th Year 2012 1999 written by I. Clement and published by JAYPEE BROTHERS PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 2012 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Concise Text Book for Pediatric Nursing E Book written by Assuma Beevi and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title is targeted at undergraduates and is designed to help students develop an understanding of the modern approach to child- care, identification, prevention and nursing management of common health problems of neonates and children. Summary for quick review has been incorporated Questions formulated for every chapter for self-evaluation of the related topic Presence of tables in the book. E.g. (Table: General trends in height and weight gain during childhood)

Download or read book The Maternal and Child Health Service Reports On Promoting the Health of Mothers and Children written by United States. Maternal and Child Health Service and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to Design Effective Child Growth Apps Not Just Attractive Ones written by Zaffar Ansari and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child growth charts are tools used by clinicians and parents to monitor the growth of children under the age of 5. Paper-based growth charts are the norm, but they are widely reported to be poorly understood. By bringing the growth chart onto a digital platform such as the mobile 'app' and using basic design elements, it may be possible to improve understanding of child growth and increase caregiver involvement in healthy child growth. Aims and objectives This study aims to explore two aspects of child growth charts; firstly, the app design preferences of users of child growth charts; and secondly, the most effective way to present child growth information in an app. The specific research objectives are: to explore existing research in this field; to evaluate existing child growth chart apps to identify the limitations of existing apps and inform app development; to identify parents' and other child caregivers' preferences in growth chart app design and investigate the effectiveness of different growth chart designs at communicating growth information; and to understand how health apps can be more responsive to the needs and preferences of their users. Methods I reviewed the literature on child growth, practices around child growth monitoring, mobile phones and health apps within healthcare delivery and the place of design within health IT. Next, I reviewed the design of existing growth chart apps using an app evaluation tool, MADRS, adapted from the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS). The designs that emerged in this review were replicated and adapted for an online survey targeting parents and caregivers of infants, promoted through relevant online channels. In the survey, participants were asked a series of questions to determine design preferences of growth chart apps and the most effective way to present growth information. The resulting data were analysed using simple descriptive statistics. All data in the form of text were read, re-read, sorted and collated to identify key themes. Findings The literature review highlighted that while child growth charts are an essential tool to monitor child growth, parents often poorly understand them. Parents and caregivers tend to use visual examinations to classify child weight and size rather than growth charts which are objective, but these tend to underestimate the actual weight of children. There is a paucity of research on whether digital growth charts can influence user understanding and action. Within healthcare, user experience frameworks are being seen to be of growing importance as they place people at the centre and focus on how services can better meet user needs and preferences. Almost half of all reviewed apps evaluated scored at an acceptable, poor or inadequate level of engagement (n=6), functionality (n=5) and aesthetics (n=4). High scoring apps ("Baby Daybook," "Child Growth Standards," "Child Chart," "Child growth and percentiles") consistently scored above 4/5 for all domains and mostly received overall perceived design ratings of 4. Three hundred and forty-three people took part in the online survey. Participants' preferences for app design features did not always align with approaches used in current child growth chart apps: 57% of participants (160/281) preferred having access to multiple growth charts on a single screen versus a single growth chart on the screen (favoured by 37%; 103/281). Similarly, 76% (213/281) of participants preferred a simplified neutral approach to presenting percentile lines compared to the standard method of red and green lines used by the World Health Organisation (WHO) (20%; 55/281). The survey also explored how basic design elements may be used within growth chart apps to improve understanding. Participant's; ability to identify a child's percentile increased from 79% (168/214) to 90% (192/213), ability to choose an appropriate follow-up action when a child has had a rapid weight gain increased from 69% (213/307) to 80% (241/300), and participants were more able to make judgements about growth curves. Conclusion In this study, the preferences of people taking part in an online survey on the design of child growth chart apps did not always align with the design features of available child growth chart apps. Design preferences are important to aid understanding; therefore, developers should gauge user preferences through robust user experience research when developing such health apps. Basic design elements improved participant's abilities to identify aspects of growth charts, determine growth curve meaning and what action should be undertaken next compared to no design elements. Elements of growth chart app design appeared to be linked and enabled by one another, thus focussing on one aspect of design and not others is likely to cause the overall design to suffer. Applying a design-orientated framework and methodology for developing child growth chart apps may help improve parent and caregiver growth chart comprehension and interpretation, and thereby improve child health.

Download or read book A I D Research and Development Abstracts written by United States. Agency for International Development and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Manual of Community Health Nursing written by I Clement and published by JP Medical Ltd. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Introduction to Community Health and Community Health Nursing. 2. Community Health Nursing Process 3. Nursing and Social Science. 4. Personal Hygiene 5. Environmental Health 6. Nutrition 7. Principles of Epidemiology 8. Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases. 9. Maternal and Child Health Services 10. Health Programs in India 11. Demography and Family Welfare . 12. Occupational Health. 13. Mental Health 14. Health Statistics. 15. Health Education. 16. School Health 17. Health Planning and Services in India 18. International and National Health Agencies . 19. Community Health Administration 20. Staff Management and Development in Community Health Nursing. 21. Hospital Waste Management 22. Community Health Services Index