Introduction: Sick child care is a form of nursing care provided temporarily for sick children when they cannot be cared for by their parents at home. To clarify the benefits of using sick child care facilities for ch...Introduction: Sick child care is a form of nursing care provided temporarily for sick children when they cannot be cared for by their parents at home. To clarify the benefits of using sick child care facilities for children and their parents, we surveyed these parents about the benefits of such care and their needs. Method: Study design: Descriptive research. We studied parents whose children had used one of the 11 sick child care facilities for sick children in Hiroshima City in 2014. A total of 156 parents consented to participate in the study. We investigated their usage situation of sick child care, perceived benefits of such care, and care-related requests in a quantitative and qualitative manner. Results: Both nuclear families consisting of the dual income parents and their children and single-mother households reported that their children (mean age: 2.46 years [SD: 1.77 years]) had used sick child care because of infectious diseases. Approximately 10% of the parents were using the fee reduction systems of sick child care intended for people with a low income. Parents viewed sick child care as beneficial both in early the health recovery of children, and as support for child raising and working. On the other hand, some parents left their children at home alone when sick child care was not available due to the limited number of sick child care facilities and an insufficient capacity to accept children. Some parents desired an increased number of care facilities, as well as a reduction in or subsidies for care fees. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that, to ensure children’s health and safety, and support their parents for working and child raising, there is a need to increase the number of sick child care facilities along with expanding care services.展开更多
Objective To assess the effectiveness of multiple cleaning and disinfection interventions in the homes and kindergartens, in reducing gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses of children. Methods From October 2010 t...Objective To assess the effectiveness of multiple cleaning and disinfection interventions in the homes and kindergartens, in reducing gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses of children. Methods From October 2010 to September 2011, we performed a prospective, controlled study in China. 408 children under 5 years old were recruited and group randomized into intervention and control groups. Families and kindergartens in the intervention group were provided with antibacterial products for hand hygiene and surface cleaning or disinfection for one year. Each child's illness symptoms and sick leave were recorded every day. Results A total of 393 children completed the study, with similar baseline demographics in each of the 2 groups. Except for abdominal pain, the odds of symptoms (fever, cough and expectoration, runny nose and nasal congestion, diarrhea), illness (acute respiratory illness and gastrointestinal illness), and sick leave per person each month were significantly reduced by interventions. The rates of fever, diarrhea, acute respiratory illness, gastrointestinal illness and sick leave per person per year were significantly decreased as well. Conclusion Not only the acute respiratory children were significantly reduced by multiple and gastrointestinal illness but the sick leave rate in interventions.展开更多
Blood rare earth elements (REEs) were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in 112 children aged 7-10 years randomly. Samples are from the area containing rare earth ore and the control a...Blood rare earth elements (REEs) were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in 112 children aged 7-10 years randomly. Samples are from the area containing rare earth ore and the control area in Xunwu County, Jiangxi province. Seen from fifteen kinds of REEs, eleven kinds of REEs increased in children's blood in rare earth ore area, and total light REEs content was 0.85 times higher and total heavy REEs content was 0.50 times higher than that in the control area. The blood REEs content would be higher if living a long time in the environment with high concentration of REEs.展开更多
目的:高脂血症多是发生在成人的一种疾病。儿童高脂血症,往往是在体检测定血脂时才发现的,一般容易被忽视。探讨起产生原因和预防,要引起我们的高度重视。方法:对来医院体检的儿童1 256人空腹采血2 m l。检测总胆固醇(TC),甘油三脂(TG)...目的:高脂血症多是发生在成人的一种疾病。儿童高脂血症,往往是在体检测定血脂时才发现的,一般容易被忽视。探讨起产生原因和预防,要引起我们的高度重视。方法:对来医院体检的儿童1 256人空腹采血2 m l。检测总胆固醇(TC),甘油三脂(TG)。结果:1 256名儿童有166人符合儿童高脂血症的参考诊断标准,占被检人的13.2%。男85例,女81例。其中二项增高66人占检出39.7%。总胆固醇单项增高59人占检出35.5%。甘油三脂单项增高41人占检出24.7%。结论:通过我们的检测结果分析。儿童的高脂肪血症明显增加。已经严重的影响了儿童的健康发展。展开更多
文摘Introduction: Sick child care is a form of nursing care provided temporarily for sick children when they cannot be cared for by their parents at home. To clarify the benefits of using sick child care facilities for children and their parents, we surveyed these parents about the benefits of such care and their needs. Method: Study design: Descriptive research. We studied parents whose children had used one of the 11 sick child care facilities for sick children in Hiroshima City in 2014. A total of 156 parents consented to participate in the study. We investigated their usage situation of sick child care, perceived benefits of such care, and care-related requests in a quantitative and qualitative manner. Results: Both nuclear families consisting of the dual income parents and their children and single-mother households reported that their children (mean age: 2.46 years [SD: 1.77 years]) had used sick child care because of infectious diseases. Approximately 10% of the parents were using the fee reduction systems of sick child care intended for people with a low income. Parents viewed sick child care as beneficial both in early the health recovery of children, and as support for child raising and working. On the other hand, some parents left their children at home alone when sick child care was not available due to the limited number of sick child care facilities and an insufficient capacity to accept children. Some parents desired an increased number of care facilities, as well as a reduction in or subsidies for care fees. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that, to ensure children’s health and safety, and support their parents for working and child raising, there is a need to increase the number of sick child care facilities along with expanding care services.
基金the Ethics Committee of the Institute of Environmental Health and Related Product Safety,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention[No.2011001]and registered with the Chi CTR.[Reg.No.Chi CTR-ONRC-12002542]
文摘Objective To assess the effectiveness of multiple cleaning and disinfection interventions in the homes and kindergartens, in reducing gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses of children. Methods From October 2010 to September 2011, we performed a prospective, controlled study in China. 408 children under 5 years old were recruited and group randomized into intervention and control groups. Families and kindergartens in the intervention group were provided with antibacterial products for hand hygiene and surface cleaning or disinfection for one year. Each child's illness symptoms and sick leave were recorded every day. Results A total of 393 children completed the study, with similar baseline demographics in each of the 2 groups. Except for abdominal pain, the odds of symptoms (fever, cough and expectoration, runny nose and nasal congestion, diarrhea), illness (acute respiratory illness and gastrointestinal illness), and sick leave per person each month were significantly reduced by interventions. The rates of fever, diarrhea, acute respiratory illness, gastrointestinal illness and sick leave per person per year were significantly decreased as well. Conclusion Not only the acute respiratory children were significantly reduced by multiple and gastrointestinal illness but the sick leave rate in interventions.
文摘Blood rare earth elements (REEs) were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in 112 children aged 7-10 years randomly. Samples are from the area containing rare earth ore and the control area in Xunwu County, Jiangxi province. Seen from fifteen kinds of REEs, eleven kinds of REEs increased in children's blood in rare earth ore area, and total light REEs content was 0.85 times higher and total heavy REEs content was 0.50 times higher than that in the control area. The blood REEs content would be higher if living a long time in the environment with high concentration of REEs.
文摘目的:高脂血症多是发生在成人的一种疾病。儿童高脂血症,往往是在体检测定血脂时才发现的,一般容易被忽视。探讨起产生原因和预防,要引起我们的高度重视。方法:对来医院体检的儿童1 256人空腹采血2 m l。检测总胆固醇(TC),甘油三脂(TG)。结果:1 256名儿童有166人符合儿童高脂血症的参考诊断标准,占被检人的13.2%。男85例,女81例。其中二项增高66人占检出39.7%。总胆固醇单项增高59人占检出35.5%。甘油三脂单项增高41人占检出24.7%。结论:通过我们的检测结果分析。儿童的高脂肪血症明显增加。已经严重的影响了儿童的健康发展。