Child maltreatment behaviors among parents in the light of socioeconomic background in Assiut university

The aim of the present work was to study child maltreatment behaviors among parents in the light of socioeconomic background in Assiut. It was conducted in several faculties at Assiut university and Assiut university hospital. Males and females who are working in the previous settings, having at least one child at the age of 1-18 years constituting the target population, their number was 322 participants [163males and 159 females]. Data was collected through interviewing each participant individually using the developed questionnaire sheet included participants perceptions concerning definition and factors of child maltreatment, as well as their behaviors concerning child maltreatment. A family socioeconomic scale by Abdel Twab [2000] was used to assess socioeconomic conditions of participants. Results of the present study revealed that children were subjected to one or more forms of maltreatment in 91.6% of families. The most frequently behaviors constituted all forms of child maltreatment were reported by participants with the low followed by those in the middle and the high socioeconomic conditions [100%, 93.9% and 87.5%] respectively. The most frequently reported maltreatment behavior was that constituted emotional abuse 87.3%, followed by physical abuse 80.8%, neglect of safety 37.2%, neglect of medical care 36.5% of participants. A significant high frequently maltreatment behaviors were reported by female participants than male [96.2% and 87.7%] and participants who exposed to maltreatment during their childhood than those who didn't [93.4% and 83.5%] respectively. The present study recommended public education about child rearing and improve parents relationship through mass media including discourage corporal punishment and other forms of violence and suggests ways of treating children

Effect of breathing exercise and relaxation techniques on the progress of labour and newborn condition at Assiut University Hospital

Forty mothers were included in this study and were admitted for normal labor at full term of pregnancy in the first stage of labor with no complication and baby with no associated diseases. Twenty of them received the experimental combining breathing exercise and relaxation techniques. The other 20 mothers were managed as a control group receiving only the routine nursing care during labor. Two tools were designed specifically to collect data: First tool is a special interview sheet for mothers and second tool is an observation sheet for both mothers and newborns. Breathing exercise and relaxation techniques according to Reads methods were applied for each mother individually for about 16 times during labor and each time take about 5 minutes. The results revealed effectiveness of breathing exercise and relaxation techniques on improvement of progress of labor and newborn Apgar scoring. The present study recommended that breathing exercise and relaxation techniques should be integrated to the nursing practices of antenatal care and early in first stage of labor to be benefit for both mothers and babies