[ relationship between the duration of breast feeding and child weight gain up to the end of the age of 24- months]

Breast feeding is the most important and decisive factor in Children's state of health and nutrition, especially in societies with lower socio-economic status. Beastfeeding plays an important role in child health and development. Acordingly this study was carried out with the aim of determining the ralationship between breastfeeding and child weigth gain up to the end of 24 months of age. It was a correlational predictive study. The sample consisted of 307 mothers of 2-3 years old children who have been visited for monitoring their children's growth in heath canters of west of Tehran. They were recruited by stratified sampling method. Mothers and children's data was collected by questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS-PC-[v.10]. Pearson correlation test indicated that there is no significant relationship between breastfeeding duration and children's weight in 6 and 12 months of age. However, there was a converse significant relationship between breastfeeding duration and the children's weight in 24 months of age [p=0.003]. There was also a significant relationship between the children's sex and their weight in 6, 12 and 24 months of age [p=0.000]. No significant association was found between children's weight in 6, 12 and 24 months of age and mothers' age, number of deliveries, mothers' level of education and job status, participation in educational courses for breast feeding, and the time of breastfeeding initiation after delivery. Children fell within normal limits for weight when breastfeeding duration was longer and vice versa. Regarding the undesirable effects [eg. malnutrition and obesity] of shortening the breastfeeding period on child health, provision of support as well as education about breastfeeding continuation is recommended

Relationship between sexual pleasure and marital satisfaction

Marital satisfaction depends on many factors and one of the most important factors is safe and pleasing sexual relationship. However, there is not sufficient information about these issues in Iran. Therefore the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between sexual and marital satisfaction. It was a descriptive - correlational study. The sample includes 292 married males and females who had come to selected hospitals in west of Tehran to visit their reletives. The participants were recruited by convenient sampling. Data was collected by sexual satisfaction and marital satisfaction questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS-PC [ver. 14]. Marital satisfaction was significantly related to sexual satisfaction [p=0/00]. Moreover, there was a significant relationship between sexual satisfaction and age difference [p=0/04], duration of marriage [p=0/05], and drug abuse of the participants [p=0/007]. Among all variables which have been tested in this study, only age difference was shown to have a significant relationship with marital satisfaction [0/00]. Regarding the relationship between sexual satisfaction and satisfaction with marital life, approaches to teaching young males and females and giving sexual consultation would help them enjoy a successful and satisfactionary marital life

[ relationship between body mass index before pregnancy and duration of breast feeding]

Breast feeding promotes the child health. World Health Organization recommends breast feeding to be continued till the end of 2 years old, but, sometimes, the process of breastfeeding stops earlier in mothers bearing an excess weight. The mother with excess weight has less successful effort than the others in feeding the babies with their own milk. The aim of this study was to determine the relation between body mass index before pregnancy and duration of breast feeding. This was a correlational study. Sample consisted of 307 mothers who had children with 2-3 years old and had been visited in Tehran West Health Center for their children growth monitoring. The subjects were selected based on stratified sampling method and data was collected by questionnaire and from medical records. This study showed a statistically significant relationship between body mass index and duration of breast feeding [P=0.002]. Among different indicators, the type of delivery and the time of the first breastfeeding were of greater importance and left a significant impact [P<0.05]. The average breast feeding time in this research was 18 months. There was not any statistically significant relationship between breast feeding duration and mother's age, child's gender, mother's education, mother's profession, mother's working shift, family members, number of deliveries, number of previous children whom were breast fed. There was a statistically significant between body mass index and breast feeding duration. Considering the relationship between short duration of breast feeding and mothers' obesity, a brave effort should be made for balancing mother's weight. More research is recommended to confirm these results