Vitamin A deficiency is a major cause of blindnes, mobidity and mortality among young children throughout the developing world. In Indonesia high dose of vitamin A supplementation has already been done to children after six months old supplementation to neonates was not available yet. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of high dose vitamin A (50.00 IU) supplementation in neona…
A prospective study has been conducted on 102 underfives in Marunda. North Jakarta. The Focus of investigation was the mother's profile (reproductive pattern and schooling) and the underfive mortality. A disrepancy was found between the mother's perception and her adoption of the reproductive pattern, in the sence that although 55 percent of mothers had a good perception on reproduction, behavi…
A good nutrition status in the period of infancy is an essential factor to achieve optimun growth and development. Infant feeding in some of the most important factor to have good nutritional status. A cross sectional study was conducted at Kelurahan Kayu manis to know the knowledge and infant feeding practices by interviewing the mothers. Respondents were chosen using cluster sampling. Out of …
This retrospective study aimed to review the clinical features and management of patients with secundum atrial septal defect (ASD 2 degree). The subjects studied were 90 boys (39.8 percent) and 136 girls (60.2 percent), treated at the Outpatient Clinic, Cardiology Division, Department of Child Health, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia, from January 1, 1983 to December 31, 1992. Cl…