Factors Affecting the Rate of Pediatric Pneumonia in Developing Countries: a Review and Literature Study
Introduction: Millions of children less than 5 years old die from pneumonia globally and about 75-70% of these deaths occur in infants. Persian and English articles of International and National databases such as “WHO, Scopus and the Cochrane, Pub Med, Science Direct, Wiley, Google Scholar, SID, Ira...
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| description | Introduction: Millions of children less than 5 years old die from pneumonia globally and about 75-70% of these deaths occur in infants. Persian and English articles of International and National databases such as “WHO, Scopus and the Cochrane, Pub Med, Science Direct, Wiley, Google Scholar, SID, Iran Medex, Magiran, Med Lib and Iran Doc were searched from 1970 to 2014. Result: The factors such as low birth weight, malnutrition, lack of breast feeding, micronutrient deficiencies, smoking tobacco, kindergarten and maternal education are the most important factors affecting the rate of pneumonia in developing countries. Conclusion: Actions such as nutritional interventions develop effective strategies on abstinence of smoking, promote the knowledge and practice of mothers about proper care of infants could have a significant effect on the reduction of morbidity and mortality of pneumonia in the infants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0804a3bb1d84dbaaa161acbfa82109e2022-12-22T04:22:40ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Pediatrics2345-50472345-50552015-12-0136.2117311816179Factors Affecting the Rate of Pediatric Pneumonia in Developing Countries: a Review and Literature StudyMonir Ramezani0Seyedeh Zahra Aemmi1Zahra Emami Moghadam2Assistant professor, Department of Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.MSc in Nursing, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Ibn-e-Sina Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Faculty Member, Department of Community Health and Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Introduction: Millions of children less than 5 years old die from pneumonia globally and about 75-70% of these deaths occur in infants. Persian and English articles of International and National databases such as “WHO, Scopus and the Cochrane, Pub Med, Science Direct, Wiley, Google Scholar, SID, Iran Medex, Magiran, Med Lib and Iran Doc were searched from 1970 to 2014. Result: The factors such as low birth weight, malnutrition, lack of breast feeding, micronutrient deficiencies, smoking tobacco, kindergarten and maternal education are the most important factors affecting the rate of pneumonia in developing countries. Conclusion: Actions such as nutritional interventions develop effective strategies on abstinence of smoking, promote the knowledge and practice of mothers about proper care of infants could have a significant effect on the reduction of morbidity and mortality of pneumonia in the infants.http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/pdf_6179_01461d0e1f3c3c2ef17c015974ff1261.htmlPneumoniaInfantsDeveloping Countries |
| spellingShingle | Monir Ramezani Seyedeh Zahra Aemmi Zahra Emami Moghadam Factors Affecting the Rate of Pediatric Pneumonia in Developing Countries: a Review and Literature Study International Journal of Pediatrics Pneumonia Infants Developing Countries |
| title | Factors Affecting the Rate of Pediatric Pneumonia in Developing Countries: a Review and Literature Study |
| title_full | Factors Affecting the Rate of Pediatric Pneumonia in Developing Countries: a Review and Literature Study |
| title_fullStr | Factors Affecting the Rate of Pediatric Pneumonia in Developing Countries: a Review and Literature Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Affecting the Rate of Pediatric Pneumonia in Developing Countries: a Review and Literature Study |
| title_short | Factors Affecting the Rate of Pediatric Pneumonia in Developing Countries: a Review and Literature Study |
| title_sort | factors affecting the rate of pediatric pneumonia in developing countries a review and literature study |
| topic | Pneumonia Infants Developing Countries |
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