Lack Of Children Research Articles

Case Report: Multi drug resistant tuberculosis in an 18-month-old boy with seizure, vomiting, and loss of vision

Multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in children is rare and requires tremendous skill and knowledge of clinicians for early detection and treatment. This case highlights the complexities in diagnosing and treating MDR-TB in young children. An 18-month-old immunocompetent boy presented with prolonged fever, sudden onset of vision loss, vomiting, and seizures, which led to a suspicion of meningitis. Given his family history of treated pulmonary TB (TB) in the father and uncle one year ago, the initial treatment followed the Nepali national protocol for non-MDR tuberculous meningitis (TBM). However, the child's lack of response to this treatment raised concerns about MDR-TB, particularly after discovering on close questioning that the uncle, who lived with the boy’s family, had actually been diagnosed with MDR-TB. The diagnosis was confirmed by molecular tests of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and customized treatment for MDR TBM administered. The boy then slowly improved and became less irritable, afebrile, seizure-free, developed spontaneous movements of all four limbs, and was discharged after one month. Delays in suspicion, confirmation, and treatment of MDR TBM led to complications of leptomeningitis with non-communicating hydrocephalus and bilateral optic atrophy, which was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain. This case highlights the importance of taking a very thorough and proper history and considering the possibility of MDR, especially in countries like Nepal where TB in general is rampant so that timely diagnosis and treatment is possible and complications are avoided.

Leveraging the Power of Storytelling to Encourage and Empower Children towards Strong Passwords

With the increasing use of computer and smartphones by children, their online safety has been of major concern due to their limited security knowledge and skills. User authentication is pivotal for their security protection, where a body of work focused on children's password practices. The insights from these studies highlight children's lack of awareness and skills in creating a strong password. However, there is a dearth in existing literature to understand the scopes of designs for encouraging and empowering children towards strong passwords. As we begin to address this gap, we leveraged the power of storytelling to foster user attachment, encouragement, and empowerment. To this end, we adopted a systematic approach through a series of studies. First, a focus group session with three experts whose research primarily focuses on children contributed to build the narrative of a story, followed by a participatory design study with 20 children (aged between 8 and 12) to understand their preferences and perceptions of design components for the visual depiction of that narrative. The insights from focus group and participatory design led to the design of 'Story', a digital storytelling based design representing password advice for children. We also created the baseline designs and compared them with Story in a within-subject survey with 44 children aged between 8 and 12. The findings from our study unpack the efficacy of storytelling, leading us to offer guidelines for future research in these directions.

Research on the Obstacles and Countermeasures to the Protection of Children's Rights and Interests in the Network Environment

This survey is based on the background of the era of rapid development of the Internet and the tendency of the younger age of Internet users, as well as the problem of children encountering more and more risks in the Internet environment. At present, the safety of children's network use in China has received more and more attention, but the specific aspects of prevention of network safety problems still need to be improved. This paper analyses the common problems that children in the online environment are mainly exposed to the risks of cyberbullying, identity information leakage, and the influence of violent and bloody information. The analysis of this paper concludes that children's cybersecurity problems are characterized by hiddenness, children's lack of self-awareness, and insufficient social attention. Based on this, the paper makes the following recommendations, the protection of children's Internet use should be carried out in a combination of online and offline ways, and the government, companies, schools, families, and individuals should make a joint effort.

The Mediating Effect of Emotion Regulation Between Intensive Parenting Attitudes and Parental Anger

Previous research has yielded mixed results about the relationships between intensive parenting attitudes and parental emotions. Further, very few studies have investigated the indirect effects of intensive parenting attitudes on parental anger through parental emotion regulation. In this study, we aim to understand the direct and indirect relationships among these variables, particularly focusing on essentialism and fulfillment and orientation to a child's emotions and emotional lack of control. Results from 654 parents with diverse racial backgrounds indicated that essentialism and fulfillment were significant predictors of parents' use of two dimensions of emotion regulation and that both dimensions were significant predictors of parental anger expression. While emotional lack of control was a significant predictor of parental anger experience, orientation was not. Mediation analyses showed that orientation was a positive mediating emotion regulation between essentialism and anger expression but a negative mediating emotion regulation between fulfillment and anger expression. Emotional lack of control was a positive mediating emotion regulation between essentialism and two anger dimensions but a negative mediating emotion regulation between fulfillment and two anger dimensions. We discussed all these results under the counseling context of helping parents regulate their anger.

Socialization of White Jack Bean Tempe Production as a Strategy to Reduce Stunting Rates in Gumantar Village, North Lombok Regency

Gumantar Village is in North Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara. This village is classified as a developing village with many problems, including stunting. Stunting is caused by mothers and children's lack of adequate nutrition and nutrients, which impacts children's physical and mental growth as the nation's golden generation. Therefore, it is vital to prevent stunting in Gumantar Village, considering the village is the frontline in eradicating stunting. To prevent stunting, the KKN-PMD group of Mataram University initiated the utilization of white Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) as a raw material for making tempeh to replace soybeans to increase nutritious food and the economy in Gumantar Village. The activity was carried out from December 2023 to January 2024. This tempeh-making aimed to fulfill the community's nutritional intake through tempeh, which is rich in properties and nutrients and can become a community income to improve the economy. The method used through the work program to reduce stunting rates in Gumantar Village was healthy village socialization on stunting prevention, a stunting campaign through Posyandu, and nutritious food demonstrations to make tempeh from white Jack beans. Other activities carried out to prevent stunting were sexual education to children and socialization of early marriage to adolescents who are experiencing the puberty phase. The results of the socialization activities and demonstrations of processing white Jack beans as a primary ingredient for making tempeh were that the community had a better understanding of how to prevent stunting and how to make tempeh from white Jack beans—most of the community members like the tempeh both in terms of taste, shape, and texture. Participants well accepted sexual education and early marriage socialization.

Experiences of teachers and students on school closures and its consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nyarugusu refugee camp, Tanzania.

Tanzania has experienced several waves of COVID-19 since it was first detected in the country. During the first wave, Tanzania took several measures to prevent wider virus transmission with school closures being one of them. All areas and institutions were targeted, including the refugee camps in Kigoma region. Despite the abundant evidence generated in relation to the effects of the pandemic and associated school closures globally, there has been a paucity of literature exploring the experiences of teachers and students in humanitarian settings. We conducted a qualitative study to explore COVID-19 related school closures in Nyarugusu refugee camp. We aimed to describe teachers' and students' experiences and perceived consequences of school closures. In-depth interviews with teachers and students were conducted in September 2020 in Burundian and Congolese schools in the context of a cluster randomised trial of EmpaTeach, a school-based violence prevention intervention. A total of 44 individuals (29 teachers and 15 students) were interviewed. A phenomenological theoretical framework was used to guide the content analysis. Findings indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic was generally seen as frightening by refugees. Study participants understood the importance of school closures to prevent transmission of the virus, but various negative consequences were reported by both teachers and students. These included perceived mental health difficulties such as stress, depression and anxiety associated with the worry of infection, idleness, and disruption of education. Participants also perceived an increase in occurrences of early marriages and unplanned pregnancies, which they thought contributed to increased school dropout. Participants identified the main causes of such outcomes as a lack of parental supervision, children's lack of restraint and poor character, and a lack of alternative teaching practices (such as online or remote learning) to keep the students busy while at home. Children were held accountable for their faults with little support from the adults. Our findings suggest that there is an urgent need to strengthen child protection programming to support children and their communities during emergencies and provides protective environments such as school and education. There is a critical need to develop preparedness plans for future pandemics to support child safety, academic development and wellbeing.

Introduction of Batik Jumputan for The Growth of Creative Thinking in Rural Preschools in Indonesia

This research aims to determine: (1) Implementation of the development of creative thinking through the introduction of jumputan batik in group A PAUD Roudlatul Bunayya in Toyomerto village, Serang Regency (PAUDRB). (2) Supporting and inhibiting factors in the development of creative thinking through the introduction of jumputan batik in group A PAUDRB. This research is a descriptive qualitative type of research. Data collection was obtained using observation, interviews and documentation methods. The data analysis techniques used are data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The research results show: (1) The implementation of the introduction of jumputan batik was carried out in accordance with the RRPH that was created which contained planning and implementation. The introduction to jumputan batik that was introduced to group A was stamped and jumputan batik. The introduction of Jumputan batik has had a positive impact on children's learning processes and children are given the opportunity and freedom to express themselves so that children can express their thoughts and ideas. (2) supporting factors include: students are enthusiastic about the introduction of jumputan batik, the media is easy to obtain and environmentally friendly, and creative teachers. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factors are children's lack of concentration and lack of self-confidence, inadequate facilities and infrastructure, parents demanding of children. These findings can provide guidance for educational institutions and educators in designing more inclusive and effective learning strategies to facilitate the development of children's creative thinking.

Analisis Faktor-Faktor Penghambat Belajar Membaca Permulaan Pada Siswa Kelas I UPT SPF SD Inpres Jongaya Kecamatan Tamalate

The main problem in the research is identifying the factors that hinder the initial reading learning process for class I UPT SPF SD Inpres Jongaya students, Tamalate District. The research aims to analyze the factors inhibiting beginning reading in class I UPT SPF SD Inpres Jongaya, Tamalate District. The type of research is qualitative research with descriptive methods. Researchers collect data through observation, interviews and documentation. The subjects in the research were 5 students in class I UPT SPF SD Inpres Jongaya, Tamalate District, who were classified as having low initial reading ability. The results of the research show that there are two factors that hinder the initial reading learning process at UPT SPF SD Inpres Jongaya, Tamalate District, namely internal factors and external factors. Internal factors include children's lack of memory, children's slow understanding of learning, students' lack of attention to learning in class, excessive pressure on children, and children's lack of motivation and interest. External factors include lack of parental attention, lack of learning media available at home, lack of teacher skills, students never attending PAUD, lack of focus on reading activities at students' previous school (TK), limited time and attention of the community as well as the use of gadgets and playing excessive online games. Thus, it can be concluded that these factors hinder the initial reading learning process for class I students at UPT SPF SD Inpres Jongaya, Tamalate District.

Parent’s Involvement in Homework: The Effects of Parental Reactions to Pupils’ Emotions on Academic Performance

In recent years, the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China has implemented a "double reduction" policy to reduce the burdens of pupils from homework. However, the pupils still have to face great pressure from homework unavoidably due to the increasingly fierce competition and parents’ anxiety about children’s education. For parents, accompanying their children’s homework is not only an obligation but also a challenge, which has attracted more and more social attention. Generally, it is anticipated that there are several advantages if the parents can accompany their children when they are doing their homework. First, it can help form a good family learning atmosphere and imperceptibly affect children's learning attitude. Second, parents can provide targeted guidance according to the needs of children, correct their homework mistakes in time, and improve the completion degree and quality of homework, thus possibly improving the academic performance of the pupils. However, practical problems also exist when parents accompany their children to do their homework, including poor accompanying quality, negligence of children's negative emotions, over-strong purpose, and lack of in-depth emotional communication. In particular, parents' emotional responses can indirectly affect children's academic performance by influencing their emotional regulation ability. In this work, we suggest that the parents respond to the children's negative emotions in a supportive manner during the process of homework. That is, the parents can try to reduce the utilitarian nature of accompanying homework and strengthen the emotional communication. In such a way, they can regard the accompanying homework as a participation in the growth of a period of life to effectively alleviate the anxiety brought by the accompanying.

State-Trait and Separation Anxiety Among Mothers with an Only Child Entering Kindergarten

Parents are the first and best teachers for their children. In homeschooling, the level of separation anxiety in kindergarten children is closely related to the level of anxiety in their mothers. The mother's behavior has a greater impact on the child than the father's. Parents' attitudes toward their children, their attitudes toward kindergarten, their own level of education, and their ability to regulate their emotions all affect the level of separation anxiety of children with their mothers. Therefore, it is particularly important to study the anxiety state of mothers when studying kindergarten anxiety in younger children. Since children spend most of their time with their mothers after leaving kindergarten, they chose to study the state-traits and separation anxiety of mothers of only children entering kindergarten". As early as Bowlby's attachment theory, the infant's emotional attachment to the caregiver was mentioned. Hawke et al. argued that, based on Spielberg's theory of state-trait anxiety, the mother's parent-child separation anxiety is a state of infant anxiety caused by short-term separation. When mothers experience occasional separation anxiety, the mother's state emotions include the following three perceived levels: the mother's self-anxiety, the mother's awareness of her child's anxiety, and the mother's anxiety about her child's lack of maternal care.

Aging in Place with Few Children and Social Services-- Understanding Structural and Cultural Lags in Rural China.

This study uses mixed methodologies to reveal how structural and cultural changes are changing the connotations of home and aging in rural China. Based on surveys (n = 830) and 33 intensive interviews with older migrant workers, this study found that having rural public pensions, adult children living nearby, and owning land in their hometowns were associated with the respondents' desire for aging in place (AIP). Moreover, although the image of the rural home is idyllic, the reality is difficult. Aging migrant workers are gaining a strong sense of financial independence and their children's lack of parental care. The authors argue that having no social-care services, while adult children are rarely available for old-age care, is changing the connotations of AIP in rural China. These social and cultural transformations are making AIP more of a romantic ideal than a practical reality for migrant workers.

Edukasi Tui Na Massage Sebagai Upaya Pencegahan Stunting di Banyuanyar Rw 03

Stunting is a condition of a child's lack of nutritional intake which causes growth and development disorders. Stunting has been discussed for a long time and is one of the government programs that is being sought to prevent and reduce stunting rates. One of them is education and assistance provided to the lower to middle levels of society through health institutions such as community health centers. The location of this research is UPT. The Banyuanyar Community Health Center has quite extensive facilities, including the Banyuanyar area itself up to the source. Posyandu for toddlers RW 03 is one of the built spaces. The number of children under 5 years old in the Banyuanyar RW 03 area was recorded at 24 and there were 9 children affected by stunting in the Banyuanyar area. It is hoped that the application of education and exercise therapy can prevent and reduce stunting rates. Educational activities apply interactive methods while exercise therapy uses demonstration methods. The composition of these activities includes: (1) Coordination, (2) Preparation (3) Education (4) Demonstration (5) Discussion. Based on the results of the pretest and posttest questionnaires, it was concluded that the pretest showed a lack of parental knowledge about stunting and efforts to prevent it. Meanwhile, the posttest results showed that there was a development in parents' knowledge with an average of 96% regarding the incidence of stunting and efforts to prevent it, including exercise therapy that can be applied at home

Peningkatan Kemampuan Anak dalam Mengenal Warna dengan Menggunakan Media Balok di TK PGRI Al Hidayah

This research is motivated by the importance of children's ability to recognize colors using block media. The problems that occur in children are caused by the child's lack of motivation to learn, as well as parents' thoughts that put aside knowledge about recognizing colors, parents only tend to prioritize knowledge of letters and numbers. The aim of this research is only to determine the increase in children's ability to recognize colors using block media in Group A of PGRI AL Hidayah Kindergarten. This type of research is in the form of classroom action research (PTK). The subjects of this research were group A of TK PGRI AL Hidayah 22 children consisting of 11 boys and 10 girls. The research procedures used were planning, action, observation and reflection. The results of the classroom action research showed that in the pre-cycle, 4 children or 25% had achieved completeness in recognizing colors during learning, in the first cycle of the first round using good block media, 6 children or 35%, in the second cycle of the first round, 8 children or 40% were good. . By using block media, children's completeness in recognizing colors during learning in cycle II, round I, was 10 children, 45%, cycle II, second round, which was classified as good, there were 12 children or 65%. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that color recognition activities using block media can improve children's ability to recognize colors in group A of TK PGRI Al Hidayah.

Kegiatan Perlombaan Keagamaan bagi Anak-Anak

One of the factors that can affect a child's lack of confidence is an unsupportive environment. From the religious competition held in Lalang Village, it was apparent that some children lacked confidence when participating in religious competitions. Lack of skills can also be a cause of a child's lack of confidence. Therefore, motivation from parents and support from the environment are very important for the development of a child's confidence. Confidence is an attitude or belief in one's own abilities. One way to boost a child's confidence is through group guidance. Through group guidance activities, individuals can experience positive changes or effects. It is proven that students' confidence increases after participating in group guidance.

The Use of SKIDU (Sex Kids Education) Game as an Effort to Introduce Sex Education in Early Childhood

The introduction of sex education is an urgency that needs to be given to children from an early age to prevent the widespread phenomenon of sexual violence that occurs in Indonesia. In addition, children's lack of understanding about sexual harassment and the dangers surrounding it makes children remain silent when abused. This research aims to analyze the influence of the SKIDU (Sex Kids Education) game as an effort to introduce sex education to children aged 5-6 years. This type of research is quantitative research. This research uses a pre-experimental method with a one-group pretest-posttest design without a control class. The sample in this study was ten children aged 5-6 years. Data collection is obtained from observation and documentation. The data collection instrument uses a questionnaire sheet. The data analysis technique uses hypothesis testing (paired sample t-test). The results obtained were differences before and after being given treatment using the SKIDU (Sex Kids Education) game. The SKIDU (Sex Kids Education) game influences introducing sex education to children aged 5-6 years. It was concluded that the use of the SKIDU (Sex Kids Education) game can increase children's knowledge about sex education. The implication of this research is that the SKIDU game can increase young children's understanding of body parts that other people should not touch.

Bodily-tactile early intervention: a pilot study of the role of maternal touch and emotional availability in interactions between three children with visual impairment and additional disabilities and their mothers.

Children with visual impairment and additional disabilities (VIAD) have difficulty accessing the visual information related to their parents' facial expressions and gestures. Similarly, it may be hard for parents to detect their children's subtle expressions. These challenges in accessibility may compromise emotional availability (EA) in parent-child interactions. The systematic use of the bodily-tactile modality for expressive and receptive communicative functions may function as a strategy to compensate for a child's lack of vision. This multiple-case study explored the effects of a bodily-tactile early intervention for three mothers and their one-year-old children with VIAD. Video data from baseline, intervention, and follow-up sessions were analyzed using a bodily-tactile coding procedure and EA Scales. During the intervention, all mothers began to use a more bodily-tactile modality in early play routines and in different communicative functions. They increased their use of anticipatory cues, noticing responses, and tactile signs. Moreover, the children were more emotionally available to their mothers during the intervention and follow-up compared to the baseline. The results indicated that, during a short intervention, mothers could adopt a systematic use of the bodily-tactile modality in interactions with their children with VIAD. The results also suggest that, when mothers increased flexibility in communication channels, it was positively linked to their children's EA.

Pelaksanaan Program Kerja KKN-Sains Tematik Desa Berbasis Sosialisasi Peran Keluarga Sebagai Salah Satu Pencegahan Bahaya Narkoba Di Desa Mojodowo

Implementation of KKN-Science is one of the community services aimed at solving a problem in the region. In the implementation of this KKN-Science the main focus is to know the role of families towards the dangers of narcotic abuse and the prevention of narcotic dangers in Mojodowo Village. The KKN-Science activities of Mayjen Sungkono Mojokerto University conducted by students and DPL were held on 09-16 December 2023 at Mojodowo Village office, Kembagi, Mojokerto. The benefits of this service activity are aimed at adding insight and education to the public in the prevention of the dangers of narcotics and the relationship of criminal offenses to narcotic abuse. This study uses destriptive research methods with quantitative approach as well as data collection sourced from primary data using socialization and documentation. The study was conducted on parents with teenage children in the vicinity of Mojodowo Village. The results of the study and discussion show that the role of the family is very important in providing broad information, knowledge and understanding of the dangers of drugs and their negative impact on all aspects of life. Obstacles in the prevention of drug harm in the family are differences in the personality of the child, the child's lack of openness to parents, and exposure to a negative social environment. The study's recommendation is that each family supervise and guide adolescents to avoid falling into narcotics.

Locational citizenship, exclusion and inclusion. The case of street children in Ethiopia

AbstractPublic space is a possible site for grounding a social psychology of citizenship. Locational citizenship speaks to the right to have a place in public space. Certain groups are however often excluded. Drawing on individual interviews and focus group discussions with street children in Gambella Town, Ethiopia, this study explores how street children talk about their lives on the street. The results demonstrate the children's lack of inclusion in locational citizenship, and how public space becomes contested space when different groups use these places in ways that clash. The children also speak to processes of inclusion, both among groups of street children, and kindness from individual adults in their environment. These children's their stories of both exclusion and inclusion are crucial to the developing social psychology of citizenship. The study emphasizes exclusion and inclusion as processes, and the children's active handling of their street life. We also problematizes the division between private and public space when the former is often no longer an available space for these children.

Improving Congnitive Skills Through Loose Part Media in Group B of the Principal State Kindergarten of Waisai, Raja Ampat District

This research was motivated by children's lack of creativity in creating and selecting appropriate learning media for students. Because it is still dominated by Children's Worksheets (LKA). The aim of this research is to describe the use of loose parts media to develop creativity in early childhood as well as supporting and inhibiting factors for the use of loose parts media in the Pembina Waisai State Kindergarten. This research uses qualitative field research methods. The data source was taken from the B1 group of the Pembina Waisai State Kindergarten. Research instruments include observation, interviews and documentation. Meanwhile, the data analysis technique uses Miles and Huberman analysis which consists of data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results obtained from this research show that the use of loose parts media in learning plays a role in developing creativity in early childhood by carrying out all stages of using loose parts media using playing strategies, tidying up and storing things as well as various strategies for increasing creativity (product creation, imagination , exploration, and experimentation). In this regard, the supporting factors for the use of loose parts media lie in the role of good teachers and parents as well as the availability of a variety of loose parts media around the school environment and the inhibiting factors lie in children's interests and moods which cannot be conditioned properly.

Exploring Parental Experiences With School-Aged Children Receiving Web-Based Learning: Cross-Sectional Study.

Web-based learning has transformed education. Its ability to overcome physical barriers and deliver knowledge at the click of a button has made web-based learning popular and ensured that it will continue to be used in the future. The involvement of parents in web-based learning is fundamental to the success of the educational process, but limited attention has been paid to the impact of web-based learning on parents. This study examined parental experiences with school-aged children receiving web-based learning in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. We sent cross-sectional, anonymous web-based questionnaires to school-aged children's parents. A total of 184 parents completed the survey. Parents' negative experiences of web-based learning (mean 4.13, SD 0.62) exceeded their positive experiences (mean 3.52, SD 0.65). The most negative experience reported by parents was their child's boredom due to prolonged sitting in front of a device (mean 4.56, SD 0.69). The most positive experience was their child's technological skill enhancement (mean 3.98, SD 88). Their child's lack of social interaction and friendship building promoted stress among parents (r=-0.190; P=.01). At the same time, their child's technological skill enhancement reduced stress among parents (r=0.261; P=.001). The most reported (63/184, 34.2%) obstacle to web-based learning was having multiple learners in the same household. Web-based learning is a fundamental learning method and will continue to be used in the future because of its ability to overcome many barriers to education. Parental involvement in the continuity and success of the web-based learning process is crucial. However, the findings of this study illustrated that parents' experiences of web-based learning were more negative than positive. Parents who reported negative experiences reported an increase in stress and faced more obstacles due to web-based learning. Thus, more attention and intervention are needed to promote positive web-based learning experiences among parents.