Situation of recording the birth date by lunar calendar in 60-month or less children in Thanh Hãa province
- Author:
Dung Viet Truong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Child
- MeSH:
Child;
Delivery of Health Care
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2001;406(12):33-35
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The month age is a very important index in the health care for children. There are many factors affect to the information of children’s birthday. A common main factor is the confusion of lunar with solar calendar. The data of birth date collected from 547 children in Thanh Hãa province showed that a significant number of children have the birth date that were recorded by lunar calendar, result in errors in determining their age of month. The authors have proposed computer software that could change automatically the lunar day to the solar day.
