Study on 450 children at the age from 3-5 years old, 50% children go to kindergarten and 50% don’t. 40 kindergarten level staffs, 6 staffs in charge of population-family and children, 22 village level staffs, 9 village level leaders belong to the Mekong Delta. The result showed that: there was a clearly different awareness on the children‘s right as well as the importance of going to school of the parents between the parents of children who go to kindergartent and the other ones. The school issue in the Mekong Delta is imperative: lack of kindergarten: 78.7%; lack of classroom seriously: 78.4%. Lack of schools and classrooms was an important reason that children couldn’t go to school. The rate of teacher for kindergarten on over the region is high: 84.8%. The basic facilities were poor: 21.8%. It is necessary to propagandize to the family who have children in the school age. Reinforcing school, classroom and education facilities and improving teachers’ qualification and management officers should be done.
Child ; Epidemiology

In Dec/1998 we surveyed growth and disease status of the street children at four districts of Hanoi. Objective of this survey is: searching for growth and status, thereby, proposing some measures to interfere in order to raise their health, help the street children to intergrate into the community. The results showed that there were 425 children from 5-18 ages, in which : 252 males and 173 females. For physical growth: average weight and height of the street children were lower than these normal children at the same age. The disease pattern showed that majority of them was suffering from otorhinolaryngeal disease and respiratory disease (56.6%) among which mainly as upper respiratory disease. Gastroenterology disease (56.6%) among which mainly as upper respiratory disease. Gastroenterology disease (56.2%) mainly as digestive disorder and clinical worm disease. Odonto-stomatological disease (51%), mainly as caries. Eye disease (22.2%). mainly as trachoma and conjunctivitis. Skin infection (16.5%). Malnutrition (14.3%), anemia(11.8%). Disease of muscles, bones and joints (8%). Urinary tract infection (4,2%), goiter (2,3%), mental disorder (0,9%), epilepsy(0.9%), paralytic poliomyelitis (0.9%), cerebral palsy(0.2%) congenital heart disease (0,5%). From that, it requires suitable consideration and measures to improve the situation.
child, epidemiology

A cross sectional study was carried out to assess the nutritional status in children under five years of age and to interview their mothers. The study was carried out on 500 children under five years of age and 392 mothers at Kok Roka, Don Kor district, Phnome Penh. The results showed that the rate of community malnutrition in children was 44.4% underweight, 47% stunting, 14.4% wasting. The highest malnutrition rate was seen in children from 25 to 36 months in three indicators, and children in age group 37-48 months suffer from stunting was highest (61.7%). Mothers started breast feeding very late, by 12 hours after birth. The time of weaning which was late in children over 12 months, with numbers from 1 to 2 meals per day. Diarrhea and ARI affected nutritional status of children under five years of age. Nutritional status in children who had stopped breast feeding after 12 months was better than children who had to stopped breast feeding before 12 months of age.
Nutritional Status ; Child ; Epidemiology

We study 86 pneumonia patients from 4-15 years old who were admitted to the Pediatric Department of the Hue Central Hospital, Thua Thien Hue province, Viet Nam over 14 months (from April 2004 to June 2005). Detection of anti- M.pneumoniae IgM of these patients, 27 cases have positive tests (31.4%).There was no statistic difference between male and female, urban area and countryside. The M.pneumoniae pneumonias were detected throughout the year but predominantly from April to June (31.5%) by admission. The results of this study showed some clinical features that could be frequently happened: cough, expectorant, mild fever (< 39oC), the white blood cells count less than 15,000 per mm3 (83.3%). The X ray of lungs are frequent the inertial and alveolar infiltration (54.2%). M.pneumoniae-related pneumonia were treated successfully with macrolide antibiotics.
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma ; Child ; Epidemiology

A study on 816 underage children from 13-19 years old who live with other smoker in the same family in Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh city in 2004. The result showed that: 56.5% male in the study, 80.5% at the age of school, 19.5% leave school. 9.2% among the total are currently smokers. The duration from 7- 12 month: 52.0%; less than 6 months: 28%; over 1 year: 20%. 38.7% underage smoke from 10 to 20 cigarettes per day. The average cigarettes of underage are 7.1± 4.1 cigarettes/day and for average duration 13.25± 10.77 months.
Smoking ; Child ; Epidemiology

In March 2003, a cross-sectional was study conducted on the under five -year -old children’s nutrional status and related factors in HaiChanh commune, HaiLang district, QuangTri province.The survey showed malnourish status of the form of underweight of 29,2%, stunting 44,7% and wasting 5,4%. In the group of under 12 month -old -age infants, the malnourish prevalence was lowest, 6,5%- and this rate increased along the aging and reached the highest of 42,3% at the age from 48 to 60 months. Some other factors such as mother’s knowledge, breast feeding, familial factors,etc.,...had got relations
Malnutrition ; child ; epidemiology

625 under 5 years old children and their mother or nursing persons in 4 communes of Dan Phuong and Chuong My districts, Ha Tay province were subjected to study. The incidence of underweight form of malnutrition accounted for 30.3%, mainly for mild and moderate level, the severe and very severe level decreased obviously. 27% of malnutrition cases were in underheight stunting form and 10.4 in thin and weak stunting form. The incidence of malnutrition increased with the age. There was no considerable difference in two districts. The factors influencing on the malnutrition status were education level of the parents, the job and the nutrition of mother, family economy, the nursing status, the proper beginning of use of supplementary food.
Malnutrition ; Child ; Epidemiology

The study of 122 children were rickets from 1 - 6 month old at Hai Phong Children Hospital from 2002 to 2003. The results: the most of mothers were in shortage of knowledge in rickets. There were many risk factors: mothers keeping their child from sunlight after birth, mothers on diet for the first 3 months, solid food complement before 4 months. Frequent signs of rickets were crying all the time, perspiration, alopecia. Hypocalcemia was found in 80.33%
Rickets ; Child ; Epidemiology

By cross sectional method, 2146 subjects of Tay ethnic in 2 communes of Dai Tu, Thai Nguyen were studied in Summer 1999. Among them, 65% had ENT diseases, with similar incidence in these two communes, in male and female genders. The most vulnerable age was 16-30, lowest 0-6 year old. The most common diseases were throat inflammation, amygdalitis, nasal sinusitis, VA. Among Tay people, the incidence was similar with Giay, higher them Mong, lower than San Diu, Kinh, Nung. Among Mong people, children were more vulnerable than adults
Otolaryngology ; Diseases ; Child ; epidemiology

2688 primary school pupils and sencondary school children in the whole of the country, aged 6-11 years old, living in mountain, plain, central and northern areas, southern. A high prevalence of gingivitis inflammation of 42,7- 71,4% was concluded in all age groups, higher in rural area than in urban and increasing with the age. There fore the programme of dental oral care for school children in the whole of country, including oral hygiene education must be promoted.
Gingivitis ; Child ; Vietnam ; Epidemiology