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THE STUDY OF COMMUNITY FOR MENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN INFANTS

Ma L.X., Song F.L., Yang L.Z., et al

Child Hospital of Jinan, Jinan, China

Objective: To study the model of community intervention for mental development in infants from newborn to 3 years old with scientific and effective methods.

Methods: 1. Children’s mental development community intervention was connected with community hygiene services. Community doctors taught infant brain development techniques to infants’ parents at home. Children were trained by their mothers. Community doctors supervised and directed them regularly. Then they surveyed children’s mental development. 2. Infant development scale by Bayley was used to survey mental development index (MDI). 3. 347 patients were divided into two groups by whole colony sampling (community intervention group: 247, control group: 100). Data were statistically analyzed.

Results: 45 communities and 5,275 infants, 65.53% (5,275/8,050) of the total newborns were carried out in 1 year. MDI mean of caretakers increased 13.20 and rate of mental retardation was 0, control group was 6%(6/100).

Conclusion: Community intervention for mental development in infant may improve the intelligent of children and decrease the morbidity of mental retardation.