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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2000;43(7):889-896. Published online July 15, 2000.

A Study on the Field and Future Course of Child Care Counselling Using Personal Computer Communication

Young Sook YS Chae¹, Young Taek YT Jang¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, P resbyterian M edical Center, Jeonju, Korea

Abstract

Purpose
: Nowadays, concern about the care of one' s offspring has been increasing due to increased active participation of women in society and having fewer children than in the past. Therefore, we performed a study to evaluate the major fields of child care counselling and establish effective child care counselling.
Methods
: We retrospectively analyzed 2,754 cases of child care counselling about sex ratio, distribution of age, major fields of concern and major questions of each field using personal computer communication from April 1994 to March 1999.
Results
: Sex distribution was usually unknown. The most frequent questions concerned the infantile period, especially less than 6 months of age. Nutrition, digestive system, development and psychology were the major fields of child care counsellng.
Conclusion
: We conclude that the major period of child care counselling was during the infantile period, and there was a major concern about nutrition, development and psychology. But, more efforts and studies are needed to establish effective child care counselling.

Keywords :Child care counselling, Personal computer communication