J Korean Pediatr Soc.  2000 Jul;43(7):889-896.

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

• Chae YS
• Jang YT

Abstract

PURPOSE: Nowadays, concern about the care of one's offspring has been increasing due to increased active participation of wornen in society and having fewer children than in the past. Therefore, we performed a study to evaluate the rnajor 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.

Keyword

Child care counselling; Personal computer communication

MeSH Terms

Child
Child Care*
Child*
Digestive System
Humans
Microcomputers*
Psychology
Retrospective Studies
Sex Distribution
Sex Ratio