본 연구는 대전지역의 만3세부터， 7세까지의 유치원 아동들 중 1 ，455명을 대상으 로 영 ·유아 시기의 주변 환경 및 습관이 시력에 영향이 미칠 수 있는 요소들올 성 문하고 안과병원과 협조하여 단체 시력검사를 실시하였는데， 난시는 Spherical equivalent로 환산하여 정상 시력 군은 -0.75D - +0.75D 사이의 범위이면서 양안의 나 안시력이 0.65 이상을 모두 만족한 아동으로 하였고 나머지를 비정상 시력 군으로 구 분하였다. 단， 상기의 구분에서 정상 시력 군으로 판정이 되었어도 Spherical equivalent에 의한 양안의 차이가 2.00 D 이상일 경우는 비정상 시력 군으로 분류한 결과， 83.6% 의 비정상적 시력을 보였으며 연령별로 통계학적 유의성은 없었으며 출 생시 체중이 2.5Kg 미만 군에서 비정상 시력 군이 86.3%로 가장 많았으나 체중별 결 과도 유의하지 않았다. 수유와 관련한 사항에서는 모유와 분유와 이유식을 모두 먹은 군에서 정상 시력 군이 22.9%로 가장 많았으며 수유기간은 197~ 월 이상 동안 수유한 군에 서 정 상 시 력 군이 22.0% 로 가장 많았으나 역 시 유의 하지 않았고 초유의 음용 여부에서는 “모두 먹었다”는 군에서 정상 시력 군이 2 1.1%로 가장 많았고 통계학적 으로 유의함을 알 수 있었다 (P=O. OO6). 수유기간 동안 및 최근 기간동안에 수면 시 조명상태에서는 “등을 켜고 잔다”는 군에서 비정상의 시력 꾼이 각각 90.0%, 85.0% 로 가장 많았으나 통계학적 유의성은 없었으며， 부모의 시력교정 여부에 따른 사력검 사 결과에서 “부모 모두 교정하였다”의 군에서 비정상 시력 군이 89.2% 로 가장 많았 으나 유의하지 않았고 출생 후 질병의 유무와 임신기간별 사력검사 결과에서도 그 유의성을 찾을 수 없었다.

Although it is rapidly increasing the number of day-care centers in Korea, the quality of food and nutrition services is not improved sufficiently. The purpose of this study was to investigate the nutrition and health status of children in day-care center. Menus for lunch of 253 centers were collected and the content of nutrients was analyzed. Nutrient intakes from lunch and snacks of 90 children were investigated using weighing method and those from breakfast and dinner by 24-hour recall method surrogated from their mothers. Anthropometric indices of height, weight, skinfold thickness, the ratio of fat were measured. The lunch menus for children contained 437.0±138.9 Kcal, 17.6±6.7gr protein, 153.9±87.7mg Ca, 3.63±1.6mg Fe, 164.5±158.2RE Vit A. and 4.46±3.04mg Vit B1. Energy, Ca and Fe supplied were below one third of RDAs. Mean daily calorie intake of children aged 3 years was 1303.0±474.0Kcal/day, 1322.3±442.4Kcal in aged four, 1307.0±545.9Kcal in aged five and 1497.1±93.5kcal in six year of age. Intake of iron, vitamin A and vitamin B1 were below RDAs.

The purpose of this study were to evaluate the effect of program in visual perception on eye-hand coordination in a child with cerebral palsy. The results were as follows. 1)　Eye-hand coordination were increased significantly compared to doing without pretreatment with the program in visual perception with time-dependent fashion with a cerebral palsy child 2)　A most increased part of eye-hand coordination activities was a large heavy objects and a least increased part of those was a writing. From the above results, it is suggested that program in visual perception is a most useful therapy for a child with cerebral palsy having incomplete eye-hand coordination activity functionally.

This study was executed for 300 mothers bringing up a child below 3 years in the area of Kangnung to assess the current weaning practice of infants. 24.6% of mother surveyed were breast-fed, 57.8% were formula-fed and 17.5% were mixed-fed. The rate of breast feeding was lower and the rate of bottle feeding was higher in infants whose mothers had more income or higher educational period or full-time job. Most of the respondents knew the significance of supplementary food. 41.4% of the subjects started weaning of their infants at 3-4 months, and 84.1% of them set on weaning in less than 7 months after babies were born. And 39.4% of the subjects finished weaning of their infants in less than one year. The infants of this study preferred the fruits and fishes to meats, vegetables and beans that served to them as supplementary food. Mothers showed deep interest in recipe of weaning food(48.5%), adequate quantity of weaning food(36.3%), information on commercial food for infants(32.2%), and sequence in which semi-solid food are introduced(31.9%). From these results, it is suggested that education program in primary health center for improvement of weaning practice of infants should be implemented reflecting needs of mothers.

Although it is increasing the number of day-care centers in Korea, but the quality of food and nutrition service are not increased sufficiently. The purpose of this study was to investigate the current practices of food and nutrition service in day-care centers. Questionnaire were sent to the directors of 750 day-care centers and 253 returned the complete answers. Staffing structure revealed that only 13% of the facilities had a dietitian. And compared with centers without a dietitian, there were more centers having nutritional standards, using facilities for service, and having long-term planning of meals in centers with a dietitian. In the using of foodservice budget, the centers having dietitian consumed more money for subsidiary dishes than for the staples. All centers needed increment of supplementation for the cost of foodservice and for hiring a dietitian. To improve the quality of food and nutrition services in day-care center, foodservice practices have to be conducted by professional personnel and to confirm the standard of service and to inspect the management of food and nutritional service.