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Background: Caring child with Down Syndrome (DS) requires special challenges, and mothers can go through a period of difficulty adapting. So, coping strategies with positive attitudes are considered effective in improving quality of life for mothers and their children. Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of coping strategies intervention on quality of life for mothers having children with Down Syndrome. Method: A quasi-experimental research design (one group pre/posttest) was used. Setting: This study was conducted at the Genes Clinics of DS in the Specialized Clinics of Pediatric Hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University. Sample: A purposive sample consisted of ( 75) mothers and their children with down syndrome recruited from the abovementioned setting. Tools: Five tools were used pre /post intervention to collect data; A structured interviewing questionnaire to assess mothers' knowledge related to DS; Self-reliance assessment to assess level of independence of DS children regarding daily living activities as reported by their mothers; Needs' scale to assess cognitive, economical, psychological, social, and physical needs experienced by the mothers; Coping patterns scale to assess the mothers' coping patterns toward their DS children, and Family quality of life scale to assess health related Quality of Life (QoL) for mothers of children with down syndrome. Results: There was a highly statistically significant improvement was observed between the studied mothers' knowledge, QoL, needs, and coping patterns pre and post intervention program, where p<0.001, also there was a positive correlation between total self-reliance of the studied children and total mothers' needs, quality of life and coping at pre and post intervention program (p=< 0.001). Conclusion: Implementation of coping strategies intervention had a positive effect on the improvement of mothers' knowledge, level of needs, coping patterns and quality of life. Recommendations: Conducting frequent educational program focused on encouraging mothers to cope effectively with their children with DS.

Background:Coaching in nursing is one of the most promising approaches for promoting nurses personal and professional development. Aim: The study aimed to investigate the coaching program effect on nurses' knowledge and practice regarding caring child undergoing cardiac catheterization. Method: Quasi-experimental research design was used in this study. Setting: This study implemented in the pediatric department, Cardiac Intensive Care and cardiac catheterization Units at

Background: Cancer is a major cause of mortality in all over the world. The cancer problem in children and adolescents is large enough to be considered a warning of an impending worldwide. Educating children about cancer risks can improve awareness and introduce healthy lifestyle habits. Cancer prevention education must begin at an early age, because the foundation for more health-impacting risk behaviors later in life is forming at this age. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the health belief model for preventing and controlling cancer risk behaviors among school age children. Materials and Methods:A quasi-experimental study was performed on a purposive sample of 100 school age children was selected from two governmental schools affiliated to Beni-Suef city. The data gathering tools were two questionnaires including cancer knowledge questionnaire and health belief model constructs questionnaire which were used. It used to measure practices for preventing and controlling cancer risk behaviors. The Questionnaires were completed before, immediately, and three months later after the intervention. Results: The present study results indicated that immediately and three months later after the intervention, the knowledge of studied children improved significantly and the mean scores of the health belief model constructs (Perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and preventive cancer risks behaviors was increased than pre the program (P<0.001).Conclusion: The findings of the present study confirmed the practicability and effectiveness of the Health Belief Model based educational program in enhancing children's lifestyle behaviors about preventing and controlling cancer risks. Hence, these models can act as a framework for designing and implementing educational interventions for the cancer prevention at schools. Recommendation: The importance should be given to these classes in schools, try to increase children's perception of cancer risks, explain the benefits of protective behavior.