[Transfer of a child from children's home to family: medical aspects].
The project "Leaving of babies at children's homes and deinstitutionalization" was implemented at the children's home of Tbilisi. The purpose was to find out what influence was produced by deinstitutionalization on the physical and psychomotor development of deprived babies. The study lasted for 12 months. 3 groups of children were investigated. Group 1 comprised children selected for deinstitutionalization, age-matching healthy children who stayed at the children's home were in group 2, and healthy children randomly selected from 2 nurseries of Tbilisi were in group 3. The parameters of anthropometry and psychomotor development were evaluated according to the Denver screening test at the very beginning and in 12 months. The children from the children's home almost caught up, in 12 months after deinstitutionalization, with their control matches. Whereas, the children, who were brought up at the children's home, were behind the group-1 children and controls by all parameters. Projects promoting the upbringing of deprived children in their own or foster families are recommended for implementation.
Gogberashvili
K Ia
KIa
Kutateladze
T A
TA
Khurtsidze
L K
LK
Gogadze
L I
LI
Adeishvili
M D
MD
Pagava
K I
KI
D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D019372:Orphanages