when investigation of the child and his family suggested that the failure to thrive was the result of masked deprivation , a study was designed to measure the effect of a 17-day program of developmental nursing care on specific parameters of growth and behavior-height , weight amount of sleep , caloric intake , active mobility , awareness of the environment , prelanguage vocalizations , self-stimulation behavior , and play activity with toys .
C0006147
nursing
C0004927
behavior