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This study was conducted to evaluate the effectives of the nursing intervention on mother-Infant interaction to infant growth and development. Twenty five primiparas and infant were recruited from a university hospital, a general hospital, and an OBGY clinic located in Taegu city. After 1 year, only twenty two infant was evaluated for growth and development. Data were collected from may 18th to June 15th of 1998. For the evaluation of growth and development, data was gathering after 1 year. The data was analysed t-test. ANOVA, Spearman rank correlation using SAS Program. The results were as follows: 1. The frequency of pass item in growth and development that all subjects were passed more than 2 items in fine motor and adaptive area. 2. The growth and developmental score and mother-infant interaction score by general characteristics of subjects was not significant differences, except feeding type. 3. The correlation of growth and development between mother-infant interaction was significant correlation in fine mother and adaptive area. As subcategories, clarity of cures, responsiveness to care giver, synchronic responses were significant correlation between growth and development. Based on this study, further studies in this area can be suggested as follows; A longitudinal study which follows up the effect differences of the applied nursing intervention depending on the infant’s month can provide better understanding of long term effects.
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