• The purpose of this study was to investigate the outcomes of an Emotional Wellbeing Group intervention developed to treat maternal depression and anxiety while concurrently supporting positive development of the mother - infant relationship. (bvsalud.org)
  • A significant interaction was found between the place of birth and the effect of the intervention for all mortality outcomes except post-neonatal mortality rate. (bmj.com)
  • Researchers assessing outcomes, but not participants, were blinded to group assignment. (nih.gov)
  • The Black community, in particular, is severely impacted by racist systems, policies, and practices that reduce access to health care and impede effective treatment - resulting in worse maternal and child health outcomes than other racial and ethnic groups. (chcs.org)
  • The featured states participated in Aligning Early Childhood and Medicaid , a national initiative led by the Center for Health Care Strategies with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that aimed to enhance alignment across Medicaid and state agencies responsible for early childhood programs with the goal of improving the health and social outcomes of infants and children in low-income families. (chcs.org)
  • The purpose of this systematic review was to identify controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of contingency paradigm-based interventions to improve feeding, motor, or cognitive outcomes during the first year of life. (lww.com)
  • Contingency paradigm-based interventions can improve feeding outcomes in the neonatal intensive care unit in very preterm infants, and increase reaching, and perceptual-cognitive behaviors in term infants. (lww.com)
  • This review synthesizes a body of literature on contingency paradigm-based interventions and highlights its potential paradigm-based interventions to improve developmental outcomes in infants. (lww.com)
  • This study tested the effectiveness of a 4-month online group-based nurse-led intervention delivered when infants were aged 2 to 6 months as compared with standard care outcomes. (jmir.org)
  • Outcomes were evaluated using linear generalized estimating equations adjusting for postrandomization group differences in demographic characteristics and the outcome score at baseline. (jmir.org)
  • Possible explanations for the lack of differences in outcomes for the 2 groups in this study are the failure of many mothers to use key components of the intervention and residual differences between the intervention and standard care groups post randomization. (jmir.org)
  • Outcomes were measured at baseline (6-weeks postpartum), 6, 12 (post-intervention), and 18 (follow-up) months. (scirp.org)
  • Mixed-effects models were used to estimate the impact of the dietary intervention on study outcomes relative to usual care. (scirp.org)
  • Furthermore, in the past 30 years, an abundance of research evidence has shown that when mothers and babies are kept close and skin-to-skin after birth, outcomes improve (Moore et al. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • The effects of breastfeeding on children's development have important implications for both public-health policies and for the design of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental outcomes of children at risk as a result of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty). (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Their infants were then studied prospectively across a number of outcomes. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Early intervention for PND using a combination of psychological treatments can transform outcomes for both mothers and children. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The finding of these positive developmental outcomes for children suggest that if mothers get the help they need for their persistent depression it is important in promoting their children's development. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Read the full paper - 'Mitigating the effect of persistent postnatal depression on child outcomes through an intervention to treat depression and improve parenting: a randomised controlled trial' - in The Lancet Psychiatry . (ox.ac.uk)
  • Reporting of Infant Mortality and Birth Outcomes Prior to Viability. (nemours.org)
  • The primary outcome will be infant body fat by DEXA and secondary outcomes will be infant cognition and appetite regulation, including gut-derived appetite hormones in a sub-set. (goranlab.com)
  • A systematic review that included 52 articles from 21 countries concluded that all forms of extra support for breastfeeding mothers by both lay and professionals had a positive impact on breastfeeding outcomes, especially strategies that rely mainly on face-to-face support [ 29 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary end point was infant sleep duration at 16 weeks. (psu.edu)
  • We present new evidence about the effects of violent crime on pregnancy and infant health outcomes, using unique linked administrative data from New York City. (aeaweb.org)
  • We saw many positive outcomes… but the most striking was the impact on weight gain: Compared to the control group, the babies whose parents got the responsive parenting intervention grew healthily but more slowly in the first six months, were less likely to be overweight at age 1, and had lower BMI at age 3. (medlineplus.gov)
  • To assess the combined risks of being born preterm and to a teenage mother, and to evaluate the effects of an early intervention, preterm infants born to lower-class, black, teenage mothers were provided a home-based, parent-training intervention, and their development was then compared with that of nonintervention controls, of term infants of teenage mothers, and of term and preterm infants of adult mothers. (nih.gov)
  • Despite equivalence on prenatal care, factors which placed the preterm infant of the teenage mother at greater risk at birth were the small-for-date size of the infant and the less realistic developmental milestones and child rearing attitudes expressed by the mother. (nih.gov)
  • The preterm infants of teenage mothers who received intervention showed more optimal growth, Denver scores, and face-to-face interactions at 4 months. (nih.gov)
  • Three of 3 trials reported improvements in nutritive sucking using pacifier-activated lullaby in preterm infants before term age. (lww.com)
  • Hospital Readmission Among Late Preterm Infants: New Insights and Remaining Questions. (nemours.org)
  • She is also interested in high-risk groups, such as parents of preterm and stillborn infants. (city.ac.uk)
  • Current research projects include a national study of care during the birth of very preterm infants, and the evaluation of self-help interventions to improve postnatal wellbeing. (city.ac.uk)
  • Rabe H, Amess P, McFerran C, Ayers S, Horst J, Rowe E. Neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm infants at 2 years of age who received placento-fetal transfusion at delivery. (city.ac.uk)
  • Facilitating early parent-infant emotional connection improves cortical networks in preterm infants. (helsinki.fi)
  • In a study by Abdallah, Badr, and Hawwari (2013), the 32 infants of the intervention group (from 66 stable, preterm infants) received massage therapy by their mothers. (medscape.com)
  • Twenty nonclinical mother-infant dyads were matched to the clinical sample according to infant sex and age. (vu.nl)
  • On IA subscales, relationship patterns differed in clinically depressed and nonclinical mother-infant dyads. (vu.nl)
  • Consumption of animal source food (dairy, flesh foods, eggs) was higher for dyads with older mothers, educated mothers and more wealthy mothers. (bmj.com)
  • Comparisons between breast- and bottle-feeding mother-infant dyads on a range of maternal and infant measures, such as maternal stress, well-being, parenting behaviour, the quality of early mother-infant interactions and infant self-regulation and behaviour. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • I am a primary care pediatrician and health services researcher focused on risk identification, care coordination, and connection to community-based services for high-risk mother-newborn dyads. (nemours.org)
  • I have received federal funding for my research through multiple mechanisms, including a BIRCWH K12 award, an R40 from HRSA/Maternal Child Health Bureau, and most recently an AHRQ R18 to implement and evaluate a group well child care intervention for mother-infant dyads affected by maternal opioid use disorder. (nemours.org)
  • New beginnings" in South African Shelters for the Homeless: Piloting of a Group Psychotherapy Intervention for High-Risk Mother-Infant Dyads. (bvsalud.org)
  • Primiparous Black mother-infant dyads were screened for eligibility using medical records. (psu.edu)
  • In the current study, the brain network functions of premature infants were measured at term age, following approximately 6 weeks of Family Nurture Intervention (FNI) in the neonatal intensive care unit. (helsinki.fi)
  • Eighty infants at the neonatal intensive care unit were randomly assigned to 2 groups in different order to receive interventions. (medscape.com)
  • The participants completed pre- and post- intervention assessments which included self-report measures of mood and the motherhood experience, and a video-taped, unstructured play session between mothers and their infants . (bvsalud.org)
  • The study participants included 251 infants in the intervention group and 242 infants in the control group. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants 29 667 births in intervention clusters and 30 813 in control clusters. (bmj.com)
  • Participants were randomised to an early frenotomy intervention group or a 'standard care' comparison group. (nih.gov)
  • Overall the intervention did not increase the participants' chances of achieving their prepregnancy weights. (drsharma.ca)
  • Participants assigned to the intervention group received 20 minutes of slow-stroke back massage while in a sitting position. (amtamassage.org)
  • Participants 8975 mother-child pairs from the Nigeria DHS. (bmj.com)
  • The participants of the intervention group showed a significant reduction of cortisol ( p = .023) and an improvement of attachment and mood from start to end of the intervention session (all p ≤ .008). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Participants will be followed from birth to 24 months, with frequent sampling and assessment of breast milk for HMO composition, maternal and infant microbiota, maternal and infant diet, and infant eating behaviors. (goranlab.com)
  • Design, Setting, and Participants: This is a post hoc secondary analysis of the Sleep SAAF (Strong African American Families) study, a randomized clinical trial comparing an RP intervention with a safety control condition over the first 16 weeks post partum. (psu.edu)
  • PARTICIPANTS: Convenience sample of 73 primiparous breastfeeding mothers ranging between the ages of 19 and 38, M = 25 (SD = 4.5). (motivationalinterviewing.org)
  • Following the completion of the baseline outcome measures, participants will be randomly allocated to either Group Interpersonal therapy (g-IPT) or High-Quality Standard Care (HQ-SC), using a secure, web-based platform. (who.int)
  • There will be 8 sessions of g-IPT offered to participants randomised to the intervention arm. (who.int)
  • High-Quality Standard Care (HQ-SC): All participants will receive psychoeducation in the form of a guided introduction to a WHO-approved self-help illustrated guide to coping with adversity together with information on nutrition for mothers and babies. (who.int)
  • The New York State Department of Health conducted listening sessions to learn about implicit biases Black mothers face in prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care. (chcs.org)
  • Postnatal depression and caregiving difficulties adversely affect mothers, infants, and later childhood development. (jmir.org)
  • Online group-based nurse-led interventions have the potential to help address this problem by providing large numbers of mothers with access to professional and peer support during the postnatal period. (jmir.org)
  • Mothers were recruited at the time they were contacted for the postnatal health check offered to all mothers in South Australia. (jmir.org)
  • As such, it appears that support for mothers during the postnatal period, provided using mobile phone technology, has the potential to be an important addition to existing services. (jmir.org)
  • Postnatal depression is a common experience for women after the birth of a baby, affecting at least 1 in 10 mothers in the UK. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Her research examines the prevalence, causes, screening and treatment of anxiety in pregnant and postnatal women, as well as the impact of mental health on the mother-baby and family relationships. (city.ac.uk)
  • Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) is a parenting intervention for primary caregivers of infants or toddlers who have experienced early adversity such as abuse, neglect, poverty, and/or placement instability. (wikipedia.org)
  • We focus on research that has been done on language learning in human infants and toddlers in order to illustrate our points. (frontiersin.org)
  • Dr. Jessica Bradshaw , an assistant professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina, regarding this study, she uses the phrase "individual/child with autism" instead of identity-first language ("autistic person") because of the age of the infants and toddlers that she works with. (forbes.com)
  • Air samples should be taken with the heating systems on and at sampling heights that reflect exposure to infants and toddlers. (cdc.gov)
  • Design In this single (assessor) blind, randomised controlled trial, 669 healthy full-term infants receiving formula milk within 14 weeks of birth were individually randomised to intervention (n=340) or attention-matched control (n=329) groups. (bmj.com)
  • The authors describe how to leverage common interventions-including trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy-in innovative ways to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and PTSD in NICU parents. (appi.org)
  • The insights offered throughout the book-as well as in the complementary online treatment manual-will position readers to develop an entire program of psychological services, from screening to intervention, in the NICU. (appi.org)
  • There is now a growing body of evidence of the benefits that peer support provides to parents of NICU infants and special needs children. (nature.com)
  • This discovery indicates a definite advantage of using skin-to-skin contact as early as possible, suggesting that kangaroo-carrying interventions should be encouraged during the NICU period. (asklenore.info)
  • Infants of mothers with preexisting diabetes mellitus experience double the risk of serious injury at birth, triple the likelihood of cesarean delivery, and quadruple the incidence of newborn intensive care unit (NICU) admission. (medscape.com)
  • The three goals of the intervention are to: Increase nurturing behaviors of the caregiver Enhance the caregiver's ability to follow the child's lead with delight Decrease potentially harsh or frightening behaviors of the caregiver The ability of young children to regulate their behaviors, emotions, and physiology is strongly associated with the quality of the relationship they have with their caregiver. (wikipedia.org)
  • The idea is that in autism, very subtle, atypical behaviors of the infant may cause them to be less sensitive and attentive to those social signals from their mothers,' Elsabbagh told Live Science. (yahoo.com)
  • In a video clip, for instance, the babies in the intervention group showed fewer signs of early autism-related behaviors, such as not responding to their names, than the babies in the control group did. (yahoo.com)
  • In this study, I wanted to see if infants with autism demonstrate different patterns of social communication right when these behaviors start to emerge, between 9-12 months. (forbes.com)
  • Mothers reported on bedtime routine and sleep behaviors, infant sleep duration, and nighttime waking and feeding at 8 and 16 weeks post partum using questionnaires. (psu.edu)
  • Results The infant mortality rate (adjusted hazard ratio 0.85, 95% confidence interval 0.77 to 0.94) and the neonatal mortality rate beyond the first 24 hours (adjusted hazard ratio 0.86, 0.79 to 0.95) were significantly lower in the intervention clusters than in control clusters. (bmj.com)
  • The neonatal mortality rate was significantly lower in the intervention clusters in the subgroup born at home (adjusted hazard ratio 0.80, 0.68 to 0.93) but not in the subgroup born in a health facility (1.06, 0.91 to1.23) (P value for interaction=0.001). (bmj.com)
  • India adapted the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy, 3 aiming to reduce its newborn and infant mortality burden and renamed the revised strategy Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI). (bmj.com)
  • Evaluate potential effect of organizing women's group on perinatal mortality. (who.int)
  • Reduce neonatal mortality rates in intervention clusters by women group activities. (who.int)
  • Regional and practitioner variations in reporting infant mortality. (nemours.org)
  • County-level Variation in Infant Mortality Reporting at Early Previable Gestational Ages. (nemours.org)
  • The contribution of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) to the decrease in infant morbidity and mortality has already been well documented. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In all situations, the best way of preventing malnutrition and mortality among infants and young children is to ensure that they start breastfeeding within one hour of birth, breastfeed exclusively (with no food or liquid other than breast milk, not even water) until six months of age and continue breastfeeding with appropriate complementary foods up to two years or beyond. (citizen-news.org)
  • It also reduces the risk of post-partum haemorrhage in the mother, the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. (citizen-news.org)
  • Sweden has low infant mortality rates, low accident mortality rates, a high number of breastfed children and a high proportion of vaccinated children. (lu.se)
  • This study provides initial positive evidence to support future research directions and clinical efforts to develop interventions that target both the treatment of perinatal depression and anxiety and the quality of mother-infant interactions . (bvsalud.org)
  • Chan-Yeung M, Manfreda J, Dimich-Ward H, Ferguson A, Watson W, Becker A. A randomized controlled study on the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention program in the primary prevention of asthma in high-risk infants. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention program in the primary prevention of asthma in high-risk infants. (cdc.gov)
  • Our study population was 2,152 HIV-exposed, uninfected infants enrolled in the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals and Nutrition study in Lilongwe, Malawi, during 2004-2010. (cdc.gov)
  • Babies who have a high risk of developing autism may benefit when their parents receive some video-based lessons on how to work with their infants, a new study finds. (yahoo.com)
  • The results suggest that although early intervention does not prevent autism , it may lessen its features in some children who have a high risk of developing the disorder, according to the study, published online today (Jan. 21) in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry . (yahoo.com)
  • The research 'is an innovative idea and an innovative group,' said Joe Piven, a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was not involved with the study. (yahoo.com)
  • The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the relationship between maternal insightfulness and sensitivity and subsequent infant attachment security and disorganization in clinically depressed and nonclinical mother-infant groups. (vu.nl)
  • Nineteen depressed mothers with infants ages 3 to 11 months participated in this study. (vu.nl)
  • It is important to understand that when researchers study human mother-newborn contact, keeping mothers and babies together is considered the "experimental" intervention. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • In contrast, when researchers study other non-human mammals , keeping mothers and babies together is the control condition, while separating newborns from their mothers is "experimental" (Moore et al. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • 2 Furthermore, the unit of randomisation, unit of intervention and unit of data collection may differ within the same study. (bmj.com)
  • The study endpoint was the HIV-infection status of the infant at age 6 months, determined by results of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for HIV DNA performed on blood specimens obtained at birth, 2 months, and 6 months. (cdc.gov)
  • Although most infants are fed formula milk, no study has effectively reduced intakes among formula milk-fed infants. (bmj.com)
  • 5,6 This study known as PROBIT (Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial) recruited Belarusian mothers who gave birth at either a UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital that actively promoted breastfeeding (intervention group) or a hospital/clinic where usual care procedures were in place (control group). (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • In total 144 mothers and their children were enrolled into the study, with 72 mother-child pairs in each group. (ox.ac.uk)
  • A new study from The Society for Research in Child Development ( SRCD ) documents that visible social-communication differences for infants with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) unfold by 9 months, pointing to a critical window for targeted intervention. (forbes.com)
  • The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of a mother-infant singing intervention within the first three months after birth on maternal well-being, depressive symptoms and bonding. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The objective of this study was to describe the rate of and identify the factors associated with providing the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended infant feeding practices of minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet in Nepal amongst young children between 6-23 months in 2011. (springer.com)
  • In a recent randomized study on induction after 12 hours versus expectant management during 48 hours, in the induction group the need for pain medication was significantly greater and there were more interventions, while mild neonatal infection occurred in 1.6% in the induction group versus 3.2% in the group with expectant management. (nzdl.org)
  • We propose to examine these concepts in a cohort study in 240 Hispanic women and their newborn infants. (goranlab.com)
  • Considering that adolescent mothers may be more vulnerable to discontinuing exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) before 6 months and that their mothers may exert a negative influence on this practice, this study was conducted with the objective of evaluating the efficacy of breastfeeding counselling for adolescent mothers and their mothers in increasing EBF duration. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thus, this study was conducted with the objective of evaluating the efficacy of multiple breastfeeding counselling sessions with adolescent mothers and their own mothers in preventing the early abandonment of EBF. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In Klaus and colleagues' first study, 14 the mothers in the experimental group had 1 hour of skin-to-skin mother-infant contact (within the first 3 hours), followed by 5 hours' contact per day for 3 successive days. (asklenore.info)
  • From the data obtained in this study, we can empirically suggest that close mother-infant contact during the first 2 days after birth is optimal to produce a major change in a mother's sense of competence toward her infant. (asklenore.info)
  • A joint study by the University of Helsinki and Columbia University showed that supporting emotional connection between mother and her premature baby following birth in the hospital intensive care unit improves the baby's brain development. (helsinki.fi)
  • The study shows that such parental support during the intensive care treatment removed the developmental abnormalities in brain function that are typically seen in the prematurely born infants. (helsinki.fi)
  • The results of this study show no significant effect of the Back to Sleep Campaign messaging on infants' ability to reach the "rolling over" milestone. (secretsofbabybehavior.com)
  • This study may help lead to more targeted prenatal care and interventions, the authors said. (medicinenet.com)
  • The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of upper limb massage on relieving pain among infants undergoing venipuncture in Hong Kong. (medscape.com)
  • 2007) performed a study of sensorial saturation, which included massage: two intervention groups (from 66 infants, three groups in total) received sensorial saturation from nurses or their mothers before they underwent a heel stick, and one group received only oral glucose plus sucking. (medscape.com)
  • To the best of our knowledge, no previous study has determined the effect of massage on relieving infant pain during venipuncture. (medscape.com)
  • An NIH-funded study called Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories (INSIGHT), has been shown to support healthy weight in babies and lay the groundwork for positive eating habits and growing patterns later in life. (medlineplus.gov)
  • For this study, g-IPT has been adapted for cultural relevance for Kenya and Lebanon and will be further adapted for new mothers with infants. (who.int)
  • The approaches set out below are examples of recent clinical applications of attachment theory by mainstream attachment theorists and clinicians and are aimed at infants or children who have developed or are at risk of developing less desirable, insecure attachment styles or an attachment disorder. (wikipedia.org)
  • Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) is an intervention designed to treat the relationship between children ages 0-5 and their caregivers after exposure to trauma or in high risk situations. (wikipedia.org)
  • This broader idea is represented as "ghosts in the nursery", indicating the continued presence of earlier caregiving generations Infant-parent psychotherapy was expanded by Alicia Lieberman and colleagues into child-parent psychotherapy, a manualized intervention for impoverished and traumatized families with children under the age of 5. (wikipedia.org)
  • The trials were conducted with low income groups, maltreating families, families with depressed mothers and families where children were exposed to domestic violence. (wikipedia.org)
  • In line with the hypotheses, better non-reacting skills in mothers during pregnancy were associated with more socialemotional capacities in children at 2 years of age. (researchgate.net)
  • Clinical and family support services at the Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health (CAECMH) at Montclair State University aim to foster the developmental and psychological well-being of children and families, and to support and enhance the relationship between infants/children and their caregivers. (montclair.edu)
  • Groups (for children up to 12 years old). (montclair.edu)
  • While this brief primarily focuses on Black women and their young children, the strategies discussed can benefit all mothers and children of color. (chcs.org)
  • In vivo drug efficacy at home & referral differences in of 15 mothers in children, supervised visit to child's home staff. (who.int)
  • All three studies involved preschool children (under age 4) and their mothers, who participated in an It Takes Two to Talk program. (hanen.org)
  • The behaviour of these mothers and children was compared to groups of mothers and children who were on a waiting list for the It Takes Two to Talk Program (who later received the program). (hanen.org)
  • These results showed that the It Takes Two to Talk Program enabled mothers and children to connect and communicate better, providing the children with many more opportunities to learn within these everyday interactions and conversations. (hanen.org)
  • Because the mother, among others, affects the child's diet directly by choosing what the child is offered to eat, and indirectly by flavors transmitted through breast milk, improving the diets of infants and children may be dependent on improving the maternal diet. (scirp.org)
  • Depressed mothers tended to have less securely attached children than did nonclinical mothers. (vu.nl)
  • Primary and secondary outcome measures MDD-C, MDD-W, concordance and discordance in the food groups consumed by mothers and their children. (bmj.com)
  • Results MDD increased with age for both children and mothers. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusion Programming to address child nutrition should be aimed at the mother-child dyad as their food consumption patterns are related and some food groups appear to be withheld from children. (bmj.com)
  • Comparable food groups for mothers and their children were generated, though categories were slightly different in the original dataset. (bmj.com)
  • A total of 150 MAM children aged 12-59 months were recruited and divided into two groups, an intervention group (48) and a control group (75). (journaltocs.ac.uk)
  • Results showed that 70% of the children and more than 75% of the mothers assessed the porridge as palatable. (journaltocs.ac.uk)
  • The proportion of children found to be infected by age 6 months in each treatment group was estimated by using the Kaplan-Meier method. (cdc.gov)
  • Of these, 52 children have tested PCR positive (17 in the ZDV group and 35 in the placebo group), all by their 2-month visit. (cdc.gov)
  • There were no differences between the two groups and all aspects of their development were as expected for children of this age, including cognitive and language development, behaviour and attachment. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Children of mothers who had attended ≥4 antenatal visits and who lived in the Eastern region were more likely to provide their child with the recommended meal frequency. (springer.com)
  • Children of mothers, who attended ≥ 4 antenatal visits, were educated and whose fathers had at least a secondary education were more likely to meet the recommended acceptable diet standards. (springer.com)
  • Young children aged less than two years in Nepal are at risk for not meeting the WHO recommended infant feeding standards given that only about one in three children were provided with the recommended dietary diversity and acceptable diet. (springer.com)
  • An appropriate mix of health education and food supplements could be a feasible option for Nepal to improve the number of children who meet the recommended infant feeding guidelines, reduce under nutrition and improve the survival rates of young children. (springer.com)
  • The principal route of exposure route is most likely dermal, especially in infants and young children. (cdc.gov)
  • Infants and young children are especially vulnerable to malnutrition, illness, and death in these situations. (citizen-news.org)
  • Children are among the most vulnerable groups during emergencies, and small children are the most vulnerable of all, as they face a triple risk of death from diarrhoeal disease, pneumonia and undernutrition. (citizen-news.org)
  • It helped protect against infant weight concerns and promoted healthy growth in firstborn children. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The self-administered questionnaire was handed out to the parents of 8-month-old and 4-year-old children in conjunction with their check-up at the CHC centers aiming to reach all children in Malmö in these two age groups. (lu.se)
  • Children with less educated mothers were exposed to more health risks, fewer health promoting factors, worse social support and had a higher medical care consumption than children with mothers with higher levels of education.In conclusion, the results show that children's health seems to be highly influenced by the characteristics of the families into which they are born. (lu.se)
  • Treatment of Psychological Distress in Parents of Premature Infants tackles these issues, shedding light on the high prevalence of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in parents following a premature birth. (appi.org)
  • The brain network function of the premature infants in the treatment group were not different from their control peers that were born at the normal term age. (helsinki.fi)
  • In Helsinki, pioneering neuroscience work has been carried out for two decades to improve the assessment of infant brain function, while in New York exceptionally interesting non-pharmacological research on the treatment of premature infants has been carried out. (helsinki.fi)
  • Optimal newborn care practices were significantly more common in the intervention clusters. (bmj.com)
  • 1 Many of these deaths could be prevented by greater access to and use of high quality healthcare in combination with improved newborn and infant care practices in families. (bmj.com)
  • 5 The home visits focus on improving newborn and infant care practices and care seeking for illness. (bmj.com)
  • Early skin-to-skin care (also called kangaroo care) is a natural process that involves placing a naked newborn on the mother's bare chest and covering the infant with blankets to keep it dry and warm. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • In the past, infant survival depended upon close and virtually continuous mother-newborn contact. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • Information is shown for the items: Risk factors in this pregnancy, Obstetric procedures, Characteristics of Objectives --This is the first report to present maternal and infant labor and delivery, Method of delivery, Abnormal conditions of the health information exclusive to the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard newborn, and Congenital anomalies of the newborn. (cdc.gov)
  • Nutrition and health factors such as alcohol use and medication can reduce the quality of mothers' breast milk and adversely affect infant neurological state and mother-infant interactions. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Clinical insights for mental health professionals working with mothers and infants are presented. (bvsalud.org)
  • The CAECMH has the shared hope of serving local and regional communities with high-quality developmental and mental health services, and advancing the field of infant and early childhood development through excellence in clinical practice, research and professional training. (montclair.edu)
  • The clinical services offered through the CAECMH are rooted in the interdisciplinary field of infant and early childhood mental health and a developmental perspective on the spectrum of ability. (montclair.edu)
  • For this single blind controlled clinical trial, 100 mothers with normal deliveries were randomly selected to either an intervention or control group using binary blocks. (amtamassage.org)
  • A randomized clinical trial involving adolescent mothers, their babies and their mothers (maternal grandmothers) who lived together in the same house and were attended at the maternity clinic of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre was conducted. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Conclusions and Relevance: This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial found that an RP intervention for Black families improved infant sleep and increased some responsive sleep parenting practices. (psu.edu)
  • 2003). Blood sampling is one of the procedures often required in treating infants in clinical units, predominantly in screening tests for sepsis or other congenital illnesses. (medscape.com)
  • At 8 weeks, there were no differences between groups in the breastfeeding measures or in the infant weight. (nih.gov)
  • Each facilitator lead community- neonatal & maternal mother & child some differences in groups. (who.int)
  • There were no significant differences in the intervention and standard care groups in scores on the PSI competence subscale ( P =.69) nor in the PSCS ( P =.11). (jmir.org)
  • Although the group by time interaction suggested there were differences over time between the EPDS and PSI attachment subscale scores in the intervention and standard care groups ( P =.001 and P =.04, respectively), these arose largely because the intervention group had stable scores over time whereas the standard care group showed some improvements between baseline and 12 months. (jmir.org)
  • There were no differences between groups in maternal energy intake, body mass index, or child target vegetable or energy intake. (scirp.org)
  • Objective To identify within‐family groups according to sleep schedule, problems, and impact, reflecting similarities or differences in adolescents, mothers, and fathers and to examine how mental health and attachments associate with these triadic sleep groups. (researchgate.net)
  • Examining differences in maternal mood, infant state, and dyadic interactions between breast- or formula-fed groups. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • The work group recognizes that there may be important regional differences in environmental factors (such as climate and type of residences) that affect household MP exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • More than one-half differences between the two areas, suggesting that results for this of all attempts at external cephalic version successfully converted the limited reporting area may not be generalizable to the country as a infant to vertex position. (cdc.gov)
  • Moreover, mindfulness interventions have been demonstrated to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and negative affect during pregnancy (Beddoe et al. (researchgate.net)
  • Conclusions Non-reacting skills in mothers during pregnancy may have favorable implications for child social-emotional development. (researchgate.net)
  • Unfortunately, it appears that behavioural intervention during pregnancy to reduce long-term weight retention is a lot more challenging that one may expect. (drsharma.ca)
  • The trial included 400 US Women, half of who were overweight or obese, randomly assigned to a behavioural intervention or control group beginning around the 13th week into their pregnancy. (drsharma.ca)
  • Thus, this level if intervention, which far exceeds usual care during pregnancy for most women, does not appear to effectively reduce post-pregnancy weight retention. (drsharma.ca)
  • Thus, although excessive pregnancy weight gain and post-pregnancy weight retention are common problems with significant negative health impacts on both mother and child, it will apparently take far more than an additional visit with a dietitian and exercise counsellor or postcards and telephone reminders to impact body weight. (drsharma.ca)
  • Does behavioral intervention in pregnancy reduce postpartum weight retention? (drsharma.ca)
  • Among the group where both parents had been large, the proportion of big babies ranged from 17% when born to women who were at normal weight before pregnancy to 31% among women who were obese . (medicinenet.com)
  • She sat on the pregnancy and birth defects task force for CDC's 2016 Zika response - Zika virus response and led the, and led the domestic, and led the domestic Zika pregnancy and infants research [inaudible] in the division of congenital and developmental disorders until May 2018. (cdc.gov)
  • Families were recruited from the mother-infant nursery at Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, and completed home visits at 1, 3, 8, and 16 weeks post partum. (psu.edu)
  • Community research associates delivered the interventions during home visits at 3 and 8 weeks post partum. (psu.edu)
  • Results There was a positive association between maternal non-reacting mindfulness skills and child social-emotional development at 2 years of age, regardless of mothers' perinatal mental health, whereas other mindfulness facets were unrelated. (researchgate.net)
  • Five-day outcome measures were available for 53 (96%) of the intervention group and 52 (100%) of the comparison group, and intention-to-treat analysis showed no difference in the primary outcome-Latch, Audible swallowing, nipple Type, Comfort, Hold score. (nih.gov)
  • Incidence of skin test results positive to one or more inhalant allergens was similar in both groups (4.4% in the intervention group and 4.6% in the control group). (cdc.gov)
  • The results showed that infants in the sensorial saturation groups had lower pain levels than infants who received only oral glucose plus sucking. (medscape.com)
  • The results also put focus on the importance of early targeted interventions. (lu.se)
  • 2 For instance, when infants learn to sit independently, they use their hands more frequently for communicative gestures with caregivers, supporting their language development. (lww.com)
  • 3 Likewise, the onset of independent locomotion allows infants to take control of play in terms of toy choices, supporting more mature social interactions with caregivers. (lww.com)
  • Knowing this has the potential to improve prenatal care and interventions by identifying which pregnancies have higher risk of labor and delivery complications. (medicinenet.com)
  • N]urse came in at 3 a.m. asking what family planning method [the mother] wants to use… Just because she's Black or Latina, they want to make sure we stop having babies. (chcs.org)
  • After five months and at least six of these therapy sessions, the babies in the intervention group were rated better in their engagement, attention and social behavior than those who did not receive the intervention. (yahoo.com)
  • However, the babies in the intervention group did not respond as well to people's language sounds as those in the control group. (yahoo.com)
  • The researchers said the reason for this finding was unclear, but they noted that the intervention group had more male babies and more babies from bilingual families than the control group, and both of these factors may have contributed the discrepancy, the researchers said. (yahoo.com)
  • The babies are still too young to be assessed for autism - diagnoses typically happen at age 2 or 3 - but the intervention suggests that the plasticity in young brains may help lessen later symptoms related to autism, he said. (yahoo.com)
  • As we will describe in this article, skin-to-skin care after a Cesarean has many benefits for mothers and babies. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • However, mothers recovering from a Cesarean can't do skin-to-skin if they are routinely separated from their babies. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • Because mothers could not care for their babies, hospitals created central nurseries to care for newborns, and infants were typically separated from their mothers for 24-48 hours (Anderson et al. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • Although most mothers now are capable of taking care of their babies after birth, and despite the fact that research overwhelmingly supports couplet care-hospital practices have been very slow to change-but they are changing. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) tracks skin-to-skin care in hospitals and birth centers in the U.S. In the process of updating this article, we were excited to see that 83% of birth facilities reported in 2015 that they practice routine skin-to-skin care for most mothers and babies for at least 30 minutes within one hour of an uncomplicated vaginal birth. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • In Brazil, it was found that adolescent mothers had a 1.5 times greater risk of abandoning EBF before their babies were 6 months of age when compared with adult women [ 17 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • All babies received normal high-standard premature care, but some families were given additional FNI to strengthen mother-infant emotional connection. (helsinki.fi)
  • A promising intervention program that was found to promote healthy growth in firstborn babies appears to also benefit their siblings. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Assessments were completed at baseline ( mean child age 4.9 weeks [ SD 1.4]) and again when infants were aged 8 and 12 months. (jmir.org)
  • Baseline and delivery characteristics, protocol adherence, and adverse event rates were similar in the two trial groups. (cdc.gov)
  • intervention vs control infants), 4 (−12%), 5 (−9%) and 6 (−7%) months, slowed initial infant weight gain from baseline to 6 months (mean change 0.32 vs 0.42 SDS, baseline-adjusted difference (intervention vs control) −0.08 (95% CI −0.17 to −0.004) SDS), but had no effect on the primary outcome of weight gain to 12 months (baseline-adjusted difference −0.04 (−0.17, 0.10) SDS). (bmj.com)
  • Beside the baseline measurement 1-3 days after childbirth, depressive symptoms, maternal well-being and mother-infant bonding were evaluated with questionnaires before (two weeks after birth) and after (twelve weeks after birth) the intervention took place. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Home visits were conducted before the birth of the infant and at 2 weeks and 4, 8, and 12 months after birth. (cdc.gov)
  • The other 26 families did not receive the visits, and served as a control group. (yahoo.com)
  • We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of providing mothers with mobile voice or text (SMS) reminder messages on health facility attendance at five infant immunization and vitamin A supplementation (VAS) visits. (bvsalud.org)
  • J Reprod Infant Psychol;36(3): 327-343, 2018 07. (bvsalud.org)
  • Design We examined the relationship between maternal and child dietary diversity among 8975 mother-child pairs using the Nigeria 2018 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). (bmj.com)
  • Approximately 28% of all deaths of newborns and 23% of all infant deaths in the world occur in India. (bmj.com)
  • relationship with environmental changes and load of heavy metals in mothers and newborns. (researchgate.net)
  • In order to do skin-to-skin, mothers and newborns must stay together-a process known as "couplet care. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • Separation of human mothers and newborns is unique to the 20th century and is a complete break from natural human history. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • The practice of routinely separating mothers and newborns started in the early 1900s, when birth first began to move from homes to hospitals. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • These range from individual therapeutic approaches to public health programs to interventions specifically designed for foster carers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cluster randomised trials (CRTs) are increasingly used to evaluate therapeutic interventions such as vaccines, as well as public health, health service delivery and knowledge translation interventions. (bmj.com)
  • Some previous studies showed that massage had a therapeutic effect in relieving pain in infants undergoing heel stick. (medscape.com)
  • Objective To assess the efficacy of a theory-based behavioural intervention to prevent rapid weight gain in formula milk-fed infants. (bmj.com)
  • This behavioural intervention reduced milk intakes and slowed initial weight gain to age 6 months, but not weight gain to 12 months. (bmj.com)
  • To date, research has provided clear support for the nutritional and health benefits of breastfeeding for the mother and child, 1 with appropriate cautions noted for women who are ill or on medication. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • The work group cautions that, although baseboard sampling is a reasonable screen for the presence of contamination, these samples may not accurately reflect the true potential and degree of exposure and must be supplemented with additional sampling as described below. (cdc.gov)
  • Protecting breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding from inappropriate marketing influences is an essential component of emergency interventions" cautions Dr Gupta. (citizen-news.org)
  • Their mothers rated their infants' temperaments more optimally, expressed more realistic developmental milestones and child-rearing attitudes, and received higher ratings on face-to-face interactions. (nih.gov)
  • The Executive Board, at its 101st session in January 1998, called for a revitalization of the global commitment to appropriate infant and young child nutrition, and in particular breastfeeding and complementary feeding.1 Subsequently, in close collaboration with UNICEF, WHO organized a consultation (Geneva, 13-17 March 2000) to assess infant and young child feeding policies, review key interventions, and formulate a comprehensive strategy for the next decade. (who.int)
  • Keeping improved infant and young child feeding high on the public health agenda is crucial to consolidating gains made during the past two decades. (who.int)
  • A chapter that focuses on vulnerable child syndrome underscores the implications of failing to address PTSD symptoms on parenting and child development and offers a parent-focused intervention to reduce unhealthy patterns of overprotective parenting. (appi.org)
  • So this is the cycle the intervention focuses on breaking very early on, before the child becomes more and more distant. (yahoo.com)
  • This work was supported by funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under Supporting Play, Exploration, and Early Development Intervention (SPEEDI) as a part of Ketaki Inamdar's doctoral graduate assistantship. (lww.com)
  • The It Takes Two to Talk Program is a family-centred program, in which parents are involved in their child's intervention in ways that strengthen their ability to help their child. (hanen.org)
  • Parents learn what to do to help their child learn and develop, and the earlier parents are involved in their child's intervention, the better the child's outcome. (hanen.org)
  • Mother/child energy intake and weight indices were also assessed. (scirp.org)
  • Conclusion: A dietary intervention targeting the diet of the mother/child dyad resulted in improved maternal vegetable intake. (scirp.org)
  • Studying the relationship between maternal and child food group intake can provide valuable insights for stakeholders designing nutrition programmes in low-income and middle-income countries. (bmj.com)
  • We assessed concordance and discordance between maternal and child food group intake using the McNemar's χ 2 test, and the determinants of child minimum dietary diversity (MDD-C) including women MDD (MDD-W) using hierarchical multivariable probit regression modelling. (bmj.com)
  • Opportunities to Increase Well-Child Care Engagement for Families Affected by Maternal Opioid Use Disorder: Perceptions of Mothers and Clinicians. (nemours.org)
  • A comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2012 to achieve six global targets by 2025 and ultimately end all forms of malnutrition by 2030. (who.int)
  • At the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly in 2012, Member States endorsed the Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN), committing to achieve six global nutrition targets6 by 2025. (who.int)
  • Susan leads the Maternal and Child Mental Health research group , which includes 15 members of faculty, research staff and doctoral students. (city.ac.uk)
  • Because we had an a priori control on many variables, we suggest that the difference observed between these two groups may be attributable to close contact between the mother and child. (asklenore.info)
  • The timing (delay) of contact between a mother and her child after birth has been an important theme in studies aimed at challenging the bonding hypothesis. (asklenore.info)
  • This year, WABA teams up with the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) and the International Baby Food Action Network - Geneva Infant Feeding Association (IBFAN-GIFA) who represent an international collaboration of United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations (IFE Core Group) concerned with protection and support of safe and appropriate infant and young child feeding in emergencies. (citizen-news.org)
  • The Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding outlines actions to improve infant and young child feeding in emergencies. (citizen-news.org)
  • While experts might expect that if a parent were big, evolutionary mechanisms would protect the mother and child against complications when the baby is also large, that risk was not substantially diminished, Ebbing said in a university news release. (medicinenet.com)
  • 49 (20.2%) of the control-group infants met the same criteria. (cdc.gov)
  • In the intervention group, 16.7% of the infants, and in the control group, 27.3% of the infants developed rhinitis without colds, a modest but statistically significant difference. (cdc.gov)
  • anaemia & malaria decreased in intervention & control villages. (who.int)
  • For the control group, the researcher stayed with the mother for 20 minutes. (amtamassage.org)
  • The average age of the mothers was 22, and there was no significant difference between the mean anxiety scores of the experimental and control groups before the intervention. (amtamassage.org)
  • Immediately after massage and the morning after, however, there was a significant between-group difference, with the anxiety level of the experimental group being significantly reduced when compared to the control group. (amtamassage.org)
  • The control group, whose mothers received nutritional education sessions on food diversification as well as the different ways of preparing MOL meals. (journaltocs.ac.uk)
  • By 12 months, 40.3% of infants in the intervention group and 45.9% in the control group showed rapid weight gain (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.59 to 1.17). (bmj.com)
  • The experimental group ( n = 59) participated in several singing intervention sessions while the control group ( n = 61) did not. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The control group received a safety intervention. (psu.edu)
  • 108 mothers were randomized to the RP group and 104 mothers were randomized to the control group. (psu.edu)
  • Mothers in the KMC group felt more competent, but also more isolated than did mothers in the TC control groups. (asklenore.info)
  • The new analysis methods for infant's brain function showed that FNI affected development of the baby's brain networks such that by term age they closely matched those of a full-term control group. (helsinki.fi)
  • The massage first group (N = 40) received 2-minute massage before venipuncture on the first occasion then received usual care (control) on the second occasion, and vice versa in the massage second group (N = 40). (medscape.com)
  • The pain scores and heart rates were significantly elevated in the control group compared with those in the massage group. (medscape.com)
  • Infants who were massaged were shown to have significantly lower pain scores after a heel prick when compared to the control group. (medscape.com)
  • control group). (bvsalud.org)
  • Infants in the intervention group were 2.85 (95% CI: 1.85-4.37), 2.80 (95% CI: 1.88-4.17), 2.68 (95% CI: 1.84-3.91), and 4.52 (95% CI: 2.84-7.20) times more likely to receive pentavalent 1-3 and MMR/yellow fever doses, respectively, and 5.67 (95% CI: 3.48-9.23) times more likely to receive VAS, as compared to the control group. (bvsalud.org)
  • We trust that a child's "problems" or "symptoms" provide a window into their needs, and develop strategies for intervention and education based on this understanding. (montclair.edu)
  • What aspects of their child's primary care do mothers value? (nemours.org)
  • In turn, mothers are not able to maintain synchrony in the interaction. (yahoo.com)
  • As a result of his research, more people began to move away from using general anesthesia during birth, which resulted in mothers and infants being more alert-and capable of interaction-immediately after birth (Anderson et al. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • Tomorrow we will all go to the group to see what happens next, and we will also accompany the Gorilla Doctors to check on Ugenda's injuries from his recent interaction with Gushimira. (gorillafund.org)
  • The aim was to test whether combining a psychological treatment for depression with an intervention specifically focused on supporting parenting would enhance aspects of children's development. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Postpartum depression is fairly common in new mothers and moreover associated with impaired bonding and poor maternal well-being. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Postpartum depression is not uncommon and about 10-15% of new mothers are affected by it within the first twelve months after childbirth. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Objective: To investigate whether a responsive parenting (RP) intervention for Black mothers improves infant sleep and increases responsive sleep parenting practices. (psu.edu)
  • The intervention was conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia and Winnipeg, Manitoba and included a) women registered to give birth at a community-based maternity hospital, and b) women attending university-based antenatal clinics in offices of obstetricians. (cdc.gov)
  • Infants are defined as persons from birth through 1 year of age. (cdc.gov)
  • More than a dozen experts lend their expertise as they examine not only the medical and neurological consequences of premature birth on infants but also recent findings on the psychological effects of premature birth on parents-including the particular issues that fathers experience, which receive their own chapter. (appi.org)
  • What is the history of mother-infant separation after birth? (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • 2004). Most people who give birth by Cesarean today receive regional anesthesia (epidural or spinal) instead of general anesthesia, so these mothers, too, are usually alert after giving birth. (evidencebasedbirth.com)
  • The mothers' global perception of giving birth to a premature infant was different in the two groups. (asklenore.info)
  • First, the sense of competence was clearly much higher in the KMC group, and especially when the intervention started soon after birth (1 to 2 days). (asklenore.info)
  • In this subgroup, the infants were basically healthy at birth and had had an early close contact with their mothers. (asklenore.info)
  • Moreover, because the difference between the two groups decreases gradually as the delay between birth and start of TC or KMC intervention increased (Table 4 ), we can corroborate that early timing is more effective than late timing as a means to enhance the mothers' sense of competence toward her premature infant. (asklenore.info)
  • Because the idea of a very short parent-infant bonding period has been widely criticized, Klaus and Kennell in 1982 22 extended it to several hours or days after birth. (asklenore.info)
  • Furthermore, based on our data, we also can extend the latter finding to infants that have a poor to bad health status after birth. (asklenore.info)
  • Future research is needed to establish contingency paradigms as an effective early intervention strategy. (lww.com)
  • This research investigated whether narrative-based interventions in the school context can increase children's emotional intelligence (EI). (researchgate.net)
  • Most research concerned with the psychosocial effects of breastfeeding is based on observational studies due to the ethical challenges of randomly assigning mothers to either breastfeeding or formula feeding groups. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Early research in this area was based predominantly on samples of mothers and infants living in developed countries. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • However, there's minimal prior research examining whether observable prelinguistic social-communication skills, before 12 months of age, emerge more slowly in infants with ASD than typically developing infants. (forbes.com)
  • The research shows that supporting the emotional connection between mother and infant leads to direct improvements in the brain activity networks, the foundation of lifelong neurocognitive performance. (helsinki.fi)
  • The intervention targeted pregnant women identified in prenatal clinics who would be mothers of infants determined to be at high-risk for asthma. (cdc.gov)
  • We will discuss the impact that public health emergencies have had on pregnant women and infants. (cdc.gov)
  • Then we will highlight two public health emergencies the H1N1 pandemic and the Zika virus outbreak and how they uniquely affected pregnant women and infants. (cdc.gov)
  • Lastly we will provide some tips and resources for ensuring the needs of pregnant woman and infants are addressed during public health emergencies. (cdc.gov)
  • First we are going to discuss the impact of public health emergencies on pregnant women and infants. (cdc.gov)
  • Mothers were advised either to breast feed for at least 4 months or use partially hydrolyzed formula and avoid eating certain foods. (cdc.gov)
  • At 8 months, the intervention group received superior Bayley mental, Caldwell, and infant temperament scores. (nih.gov)
  • The Relationship between War Trauma, and Maternal Communication and infant development among 6-7 months old infants. (researchgate.net)
  • The intervention group received the test food, a porridge made of maize flour supplemented with Moringa oleifera leaf flour (MOL-flour), at least 5 times/week for 6 months. (journaltocs.ac.uk)
  • It was delivered to mothers by trained facilitators up to infant age 6 months through three face-to-face contacts, two telephone contacts and written materials. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Despite reducing milk intakes and initial weight gain, the intervention did not alter the high prevalence of rapid weight gain to age 12 months suggesting the need for sustained intervention. (bmj.com)
  • For some mothers feeling low may last for a relatively short period of time, whereas others can experience symptoms for many months. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Between 9-12 months of age, infants develop other social communication skills such as eye gaze, facial expressions, gestures, and sounds. (forbes.com)
  • For example, around 9 months, infants communicate using eye gaze and facial expression," she said. (forbes.com)
  • One way that dietary sugars and extended breastfeeding could impact infants' obesity-risk is by affecting gut microbiome development, which is rapidly evolving during the first 24 months of life. (goranlab.com)
  • Counselling sessions in the first four months of children's lives proved to be effective in increasing EBF duration among adolescent mothers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The finding that adolescent mothers are more vulnerable to discontinuing EBF before 6 months and that their mothers may exert a negative influence on EBF reinforces the importance of strategies directed at this segment of the population to promote, protect and support EBF. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Similarly, Dr. Riviere's group has shown that exposure of parathion simultaneously with other pesticides may modulate their absorption, often blocking it ( e.g. , as fenvalerate does). (cdc.gov)
  • The work group supports the use of a household environmental exposure questionnaire to assist in determining the most appropriate locations for additional sampling. (cdc.gov)
  • Evidence about the effects of violent crime on victims is sparse, but is necessary to measure the social costs of crime and the cost-effectiveness of policy interventions in the justice system. (aeaweb.org)
  • A 33-year-old mother of four said she was beaten and raped when she left early one morning in April to sell goods at the market. (wkrn.com)
  • In addition to the focus on the parents early relationships the intervention also addresses current life stresses and cultural values. (wikipedia.org)
  • What's more, 'We would never want to say that early intervention is the only thing that's needed in autism,' he said. (yahoo.com)
  • But there's something about early development that might be amenable to intervention. (yahoo.com)
  • While we observed significantly fewer social-communication skills during this time, there was also evidence for the presence of a small but foundational set of skills for 9-month-old infants with ASD that may be leveraged in early intervention. (forbes.com)
  • Participation in Home Visitation is Associated with Higher Utilization of Early Intervention. (nemours.org)
  • Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 16 (12), 1297-1308. (edu.au)
  • Importance: Black individuals in the US experience sleep disparities beginning in infancy and continuing throughout the lifespan, suggesting early interventions are needed to improve sleep. (psu.edu)
  • The intervention consisted of five counselling sessions directed to mother and grandmother, in the maternity hospital and on follow-up. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Columbia University Professors Martha G. Welch and Michael M. Myers had previously discovered that supporting the emotional connection between mother and infant during neonatal intensive care significantly improved later neurobehavioral development. (helsinki.fi)
  • Attachment-based therapy applies to interventions or approaches based on attachment theory, originated by John Bowlby. (wikipedia.org)
  • It may also be partly due to the mistaken association of attachment theory with the pseudo-scientific interventions misleadingly known as attachment therapy. (wikipedia.org)
  • An odorless ointment was used during the massage so as not to hinder the development of attachment between mother and infant, a bond that is, in part, dependent on smell. (amtamassage.org)
  • Later infant attachment was assessed by the Strange Situation Procedure (M.D.S. Ainsworth, M.C. Blehar, E. Waters, & S. Wall, 1978). (vu.nl)
  • These findings provide the first evidence of the predictive power of the IA categorization and subscales on subsequent infant attachment. (vu.nl)
  • In the intervention group, salivary cortisol as well as attachment and mood were assessed immediately before and after the singing sessions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The infant's health status, however, was also a major determinant of the mothers' attachment behavioral patterns. (asklenore.info)
  • The authors concluded that the increased contact had enhanced the mothers' attachment behavioral patterns, but they could not determine whether it was the initial 1-hour contact or the 15 hours of additional contact that produced the effect. (asklenore.info)
  • To our knowledge, no studies have evaluated breastfeeding support directed to boths teenage mothers and grandmothers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 2 weeks old with a mild or moderate degree of tongue-tie, and their mothers who were having difficulties breastfeeding. (nih.gov)
  • 1 The effects of anxiety can be numerous, including, but not limited to, interfering with breastfeeding and the emotional bond that develops between mother and infant. (amtamassage.org)
  • Marijuana and Breastfeeding: A Pilot Survey of Mothers. (nemours.org)
  • Therefore, the effects of HMOs on microbiome development could be one mechanism by which breastfeeding protects against obesity in infants, a novel concept supported by our preliminary data. (goranlab.com)
  • Intervention's efficacy was measured through Cox regression and comparison of exclusive breastfeeding medians and survival curves for the different groups. (biomedcentral.com)
  • breastfeeding is a lifeline and a shield that protects infants in emergencies. (citizen-news.org)
  • Breastfeeding is the one safe and secure source of food and fluid for infants - instantly available, providing active protection against illness and keeping an infant warm and close to his/her mother. (citizen-news.org)
  • DESIGN: A longitudinal experimental two-group design with repeated measures was selected to explore the feasibility of using motivational interviewing to promote sustained breastfeeding in primiparous mothers. (motivationalinterviewing.org)
  • MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Mothers reported the date of their last day of breastfeeding, defined as any breastfeeding during the previous 24-hour period. (motivationalinterviewing.org)
  • Breastfeeding behavior was confirmed at each visit by infant test weights. (motivationalinterviewing.org)
  • All mothers reported more positive perceptions of their infants and their experience of motherhood, and showed enhanced maternal sensitivity and responsiveness towards their infants . (bvsalud.org)
  • The work group concurs with the steering committee's assessment of the need for additional mandatory sampling, the type and location of which is determined at the time of on-site inspection. (cdc.gov)
  • The current data set used the same assessment guidelines and age ranges as the AIMS data set, and the proportion of infants passing each of four items (immature and mature front to back rolling and immature and mature back to front rolling) by 36 weeks of age was assessed. (secretsofbabybehavior.com)
  • Singing towards the infant seems to have positive immediate effects on the well-being of new mothers (on subjective variables as well as physiological measurements). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The infants' behavior and physiological responses were recorded on two occasions: (1) right after the intervention and (2) during the first 30 seconds of venipuncture procedure. (medscape.com)
  • Findings are expected to have significant implications for identifying specific HMOs and/or gut microbial changes that will be protective for obesity and inform future novel intervention modalities applicable to Hispanic women and their infants. (goranlab.com)
  • nearly all (90 percent) of the infertility therapy- seven-state area with those for the United States indicate substantial related births were to non-Hispanic white mothers. (cdc.gov)
  • A trial of groups: non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic. (cdc.gov)
  • Those who agreed to participate were randomly assigned to the intervention or standard care. (jmir.org)
  • For many new mothers, anxiety is one of the most common complaints during the postpartum period, with some studies suggesting that 30 percent of mothers experience anxiety during this time. (amtamassage.org)
  • Methods: Overweight mothers attending their six-week postpartum follow-up visit and their infants (n = 104 pairs) were randomized to intervention or usual care groups during the time period 2008-2011. (scirp.org)
  • Conclusions Implementation of the IMNCI resulted in substantial improvement in infant survival and in neonatal survival in those born at home. (bmj.com)
  • 1. There is a very low likelihood of the infant's survival, even with an intervention. (gorillafund.org)
  • In the challenging and risky environment of an emergency, how infants are fed is key to their survival. (citizen-news.org)