• To describe how mothers of late preterm infants experienced provision of intermittent kangaroo mother care (KMC) on four postnatal wards in different hospitals in China under a pilot KMC project. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
  • We collected quantitative data covering delivery and maternal experience of and attitude to KMC from 752 mothers who provided KMC to their late preterm newborns on the postnatal wards of four hospitals in different provinces of China. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
  • What Black Mothers with Preterm Infants Want for Their Mental Health Care: A Qualitative Study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Title "I think that some culturally sensitive mental health information could have been provided" What Black mothers with preterm infants want for their mental health care A qualitative study. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the United States , preterm birth (PTB) rates in Black women are 50% higher than in non- Hispanic White and Hispanic mothers . (bvsalud.org)
  • This study aimed to explore the available MH services and resources in the NICU for Black mothers with preterm infants . (bvsalud.org)
  • Semistructured interviews were conducted with Black mothers with preterm infants using a Grounded Theory approach embedded in the Black feminist theory. (bvsalud.org)
  • Eleven mothers who gave birth to a preterm infant between 2008 and 2021 participated in this study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Black mothers with preterm infants encounter numerous negative and stressful experiences that exacerbate their MH during and beyond the NICU. (bvsalud.org)
  • Schanler RJ, Shulman RJ, Lau C . Feeding strategies for premature infants: beneficial outcomes of feeding fortified human milk versus preterm formula. (nature.com)
  • She spent years studying the experiences of families with preterm infants in the U.S. and term infants in Africa. (bc.edu)
  • I did several studies during my years on the nursing faculties at UPenn and New York University looking at anxiety, depression, and immune response in women before and after giving birth to preterm infants. (bc.edu)
  • To focus on health inequalities and to understand interactions between women, professionals, organisations and systems to inform policy, practice and the design of complex intervention trials to improve infant feeding outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • "This is the first human study to investigate the relationship between maternal fecal microbiota during pregnancy and behavioral outcomes in children," ​ wrote the researchers, led by Professor Peter Vuillermina from Deakin University in Australia. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • Prof Vuillermina and his co-workers analyzed data from 213 mothers and 215 children participating in the Barwon Infant Study (BIS), and behavioral outcomes of the children were assessed at two years of age using the Childhood Behavior Checklist. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • To determine the association between COVID-19 mRNA vaccination reactogenicity and immunogenicity during pregnancy and mother-infant dyad outcomes, investigators conducted a prospective cohort study. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • CHAPEL HILL, NC - A team of clinical researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received $14 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct two studies aimed at improving pregnancy outcomes in the world's poorest countries. (unchealthcare.org)
  • The Limiting Adverse Birth Outcomes in Resource-Limited Settings (LABOR) study will focus on the period of pregnancy between the onset of labor through delivery. (unchealthcare.org)
  • The team will provide wearable physiologic sensors to monitor laboring mothers and their fetuses and carefully document their clinical course and birth outcomes. (unchealthcare.org)
  • These precision approaches can lead to earlier intervention and better health outcomes for mothers and newborns. (unchealthcare.org)
  • Women who are severely obese have the greatest risk of these outcomes from their pregnancy, revealed a study in the April 16 issue of JAMA . (medindia.net)
  • Poor outcomes were due to "the sloth and ignorance of their mothers and the black midwives who attended them. (nbcnews.com)
  • In these conditions, babies and mothers are particularly vulnerable, but their unique feeding needs are often overlooked in disaster relief efforts. (newswise.com)
  • Researchers traveled to several earthquake relocation camps six months after the earthquake, where they interviewed new mothers about their experiences feeding their babies. (newswise.com)
  • Exclusive breast-feeding is recognized as the safest form of infant feeding for babies under 6 months old. (newswise.com)
  • A related method was developed by Esther Bick at the Tavistock Clinic in London, psychoanalytic infant observation, aiming to enhance therapy students' skills and to train clinicians who work with babies. (wikipedia.org)
  • 325 babies who died and 1300 control infants. (bmj.com)
  • Meanwhile, Sanofi and AstraZeneca have asked the FDA to approve a monoclonal antibody injection for newborns and infants, which, while not a vaccine, would act like one in preventively protecting babies from RSV illness. (factcheck.org)
  • Young and premature babies and infants with heart or lung disease, or weakened immune systems, are particularly susceptible to severe infection due to RSV. (factcheck.org)
  • Worldwide, an estimated 45,700 babies up to 6 months of age died due to RSV in 2019, and more than 100,000 children up to age 5 died, according to a systematic analysis of hundreds of studies published in the Lancet . (factcheck.org)
  • Frost School of Music professor of music therapy Shannon de l'Etoile is starting a new study, funded by the GRAMMY Museum Grant Program, that will help at-risk mothers use singing to engage with their babies. (newswise.com)
  • As a young music therapist in Colorado, de l'Etoile saw that when disadvantaged mothers were encouraged to sing to their babies, they were amazed by the positive responses they received. (newswise.com)
  • Chief among them, infant-directed singing helps babies learn to regulate their emotions, which allows them to later navigate socialization, school, and the professional world, according to de l'Etoile, who has spent her career studying the habit. (newswise.com)
  • Infant-directed singing is a way that mothers communicate with their babies that most infants can recognize and respond to. (newswise.com)
  • Arab women who are breastfeeding have a "very high prevalence" of vitamin D deficiency - a potential health issue for them and their babies, according to a new Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • The presence of omega-3 fatty acids in the mothers was recorded when babies were born. (luc.edu)
  • We then examined how babies of mothers with higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids differed from babies of mothers with lower amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. (luc.edu)
  • In general, babies of mothers with higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids learned more quickly at 4 and 6 months of age, and they had longer attention spans and were less distractible at 12 and 18 months of age. (luc.edu)
  • From what we have been told, the virus has been found in many, but not all, of the infants born with the condition and the number of mothers of babies with microcephaly is reportedly "high. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The data produced by this study will allow us to create a new collection of precision medicine tools that can be used in developing countries to help medical providers better manage patients' unique needs and result in healthier mothers and babies" said Michael Kosorok , PhD, the W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor and chair of biostatistics at the UNC Gillings School. (unchealthcare.org)
  • As a busy NICU nurse in Charleston, South Carolina, in the late 1970s, Susan Gennaro saw new mothers sobbing by their babies' incubators. (bc.edu)
  • My research has always been about mothers and babies. (bc.edu)
  • Due to the heterogeneity of studies to reduce the possibility of mother-to-child transmission, many scientific societies and hospitals have recommended that SARS-CoV-2 positive mothers adopt practices of distancing themselves from their babies and use personal protective equipment, such as masks and gloves during rooming-in or breastfeeding 11 , 12 . (nature.com)
  • In this case, babies overcome their colds faster if during pregnancy their mothers had taken 400 milligrams of a supplements containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). (medindia.net)
  • This is often referred to as the "Rule of 3's" and these rules came to be known as the Wessell Criteria, which is now used in most current studies of babies with colic. (americanpregnancy.org)
  • Breastfed babies may be bothered by foods in their mothers' diets. (americanpregnancy.org)
  • Objective To investigate the infant feeding experiences of women and their significant others from pregnancy until 6 months after birth to establish what would make a difference. (bmj.com)
  • To investigate the perspectives of women and their wider family and social network on infant feeding from pregnancy until 6 months after birth. (bmj.com)
  • Neglected infants were more likely to have low birth weight and have mothers who smoked during pregnancy. (ojp.gov)
  • Increased diversity of a mother's gut microbiota during the third trimester of pregnancy may influence a child's brain development and behavior, says a new study from Australia. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • "Our findings support the evidence from animal studies and suggest that there may be a developmental window during pregnancy where aspects of the maternal prenatal gut microbiota influence fetal brain development, and in turn, behavior in offspring," ​they added. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • Higher maternal intake of omega-3 PUFAs during pregnancy was associated with fewer cases of hitting and violent shaking and leaving the child alone at home, implying a lower risk of infant maltreatment. (cambridge.org)
  • Rates of pregnancy overall were higher in girls who used the infant simulator-nine percent had at least one abortion, where the control group's rate was six percent. (motherjones.com)
  • Similar programmes are increasingly being offered in schools around the world, and evidence now suggests they do not have the desired long-term effect of reducing teenage pregnancy," said Dr. Sally Brinkman, lead author of the study, in a statement. (motherjones.com)
  • Julie Quinlaven, an Australian researcher who has previously studied teen pregnancy, identified it as a problem for the VIP Programme in a commentary that accompanied the study published in The Lancet . (motherjones.com)
  • In a recent study, higher immunoglobulin G titers were seen in infants of mothers who received messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • According to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy provides an immunoglobulin G (IgG) response for the mother-infant dyad for about 6 months after birth. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • The cohort was comprised of pregnant individuals from the COVID-19 Vaccine in Pregnancy and Lactation study. (contemporaryobgyn.net)
  • 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)
  • 2017). The association between non-reacting and child social-emotional behavior in the current study was, against expectation, not mediated by pregnancy distress or postnatal symptoms of anxiety or depression. (researchgate.net)
  • The current study examined associations of mindfulness facets during pregnancy with toddler's social-emotional development and behavior problems, as well as potentially mediating effects of maternal mental health. (researchgate.net)
  • Conclusions Non-reacting skills in mothers during pregnancy may have favorable implications for child social-emotional development. (researchgate.net)
  • In the absence of intervention to prevent mother-to-child transmission, 30-45% of infants born to HIV-positive mothers in developing countries become infected during pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Vitamin D deficiency is also common in Arab women during pregnancy and is detrimental to the health of both mother and child," he says. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • Heightened awareness of the problem by health care providers and caregivers and corrective vitamin D supplementation starting during pregnancy would help prevent deficiency in mothers and infants in this setting. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • The predictors of EID were the mother having prenatal care, maternal receipt of ART during pregnancy and place of birth. (scirp.org)
  • An interdisciplinary team at the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will lead the studies, both of which will explore the role of technology in predicting and addressing key risk factors associated with pregnancy, labor, and delivery. (unchealthcare.org)
  • Increased risk of fetal death, stillbirth and infant death is associated with higher maternal body mass index (BMI) before or in early pregnancy. (medindia.net)
  • Several studies have suggested that greater maternal body mass index (BMI) before or during early pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of fetal death, stillbirth, perinatal death (stillbirth and early neonatal death), neonatal death, and infant death, although not all studies have found a significant association. (medindia.net)
  • Dagfinn Aune, M.S., of Imperial College London, and colleagues conducted a review and meta-analysis to examine the association between maternal BMI (before or in early pregnancy) and risk of fetal death, stillbirth, and infant death. (medindia.net)
  • As a result, addressing pregnancy-related health issues in the workplace is important in order to formulate appropriate strategies to promote and protect maternal and infant health. (cdc.gov)
  • Studies that explicitly explored pregnancy in the workplace within the UK, USA, Canada or the European Union were included. (cdc.gov)
  • Our primary objective is to develop a case definition for thiamine responsive disorders (TRD) to determine among hospitalised infants and young children, which clinical features and risk factors identify those who respond positively to thiamine administration. (bmj.com)
  • Similarly, prenatal nicotine exposure was related to problems with self-regulation during infancy and childhood, even among infants whose mothers were not heavy smokers. (ojp.gov)
  • ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiology of varicella and varicella-associated complications in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) during 2000-04. (who.int)
  • This suggests that prenatal programs for pregnant adolescent girls and parenting programs for new adolescent mothers must be expanded and improved. (ojp.gov)
  • The results showed that the use of health services by these mothers was significant with up to 87.5% of the mothers who had been to a prenatal consultation and 70% had given birth in a health center. (innspub.net)
  • 2003. The relationship between prenatal infant feeding intention and initiation and duration of breastfeeding: a cohort study. (innspub.net)
  • It requires notice to child protective services for infants "born with and identified as being affected by illegal substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure" and tracking of those children. (wbur.org)
  • Mothers with prenatal substance use disorder (SUD) often show broad deficits in their reflective functioning (RF), implying severe risk for the relationship with their baby. (researchgate.net)
  • With a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, she is co-leading a study of a cognitive behavior therapy intervention aimed at reducing anxiety, depression, and stress through prenatal care. (bc.edu)
  • Maternal antiretroviral therapy (ART) or infant prophylaxis during the time of breastfeeding are equally safe and effective in reducing post-natal mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Dr Charles Chasela of the University of North Carolina Project in Lilongwe, Malawi, reported to the Fifth International AIDS Society conference on Wednesday. (aidsmap.com)
  • The aim of this study was to assess infant feeding practice and associated factors of HIV positive mothers attending prevention of mother to child transmission and antiretroviral therapy clinics of Northwest Ethiopia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Institution based cross sectional study was conducted from January to May 2011 among all HIV positive mothers with less than two years old child attending prevention of mother to child transmission and antiretroviral therapy clinics in Gondar Town health institutions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • World Health Organization (2010) Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in Infants and Children: Recommendations for a Public Health Approach. (scirp.org)
  • The infant is kept upright in skin-to-skin contact with the mother's breast. (nih.gov)
  • In the new study, the researchers considered if the link between the mother's microbiota and child behavior is mediated by the infant microbiota, but there was no evidence to support this, they said. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • He continued to study in Antwerp after his mother's death in 1839. (artvee.com)
  • We also know that a mother's song to her infant has characteristics that set it apart from other types of singing. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • as de l'Etoile asks, "what did the infant engagement tell us about the mother's role during the interaction? (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Findings revealed that when infants were engaged during song, their mother's instincts are also on high alert. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • To further understand the mother's ability to change the flow of her song sensitively, the researcher investigated differences when a mother with postpartum depression sang to her infant. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • With refers to this empirical fact, the objective of this study was to assess the association of mother's role and knowledge in feeding young children practices on the nutritional status of their infants and toddlers. (ccsenet.org)
  • Bryant JM , Grogono DM , Greaves D , Foweraker J , Roddick I , Inns T , Whole-genome sequencing to identify transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between patients with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study. (cdc.gov)
  • METHODS AND DESIGN: The Ontario Mother and Infant Study III is a prospective cohort study to examine relationships between method of delivery and maternal and infant health, service utilization, and cost of care at three time points during the year following postpartum hospital discharge. (mcmaster.ca)
  • Prospective cohort study of 175 VLBW infants. (nature.com)
  • Method: A multicentre retrospective cohort study was conducted from April to June 2012 in three public hospitals and three health centers, in Northwest Ethiopia. (scirp.org)
  • Mirkuzie, A.H., Hinderaker, S.G., Sisay, M.M., Moland, K.M. and M?rkve, O. (2011) Current Status of Medication Adherence and Infant Follow up in the Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission Programme in Addis Ababa: A Cohort Study. (scirp.org)
  • On average, mothers and newborns stayed on postnatal wards for 3.6 days: during their stay mothers provided an average of 3.5 KMC sessions, an average of 1.1 sessions a day. (healthynewbornnetwork.org)
  • On July 17, the FDA approved the monoclonal antibody injection, Beyfortus, for newborns and infants in their first RSV season and for children at risk of severe disease in their second RSV season, up to 24 months of age. (factcheck.org)
  • 5% of infants born through MSAF develop meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) which is a real threat to many newborns worldwide, with a case fatality rate of 5% (as much as 40%), in addition to MAS short- and long-term pulmonary and neurodevelopmental sequelae which could occur [ 5 , 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • relationship with environmental changes and load of heavy metals in mothers and newborns. (researchgate.net)
  • Psychoanalytic theory often regards the mother as the baby's primary object, especially, her body parts or functions that stimulate the infant's fantasy life. (wikipedia.org)
  • A baby's sex, age, and Apgar scores did not distinguish risk for neglect, as has been found in some studies with older mothers. (ojp.gov)
  • The Ministry of Health Infant Feeding Policy statement reaffirms the recommendations of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby's life. (who.int)
  • Dr. Susan Prescott told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the study proved fish oil could enhance a newborn baby's immune system. (medindia.net)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate bonding in women admitted to a Mother and Baby Unit with postpartum depression (PD, n = 64) and postpartum psychosis (PP, n = 91). (nih.gov)
  • Here, we used MEG in 43 first-time mothers listening to infant and adult cry vocalizations to investigate the link with mother-infant postpartum bonding scores and their level of sleep deprivation (assessed using both actigraphy and sleep logs). (au.dk)
  • To investigate the role of sleeping arrangements as risk factors for the sudden infant death syndrome after a national risk reduction campaign. (bmj.com)
  • To investigate the risks of the sudden infant death syndrome and factors that may contribute to unsafe sleeping environments. (bmj.com)
  • Objective: To investigate the rate of early infant diagnosis (EID), defined as having blood drawn for HIV DNA-PCR testing, and predictive factors of EID among infants born to HIV infected women. (scirp.org)
  • further studies are needed to investigate the mechanisms involved. (medindia.net)
  • Her study also aimed to investigate the role of infant-directed singing in developing the bond between a mother and her child. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • You've devoted much of your nursing career to studying stress-such as anxiety and depression-in families with premature infants. (bc.edu)
  • Trends in neonatal morbidity and mortality for very low birthweight infants. (nature.com)
  • Formula is not recommended in Malawi since it is expensive, and if used in the first six months, yields high infant mortality. (aidsmap.com)
  • We also examine whether this increase in time at home affects infant health, finding no evidence of an effect on the incidence of low birth weight or infant mortality. (nber.org)
  • The U.S. infant mortality rate plateaued during 2000-2005, then declined from 6.86 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2005 to 6.14 in 2010. (cdc.gov)
  • With 8,82,000 deaths in the under-five period, India observed varied intra-state and inter-regional differences across infant and child mortality in 2018. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, scarce literature is present to capture this unusual concentration of mortality in certain families by examining the association of the mortality risks among the siblings of those families along with various unobserved characteristics of the mother. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Looking towards the regional and age differential in mortality, this paper attempts to provide evidence for the differential in mortality clustering among infants (aged 0-11 months), children (12-59 months) and under-five (0-59 months) period among mothers from the Empowered Action Group (EAG) and non-EAG regions of India. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There were 1.67 times [95% CI: 1.55-1.80] and 1.46 times [CI: 1.37-1.56] higher odds of infant and under-five mortality of index child respectively when the previous sibling at the time of conception of the index child was dead in the non-EAG regions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In contrast, the odds of death scarring (death of previous sibling scars the survival of index child) were 1.38 times [CI: 1.32-1.44] and 1.24 times [CI: 1.20-1.29] higher for infant and under-five mortality respectively in the EAG regions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The extent of infant and child mortality clustering and unobserved heterogeneity was higher among mothers in the non-EAG regions in comparison to their EAG region counterparts. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Globally, the rate of infant and child mortality has declined across the countries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, there are significant intra-state and inter-regional differences in the infant and child mortality rates across India [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mortality clustering among high-risk mothers is a known predictor of the existing inequality in risk of mortality among Indian children [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One study had shown the positive association of maternal education and household wealth status with the mortality clustering in families in a historical Italian population [ 14 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In India, the socio-economic status of households was positively associated with the risk of infant mortality clustering among specific mothers [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • PTIP) aims to relieve emotional disturbances within the parent(s), the baby, and/or their interaction, for example, postnatal depression and anxiety, infant distress with breastfeeding and sleep, and attachment disorders. (wikipedia.org)
  • A final reason for the late development of PTIP might be that the high prevalence of postnatal depression and infant emotional disturbances, was demonstrated only recently. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study examined the association between symptoms of postnatal depression and mother-infant bonding and the persistence of these feelings over the first year. (springer.com)
  • Bonding was assessed using the Mother-Infant Bonding Scale (MIBQ), at four times postnatal, "early weeks" (1-4 weeks), 9 weeks, 16 weeks and 1 year, in 50 depressed, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression scale (EPDS) ≥13 at 4 weeks post natal, and 29 non-depressed mothers. (springer.com)
  • To study the incidence of sepsis and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) costs as a function of the human milk (HM) dose received during the first 28 days post birth for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. (nature.com)
  • Neurodevelopmental and growth impairment among extremely low-birth-weight infants with neonatal infection. (nature.com)
  • Furman L, Taylor G, Minich N, Hack M . The effect of maternal milk on neonatal morbidity of very low-birth-weight infants. (nature.com)
  • In addition, an estimated 3.6 million neonatal deaths (death following live birth of an infant but before age 28 days) occur each year. (medindia.net)
  • The researchers found that even modest increases in maternal BMI were associated with increased risk of fetal death, stillbirth, neonatal death, perinatal death, and infant death. (medindia.net)
  • Bienfait M, Maury M et al (2011) Pertinence of the self-report mother-to-infant bonding scale in the neonatal unit of a maternity ward. (springer.com)
  • In studying neonatal tetanus, he tested a theory that the condition arose from movement of the neonatal skull during protracted births on female slaves, using an awl to pry the skull bones of infants into alignment. (nbcnews.com)
  • Original interpretation using robust and transparent methods in a relatively large data set of serial interviews about infant feeding, with recruitment of women living in more disadvantaged areas. (bmj.com)
  • A few studies showed that there is an oxidative stress in MSAF, but more studies using different methods are needed to substantiate the PAB in MSAF. (hindawi.com)
  • Data collection methodsBoth qualitative and quantitative methods were used to conduct this study. (who.int)
  • Methods Single cohort pilot study using a structured telephone questionnaire carried out every other week. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • "A recent murine study demonstrated that colonizing microbiota-depleted dams prior to conception prevented neurodevelopmental abnormalities," ​wrote the researchers, referring to a study with mice by Vuong et al. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • But in a new study, Australian researchers found that the exercise is doing more harm than good -when they compared girls in Australia who participated in the program to girls who did not, eight percent of the girls who carried the doll gave birth at least once while they were still in high school, compared with four percent of girls in the control group who never worked with the doll. (motherjones.com)
  • The researchers looked at Australia's Virtual Infant Parenting Programme in which a teacher, nurse, or doctor works with high school students over six consecutive days to drive home the consequences of teenage sex. (motherjones.com)
  • Researchers reported similar findings to the Australian study-at a Midwestern middle school in a low-income Hispanic neighborhood, there was a 15 percent increase in the number of girls who wanted to have a baby as a teenager after using the simulator. (motherjones.com)
  • We talked to clinicians and researchers knowledgeable about what mothers want, and we did focus groups. (bc.edu)
  • The subjects were also not told what exactly the researchers were studying. (nbcnews.com)
  • In addition, neglectful adolescent mothers reported more neglect by their primary caregiver as children compared to non-neglectful mothers. (ojp.gov)
  • A sample of 80 mothers or caregivers of children admitted to UTHMC answered a physical questionnaire by interview. (innspub.net)
  • These mothers' IYCF practices were appreciable with 53.75% of them who had initially started breastfeeding, 88.75% had given colostrum to their children, and 63.65% had introduced feeding with food other than milk at the right time. (innspub.net)
  • It concludes that neither changing the attitudes of men and women about appropriate gender roles nor offering paternal leave to male professors will bring about equality between the sexes in the division of child care, at least when children are infants or toddlers. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The study is based on a phone survey, conducted in 2001, of 181 married, heterosexual, tenure track professors with children under age 2. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Female students reported that their male classmates weren't taking the exercise seriously, because they expect the mother to take care of children in real life. (motherjones.com)
  • If a clinician is concerned that ongoing drug or alcohol use could put the infant at risk, those cases would be reported to the Department of Children & Families (DCF) and child protective services. (wbur.org)
  • The study, although based only on a small group of 26 interviews, still raises questions about the welfare of children born to parents with a history of drug use. (wbur.org)
  • Half of the children were removed for short periods of time, but the other half had not been reunited at the time of the study interview. (wbur.org)
  • In sub-Saharan Africa, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV is responsible for about 90% of HIV infections in children, and about half of these pediatric infections are thought to have been acquired through breastfeeding [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • That research focuses on the developmental needs of at-risk infants and how to best support mothers in building secure bonds with their children. (newswise.com)
  • Background: Many HIV-infected infants and children die from HIV related causes without their HIV status being known or receiving HIV care. (scirp.org)
  • World Health Organization (2010) WHO Recommendations on the Diagnosis of HIV Infection in Infants and Children. (scirp.org)
  • In the current study, Tarle and her colleagues examined the relation between emotion regulation and working memory in children with and without this disorder. (noldus.com)
  • Our lab studies the Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (NCLs) or Batten disease, which are a group of progressive and genetically inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affect children and young adults. (noldus.com)
  • In this case, parents (especially mothers as the role models) are mostly responsible on healthy eating behaviors of their young children. (ccsenet.org)
  • Based on results of this study, more intensive nutrition intervention programs are necessary to prevent poor nutritional status of young children particularly for infant and toddler, conducting more active coordination in health cross-programs, and improving nutrition counseling programs and suitable health services for the concerned public. (ccsenet.org)
  • About 40 years ago, a pediatrician named Dr. Morris Wessel conducted a breakthrough study on excessively fussy children. (americanpregnancy.org)
  • Incidence of outpatient visits and hospitalizations related to influenza in infants and young children. (cdc.gov)
  • Most infants will likely only need protection from either the maternal RSV vaccine or infant immunization, but not both," the CDC said in a press release. (factcheck.org)
  • However, for example, if a baby is born less than two weeks after maternal immunization, then a doctor may recommend that the baby also receive the infant immunization. (factcheck.org)
  • Varicella (chickenpox) is now a vaccine-preventable disease and has been included in the infant immunization schedule in many parts of the world [1,2]. (who.int)
  • However, there is dearth of information on knowledge, attitude and perception of mothers of under-five towards vaccination during supplementary immunization activities. (who.int)
  • A descriptive cross-sectional design was used for this study with the Immunization) was an integral part of early control efforts aid of semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire to after which polio vaccines were used for routine assess the knowledge, attitude and perception of mothers of under- immunization programs. (who.int)
  • When comparing brain responses to infant versus adult cry vocalizations, we found significant differences at around 800-1,000 ms after stimuli onset in the primary auditory cortex, superior temporal gyrus, hippocampal areas, insula, precuneus supramarginal gyrus, postcentral gyrus, and posterior cingulate gyrus. (au.dk)
  • The significant decreases in brain processing of an infant's distress signals could potentially be a novel signature of weaker infant bonding in new mothers and should be investigated in vulnerable populations. (au.dk)
  • There were no significant differences in pre-natal communication and expectations about the baby, which suggests that pos-natal depression concentrates its prejudicial effects on mother-baby interaction in the pos-natal period. (bvsalud.org)
  • In contrast, women use the time to do a significant majority of infant care tasks -- on top of breastfeeding, perhaps the most time-consuming and physically demanding task. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Although we did not find any significant difference between HIRO and an infant-like robot with a smiling face, a field study showed that HIRO was accepted by older adults with dementia and facilitated positive interaction by stimulating their imagination. (frontiersin.org)
  • Of these, 187 (89.5%) had followed the recommended way of infant feeding practice while significant percentage (10.5%) had practiced mixed breast feeding. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There was no significant correlation between PAB value and age of mothers. (hindawi.com)
  • A new study exploring ways to prevent Alzheimer's disease has linked regular use of fish oil supplements (FOS) with a significant reduction in cognitive decline and brain atrophy in older adults. (medindia.net)
  • BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Infant feeding decisions made by new parents have significant health implications. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • Collaborators on the LABOR study are from the UNC schools of medicine (OBGYN and pediatrics) and global public health (biostatistics and epidemiology), Brown University and Northwestern University. (unchealthcare.org)
  • The results from our study show that impaired bonding is a more present and evidently severe problem in postpartum depression but not so much in postpartum psychosis. (nih.gov)
  • The extraction and analysis of vocal data revealed that mothers with postpartum depression may lack sensitivity and emotional expression in their singing. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • She believes that infant-directed singing for mothers with postpartum depression offers a unique two-way interaction. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • "The lack of association may be because the infant gut microbiota is still developing and, until three years of age, is far less diverse," ​they wrote. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • 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)
  • The results of this study show a low rate of perinatal infection, support the rooming-in and confirm the effectiveness of preventive measures in reducing the risk of mother-to-child viral transmission. (nature.com)
  • Within this complex context, gaining further insight into the rate of mother-to-child transmission of infection after birth, including the implementation of preventive measures such as wearing a mask and physical distancing in potentially decreasing the risk of infection, is critical to refine and adapting perinatal practices to the COVID-19 era. (nature.com)
  • We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the infection transmission rate in the perinatal or early postnatal period in neonates born to mothers who tested positive for COVID-19 in high-income countries. (nature.com)
  • In addition to the nutritional benefits, breastfeeding promotes a unique and emotional connection between mother and baby. (who.int)
  • We introduce a minimal design approach to manufacture an infant-like robot for interactive doll therapy that provides emotional interactions for older people with dementia. (frontiersin.org)
  • Figueiredo B, Costa R et al (2007) Mother-to-infant and father-to-infant initial emotional involvement. (springer.com)
  • Figueiredo B, Costa R et al (2009) Mother-to-infant emotional involvement at birth. (springer.com)
  • The reason female professors do more infant care may boil down to the fact that they enjoy it more than men do -- and that reason may be rooted in evolutionary differences between the sexes, suggests a new, first-of-its-kind study, co-authored by Steven Rhoads, a political scientist in the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In this area, refusal to take sex differences seriously, rather than helping women, leads to a policy that could injure females seeking tenure by giving their male counterparts an unfair advantage," the study concludes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • 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)
  • The study also found that adolescent mothers who faced various adversities had fewer psychological, behavioral, and financial resources needed to support healthy parenting compared to their non-maltreating neglectful mothers, they also experience more intimate partner violence than did not-neglectful mothers. (ojp.gov)
  • One of the main goals of the research was to clarify the meaning of infant-directed singing as a human behavior and as a means to elicit unique behavioral responses from infants. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • I set out to identify infant behaviors in response to live infant-directed singing compared to other common maternal interactions such as reading books and playing with toys. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • As research continues, the interactions between mother and child and the importance of each modality will become clearer. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Oxytocin-dopamine interactions in mother-infant bonding. (springer.com)
  • Fleming AS, Ruble DN et al (1988) Postpartum adjustment in first-time mothers: relations between mood, maternal attitudes, and mother-infant interactions. (springer.com)
  • Because resources for care of low-birthweight (LBW) infants in developing countries are scarce, the Kangaroo mother method (KMM) was developed. (nih.gov)
  • He presented the findings of the Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral and Nutrition (BAN) Study as a late-breaker at IAS 2009 in Cape Town - making it the fifth major study at the conference evaluating ways to make it possible for an HIV-infected mother to breastfeed her infant without passing on HIV. (aidsmap.com)
  • Previous studies reported several benefits with the KMM but interpretation of their findings is limited by small size and design weaknesses. (nih.gov)
  • Further human studies are required to replicate these findings and delineate the underlying mechanisms," ​ they concluded. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • Weight management guidelines for women who plan pregnancies should take these findings into consideration to reduce the burden of fetal deaths, stillbirths, and infant deaths. (medindia.net)
  • Findings from all three sources were triangulated for the purpose of validation.Structured surveyEach study community was divided into six sub-areas, and one caregiver was selected from each sampled household within each sub-area, for a total of six participants per community.3Households in the cluster were numbered, and one was randomly selected. (who.int)
  • Leaders of mother support groups and church-based groups at the community level whose activities could impact infant and young child feeding practices were also interviewed. (who.int)
  • Infant-parent psychotherapy, in contrast, was a PTIP method used when a baby reminded the parents of "an aspect of the parental self that is repudiated or negated", for example a painful childhood memory. (wikipedia.org)
  • About 3.3% and 5.9% of infant deaths and 0.8% and 1.6% of childhood deaths were observed in non-EAG and EAG regions respectively. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Childhood perception of mothers of under-fives towards this vaccination is widely considered to be 'overwhelmingly campaign. (who.int)
  • A new study found that infant simulators increase teenage girls' odds of getting pregnant. (motherjones.com)
  • I can't help but think that if a pregnant woman were feeling better about life in general, and herself in particular, that the kind of patience she might have to be a mother might be very different. (bc.edu)
  • Fish oil supplements in the diet of pregnant women can bolster their infants' immune systems. (medindia.net)
  • B and C viruses are transmitted through exposure to blood, sexual intercourse, and from an infected pregnant mother to her unborn child. (who.int)
  • Brockington I, Aucamp HM et al (2006) Severe disorders of the mother-infant relationship: definitions and frequency. (springer.com)
  • Brockington I, Oates J et al (2001) A screening questionnaire for mother-infant bonding disorders. (springer.com)
  • a descriptive study. (cdc.gov)
  • A descriptive cross-sectional study which employed multistage sampling technique was designed to fill this gap. (who.int)
  • Kangaroo mother method: randomised controlled trial of an alternative method of care for stabilised low-birthweight infants. (nih.gov)
  • The simple, low-tech intervention is asking mothers, are you breast-feeding? (newswise.com)
  • Antonesha Moore holds her 6-month-old daughter, Grace, who attends the Linda Ray Intervention Center as Moore learns about the an upcoming study that will guide mothers in infant-directed singing. (newswise.com)
  • But because infant-directed singing is so advantageous, de l'Etoile is working with the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology's flagship early intervention program at the Linda Ray Intervention Center to create a coaching program that will guide mothers in the practice. (newswise.com)
  • Low birth weight was linked to infant temperamental difficulty and greater need for attuned parental caregiving. (ojp.gov)
  • Johnson TJ, Patel AL, Jegier B, Engstrom JL, Meier J . The cost of morbidities in very low birth weight infant. (nature.com)
  • Payne NR, Carpenter JH, Badger GJ, Horbar JD, Rogowski J . Marginal increase in cost and excess length of stay associated with nosocomial bloodstream infections in surviving very low birth weight infants. (nature.com)
  • Walker TM , Ip CL , Harrell RH , Evans JT , Kapatai G , Dedicoat MJ , Whole-genome sequencing to delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks: a retrospective observational study. (cdc.gov)
  • This is important because unobserved heterogeneity correlated with leave entitlement potentially biases many previous studies of this topic. (nber.org)
  • A two-level random intercept Weibull regression model was used to account for the unexplained mother (family) level heterogeneity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Breast milk is a complete nutrition source, keeps the baby hydrated and provides natural immune system support, which is crucial to infant health in the often-crowded conditions of post-disaster shelters. (newswise.com)
  • Transmission of HIV from a mother to her unborn child in the womb or during birth, or to infants via breast milk. (aidsmap.com)
  • During the hospital stay, maternal blood and breast-milk samples and diet, health, anthropometric and socio-demographic information will be collected for mother-child pairs. (bmj.com)
  • So investigators from Malawi, the University of North Carolina and the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) launched the BAN study, a randomised controlled trial to evaluate two interventions given to HIV-infected mothers or their infants during a 24-week period of exclusive breastfeeding. (aidsmap.com)
  • Many "baby worries" emerge at Child Health Centers without the mother feeling that she needs psychotherapy herself. (wikipedia.org)
  • More attention to the diverse values, meanings and emotions around infant feeding within families could help to reconcile health ideals with reality. (bmj.com)
  • The process includes watching and recording mothers as they sing to their infants and then demonstrating to these mothers how they can be sensitive to their infants' emotions while singing. (newswise.com)
  • the infant receives the stimulation they crave that helps to focus their attention, and the mothers are distracted from the negativity of the emotions associated with depression . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Parental interviews were conducted for each infant who died and for four controls matched for age and date of interview. (bmj.com)
  • Parental interviews were conducted for each sudden infant death and for four controls matched for age, locality, and time of sleep. (bmj.com)
  • WHO guidelines recommend exclusive breastfeeding for HIV-infected women for the first six months of life unless replacement feeding is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe (AFASS) for them and their infants before that time. (aidsmap.com)
  • The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and two of its partners (UNICEF and WHO) recommend that HIV-infected mothers should avoid breastfeeding only when replacement feeding is affordable, feasible, acceptable, sustainable, and safe (AFASS). (biomedcentral.com)
  • But the Food and Drug Administration is now considering approval of a vaccine and a monoclonal antibody aimed at protecting infants from this common virus. (factcheck.org)
  • 2010). The child by applying a vaccine that almost guarantees study was to determine the knowledge, attitude, and protection from many major diseases. (who.int)
  • This study confirms the importance of certain risk factors for the sudden infant death syndrome and identifies others-for example, covers over the head, side sleeping position-which may be amenable to change by educating and informing parents and health care professionals. (bmj.com)
  • Previous studies have drawn attention to the importance of several features of the environment in which infants sleep-for example, sleeping position, bedding, use of dummies-as factors affecting the risk of the sudden infant death syndrome. (bmj.com)
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is death of a baby, under one year of age that occurs in sleep and cannot be explained. (medindia.net)
  • Results The overarching theme was a clash between overt or covert infant feeding idealism and the reality experienced. (bmj.com)
  • Our results indicate the potential applicability of omega-3 PUFAs in reducing infant maltreatment. (cambridge.org)
  • Results In total, 194 carers were invited by mail to participate in the study, of which 23 (11.8%) completed at least one interview and 16 (8.2%) completed all possible interviews. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • This complication occurs in about 15% of infants and is more widespread in postterm neonates. (hindawi.com)
  • Twenty-six studies were included, reporting data of 2653 mothers with SARS-CoV-2 and 2677 neonates. (nature.com)
  • Breastfeeding is a natural and beneficial source of nutrition and provides the healthiest start for an infant. (who.int)
  • Dr. Kannass is part of some interdisciplinary research teams that use our basic understanding of attention to study applied issues, such as how does nutrition affect development. (luc.edu)
  • While collecting data at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx about nine years ago, we realized the women in our study had horrible nutrition, high stress, high depression. (bc.edu)
  • Mother-to-infant bonding is important for long-term child development. (nih.gov)
  • Importantly, mothers with weaker bonding scores showed decreased brain responses to infant cries in the auditory cortex, middle and superior temporal gyrus, OFC, hippocampal areas, supramarginal gyrus, and inferior frontal gyrus at around 100-300 ms after the stimulus onset. (au.dk)