Download or read book Maternal Perceptions of Infant feeding Experiences written by Eileen Elmore Summerlin and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Infant Feeding in Newfoundland and Labrador written by Felicie Young and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of a grandmother can be an important factor in a new mother's decisions about infant feeding. Research suggests that an important predictor of choosing to breastfeed is whether or not your own mother breastfed her child(ren). In addition mothers state that they need and want their mothers' support both in making the decision to breastfeed and in being supported while doing so. In Newfoundland and Labrador, many grandmothers who had their children during the 1960s or 1970s when breastfeeding rates were low are unable to pass on helpful breastfeeding advice. However, including the maternal grandmother in a discussion on infant feeding practices with the goal of better understanding their experiences and perspectives is important. The purpose of this study was to examine the primary influences that impacted grandmothers' choices of infant feeding in Newfoundland and Labrador and to explore the role that grandmothers feel they played in their daughters' choices about infant feeding. Twenty two maternal grandmothers who bottle fed their children and whose daughters bottle fed their babies were recruited to participate in either one of four focus groups or two semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were analysed using the constant comparative method of analysis to reveal insights into the grandmothers' perceptions and experiences. Three themes emerged describing how the grandmothers felt about infant feeding: powerlessness, modesty, and ambivalence. These themes provided insight into the way that the grandmothers made decisions about how to feed their babies and the way that they interacted with their daughters in regards to infant feeding. A better understanding of grandmothers' views of infant feeding may be used to develop an educational intervention to help improve grandmothers' knowledge and perceptions of breastfeeding and to therefore help mobilize the much needed support their daughters require to breastfeed.
Download or read book The Experience and Perceptions of African American Adolescent Mothers Regarding Infant Feeding written by Janice Anita Montgomery Preston and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture written by Victoria Hall Moran and published by Mark Allen Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This second edition discusses contemporary challenges and debates related to the short and longer-term effects of maternal and infant nutrition, and of the nature of the relationship between mother and infant as a consequence of nutritive and nurturing behaviour."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Mothers Internal Working Models of Infant Feeding for Preterm Infants with Pulmonary Disease in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit written by Barbara A. Haase and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Infant Feeding Decision A Survey of Limited Resource Women in North Carolina written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting the infant feeding decisions of limited-resource women in North Carolina. Additionally, the study examined the relationships between these demographic and familial factors and maternal perceived barriers on the infant feeding decision. Three research questions guided the study: 1) Do the influences on the infant feeding decision differ according to these demographic factors? (race/ethnicity, place of residence, level of education, age marital status); 2) Do the following familial factors influence the infant feeding decision and, if so, to what extent? (infant feeding method by which the respondent herself was fed, respondent's previous infant feeding experiences, infant feeding methods of family members and friends, presence of the respondent's romantic partner, and the composition of the household); and 3) Do the following perceived barriers influence the infant feeding decision and, if so, to what extent? (attitudes of prenatal healthcare providers, attitudes of postpartum healthcare providers, plans for returning to work or school, maternal beliefs/perceptions about infant feeding methods, and attitudes of family members/friends toward infant feeding methods). Among the respondents, the majority of the breastfeeding mothers were white, married, over 20 years of age, and held at least a high school diploma or GED. Data analysis revealed that a majority of respondents either "always knew" how they would feed their babies, or they made their infant feeding decisions during pregnancy; a small percentage made their infant feeding decisions while hospitalized. A significant relationship was observed between ethnicity and the infant feeding method choice, with Caucasians being more likely than other groups to breastfeed exclusively. Respondents who reported having "some college" or a "college degree" were significantly more likely to exclusively breastfeed than were respondents who reported having "some high s.
Download or read book The Mother infant Dyad Study written by Jennifer Jean Helvey and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Inappropriate infant-feeding practices linked to excessive, rapid, early weight gain, are potentially powerful intervention points for reducing risk of later obesity. Understanding how and why these behaviors begin is currently the topic of much research. Because breastfeeding has been found to be somewhat protective against early rapid gain, and because low-income, Southeastern U.S. populations are significantly less likely to initiate and maintain breastfeeding, it is critical to focus efforts in these populations. Grounded theory methodology provides the optimal theoretical underpinnings for exploring development of these practices. Research Objective: The objective was to explore, using grounded theory methodology, the set of interactions between mothers and infants that may influence development of feeding practices, and to do so among a low-income, primiparous sample in the Southeastern U.S. Methods: A total of 15 interviews were included in the final sample. Using grounded theory methodology, participant responses to in-depth phone interviews were analyzed for major emergent themes and concepts and a theoretical model proposed. Per grounded theory protocol, recruitment, data collection, analysis, and model development occurred simultaneously throughout the course of the study. Results: 'Mother-Infant Communication Dynamic' emerged as the central phenomenon. Main themes supporting the central phenomenon included: 1) 'Perceived Infant Development and Communication Capability'; 2) 'Primary Maternal Focus Driving Response'; and 3) 'Resulting Feeding Practices'. Discussion/ Implications for Nutrition Educators: The theoretical model captured the experiences, perceptions, and motivating factors influencing maternal response to infant cues and behaviors. Constant comparative analysis and model development during the theoretical coding phase revealed supporting concepts that emerged temporally related to infant age and maternal perception of infant development and communication capabilities from birth to 12 months. The central phenomenon, illustrated with a visual model, suggests a communication pattern developed over the first year of life, culminating in the maternal perception of 'Speaking the Same Language'. The mother-infant communication pattern swiftly becomes synced and potentially difficult to change. Importantly, this communication pattern, though synced, may not always be the result of accurate maternal interpretation of infant cues and behaviors. If communication patterns result in inappropriate infant-feeding practices, early intervention is likely to be of greatest benefit in reducing these behaviors and their associated negative health outcomes.
Download or read book Breast Practices written by Elizabeth Lorraine Fox and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current strategies promoting breastfeeding often fail to account for the intra-cultural variation that exists among women. Understanding such variation is essential to informing and delivering more relevant, timely and context-sensitive breastfeeding support. In this dissertation, we explored intra-cultural variation among HIV-infected mothers with regard to (i) the scope and content of infant feeding messages they receive, (ii) their perceptions and prioritizations of those messages, and (iii) how those perceptions and prioritizations changed over time with breastfeeding experience. We used elicitation techniques for cultural domain analysis including free listing, pile sorting, rating and semi-structured interviews to discover patterns of interpretation of infant feeding messages at Les Centres GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We used nonparametric statistics to provide a rigorous description of the significance of differences that emerged. We found that mothers received many different infant feeding messages, including both WHO- and culturally-generated infant feeding recommendations. Salient messages for health workers' poorly correlated to those of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected mothers, whereas salient messages for both mothers' groups highly correlated to one another. We also noted that infant feeding messages focused heavily on infant health outcomes and not on maternal outcomes. In the early postpartum period, we found numerous gaps and tensions in breastfeeding management at individual and systems levels. Many mothers were unprepared for the delay of breastmilk letdown and physical discomfort associated with breastfeeding. They also faced conflicting forces and experiences with regard to provision of prelacteals and early breastfeeding management. Finally, our findings about the perceptions and prioritizations of infant feeding messages reflected shared cultural knowledge and exhibited subtle time-dependent variations in mothers' perceptions and prioritizations over time, especially in the first month postpartum. Our findings highlight the complex infant feeding environment in which mothers exist and the challenges they face, especially early postpartum, in negotiating competing perspectives, interests and conflicting messages concerning breastfeeding. The results reported in this dissertation challenge current approaches to breastfeeding promotion to be more sensitive to the contexts of mothers, the actionable barriers affecting their practice, and the variation and changes that occur in their perceptions about infant feeding as a result of their breastfeeding experiences.
Download or read book Breastfeeding written by Patricia Stuart-Macadam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breastfeeding is a biocultural phenomenon: not only is it a biological process, but it is also a culturally determined behavior. As such, it has important implications for understanding the past, present, and future condition of our species. In general, scholars have emphasized either the biological or the cultural aspects of breastfeeding, but not both. As biological anthropologists the editors of this volume feel that an evolutionary approach combining both aspects is essential. One of the goals of their book is to incorporate data from diverse fields to present a more holistic view of breastfeeding, through the inclusion of research from a number of different disciplines, including biological and social/cultural anthropology, nutrition, and medicine. The resulting book, presenting the complexity of the issues surrounding very basic decisions about infant nutrition, will fill a void in the existing literature on breastfeeding.
Download or read book Mothers Breastfeeding Experiences and Perceptions of Infants written by Martha Lou Larson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anticipatory Guidance Effect on Maternal Perceptions of Infant Behavior and Mother infant Feeding Behavior written by Mary Ann Gureno and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of WIC Food Packages written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-06-25 with total page 1063 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began 40 years ago as a pilot program and has since grown to serve over 8 million pregnant women, and mothers of and their infants and young children. Today the program serves more than a quarter of the pregnant women and half of the infants in the United States, at an annual cost of about $6.2 billion. Through its contribution to the nutritional needs of pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-partum women; infants; and children under 5 years of age; this federally supported nutrition assistance program is integral to meeting national nutrition policy goals for a significant portion of the U.S. population. To assure the continued success of the WIC, Congress mandated that the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reevaluate the program's food packages every 10 years. In 2014, the USDA asked the Institute of Medicine to undertake this reevaluation to ensure continued alignment with the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In this third report, the committee provides its final analyses, recommendations, and the supporting rationale.
Download or read book Infant Feeding written by John Worobey and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although infant feeding may be considered the primal form of motherinfant interaction, its treatment as a worthy subject of scientific investigation has only recently ascended to a position of importance. The reasons for our current interest are varied and important. For example, over the past fifty years the methods for studying feeding have improved, whether one speaks of analysing the composition of milk or the synchrony of the dyadic give-and-take during a feeding. Secondly, with breastfeeding rates having risen dramatically recently, the correlates of this societal change are undeniably of increased empirical interest. Finally, the current child obesity epidemic has propelled infant feeding to the forefront of the variety of public health strategies that will be needed to slow this crisis. The contributors to the present volume are all well-established researchers in the area of mother-infant interactions that surround infant feeding. With a mixture of theoretical underpinnings, methodological advances, and samples of current research, this book should serve as a useful reference for scientists and practitioners interested in the behavioral and health issues that surround infant feeding.
Download or read book The Influence of Selected Variables on Maternal Perceptions of Their Infants at One Month written by Richard A. Richter and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Accuracy of Maternal Perceptions of Infant Intake During Breastfeeding written by Dana K. Carlson Vogel and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Infant Feeding written by Isam Jaber Al-Zwaini and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeding during the first two years of life is very important for the nutrition and growth of an infant. It has a great effect on early morbidity and mortality and long-term effects on health. Breastfeeding has many benefits for both the infant and mother, whereas formula feeding, although associated with disadvantages and problems, can be life-saving for infants who need it. This book examines many aspects of infant feeding and nutrition with chapters covering such topics as the impact of the first 1000 days of nutrition on child health and development, breastfeeding, factors behind the decision to breastfeed or formula feed, and the relationship between breastfeeding and gut microbiota, among others.
Download or read book Infant Feeding Practices of Korean Women Living in the United States written by Stacy Haines Krahn and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
