Download or read book Perceptions of Infant Feeding Practices written by Adrianne Kate Griebel and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Infant Feeding and Nutrition during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries written by Jörg Vögele and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nutrition of the infant is considered to be a central factor where the development of infant health and development as well as the inner-familiar organisation and organisation of parental role are concerned. At the same time, infant feeding practices have registerd significant spacial and social variations and have been subject to profound changes paticularly during the twentieth century. This small volume presents selected aspects of the theme in a European context discussed at two conferences held in Innsbruck 2017 (First Conference of the European Network of the History and Culture of Infant Feeding) and Tours 2018 (Fourth International Conference on Food History and Cultures).
Download or read book Bottle Feeding written by Alison K. Ventura and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bottle-feeding is a ubiquitous aspect of infant feeding, yet bottle-feeding caregivers report a lack of support and access to evidence-based advice related to healthy bottle-feeding practices. This gap is due, in part, to a greater emphasis placed on breastfeeding support and promotion. Given a large and growing body of research illustrating associations between bottle-feeding and a number of health issues - such as overfeeding, rapid weight gain, and dental caries - the lack of advice and support for healthy bottle-feeding practices is concerning. To this end, this book aims to illustrate the state of the science related to bottle-feeding practices, caregiver perceptions, and related health outcomes. Based on this evidence, this book also provides practical, pragmatic advice to ensure that practitioners, researchers, and other professionals that work with families with young infants can best support bottle-feeding caregivers and promote the healthy growth and development for bottle-feeding infants. (Nova)"--
Download or read book Bottle feeding written by Alison K. Ventura and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bottle-feeding is a ubiquitous aspect of infant feeding, yet bottle-feeding caregivers report a lack of support and access to evidence-based advice related to healthy bottle-feeding practices. This gap is due, in part, to a greater emphasis placed on breastfeeding support and promotion. Given a large and growing body of research illustrating associations between bottle-feeding and a number of health issues – such as overfeeding, rapid weight gain, and dental caries – the lack of advice and support for healthy bottle-feeding practices is concerning. To this end, this book aims to illustrate the state of the science related to bottle-feeding practices, caregiver perceptions, and related health outcomes. Based on this evidence, this book also provides practical, pragmatic advice to ensure that practitioners, researchers, and other professionals that work with families with young infants can best support bottle-feeding caregivers and promote the healthy growth and development for bottle-feeding infants. (Nova)"--
Download or read book QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INFANT FEEDING PRACTICE BELIEFS AND PERCEPTIONS IN MOTHERS OF MEXICAN HERITAGE IN NORTHWEST OHIO written by Sabrina C. Pardo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: This study's purpose was to better understand infant feeding practices in mothers of Mexican heritage as they acculturate. Design, Setting, and Participants: This phenomenological study of mothers of Mexican heritage with infants living in Northwest Ohio involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews and purposeful sampling until data saturation. Nine of 11 participant interviews were in Spanish, with most participants scoring below 2 on an acculturation scale indicating very Mexican or Mexican-oriented bicultural status. Outcome Measures and Analysis: All interviews were taped and transcribed. Thematic analysis was employed through the use of quotations. Data were mined for clarity to obtain more detail on patterns of themes. Results: The mothers exhibited an extensive understanding of breastfeeding's benefits. They described it as an easy, instinctive method associated with physical and mental health in infants, tradition, enjoyment, and gratification. Grandmothers were identified as the primary source of breastfeeding support, yet distance may weaken this help. Many participants shared the inconvenience (time, battle, pain, modesty) and uncertainty of breastfeeding (not knowing how much milk to give or if producing enough milk). Another major obstacle was employment (i.e. the lack of time, access to a breast pump, or place to pump). Affluence was perceived to provide more infant feeding options. Challenges often led participants to complement or replace breastfeeding with formula. Formula was thought to be adequate, although it was often associated with negative side effects (gastrointestinal, general health). Perception of preferred infant feeding in Mexico was breastfeeding whereas it was to be formula in the United States. In Mexico, breastfeeding was described as tradition and as an only option, whereas in the United States, breastfeeding was perceived as a choice. Conclusions and Implications: Responses suggested that infant feeding beliefs and practice stem not only from the mothers' cultural values but may also be a product of their perceived infant feeding environment. Follow up and hands on support to address obstacles and insecurities, as well as reinforce the positive cultural values toward breastfeeding, may help protect breastfeeding in women of Mexican heritage as they acculturate.
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 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 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 The Surgeon General s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For nearly all infants, breastfeeding is the best source of infant nutrition and immunologic protection, and it provides remarkable health benefits to mothers as well. Babies who are breastfed are less likely to become overweight and obese. Many mothers in the United States want to breastfeed, and most try. And yet within only three months after giving birth, more than two-thirds of breastfeeding mothers have already begun using formula. By six months postpartum, more than half of mothers have given up on breastfeeding, and mothers who breastfeed one-yearolds or toddlers are a rarity in our society. October 2010 marked the 10th anniversary of the release of the HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding, in which former Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph. D., reiterated the commitment of previous Surgeons General to support breastfeeding as a public health goal. This was the first comprehensive framework for national action on breastfeeding. It was created through collaboration among representatives from medical, business, women's health, and advocacy groups as well as academic communities. The Blueprint provided specific action steps for the health care system, researchers, employers, and communities to better protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. I have issued this Call to Action because the time has come to set forth the important roles and responsibilities of clinicians, employers, communities, researchers, and government leaders and to urge us all to take on a commitment to enable mothers to meet their personal goals for breastfeeding. Mothers are acutely aware of and devoted to their responsibilities when it comes to feeding their children, but the responsibilities of others must be identified so that all mothers can obtain the information, help, and support they deserve when they breastfeed their infants. Identifying the support systems that are needed to help mothers meet their personal breastfeeding goals will allow them to stop feeling guilty and alone when problems with breastfeeding arise. All too often, mothers who wish to breastfeed encounter daunting challenges in moving through the health care system. Furthermore, there is often an incompatibility between employment and breastfeeding, but with help this is not impossible to overcome. Even so, because the barriers can seem insurmountable at times, many mothers stop breastfeeding. In addition, families are often unable to find the support they need in their communities to make breastfeeding work for them. From a societal perspective, many research questions related to breastfeeding remain unanswered, and for too long, breastfeeding has received insufficient national attention as a public health issue. This Call to Action describes in detail how different people and organizations can contribute to the health of mothers and their children. Rarely are we given the chance to make such a profound and lasting difference in the lives of so many. I am confident that this Call to Action will spark countless imaginative, effective, and mutually supportive endeavors that improve support for breastfeeding mothers and children in our nation."--Page v.
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 Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2003 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHO and UNICEF jointly developed this global strategy to focus world attention on the impact that feeding practices have on the nutritional status, growth and development, health, and thus the very survival of infants and young children. The strategy is the result of a comprehensive two-year participatory process. It is based on the evidence of nutrition's significance in the early months and years of life, and of the crucial role that appropriate feeding practices play in achieving optimal health outcomes. The strategy is intended as a guide for action; it identifies interventions with a proven positive impact; it emphasizes providing mothers and families the support they need to carry out their crucial roles, and it explicitly defines the obligations and responsibilities in this regards of governments, international organizations, and other concerned parties.
Download or read book Inventing Baby Food written by Amy Bentley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food consumption is a significant and complex social activity—and what a society chooses to feed its children reveals much about its tastes and ideas regarding health. In this groundbreaking historical work, Amy Bentley explores how the invention of commercial baby food shaped American notions of infancy and influenced the evolution of parental and pediatric care. Until the late nineteenth century, infants were almost exclusively fed breast milk. But over the course of a few short decades, Americans began feeding their babies formula and solid foods, frequently as early as a few weeks after birth. By the 1950s, commercial baby food had become emblematic of all things modern in postwar America. Little jars of baby food were thought to resolve a multitude of problems in the domestic sphere: they reduced parental anxieties about nutrition and health; they made caretakers feel empowered; and they offered women entering the workforce an irresistible convenience. But these baby food products laden with sugar, salt, and starch also became a gateway to the industrialized diet that blossomed during this period. Today, baby food continues to be shaped by medical, commercial, and parenting trends. Baby food producers now contend with health and nutrition problems as well as the rise of alternative food movements. All of this matters because, as the author suggests, it’s during infancy that American palates become acclimated to tastes and textures, including those of highly processed, minimally nutritious, and calorie-dense industrial food products.
Download or read book Longitudinal Relations of Infant Feeding Practices and Growth During the First Two Years of Life Among Predominantly African American and Low Income Families written by Tiffany Mary Janina Rybak and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles of mothers' perceptions of infant (ages 4 weeks and 12 months) feeding practices served as predictors of differences in growth and adiposity, controlling for sex, race, and income. Participants were an urban sample of mothers and infants (N = 1,280), generally at risk for pediatric obesity. Latent profile analysis was used to determine profiles across the first year (at 4 weeks and 12 months). A manual BCH appraoch was used to relate profiles to growth and adiposity at 12 and 24 months, controlling for sex, race, and income. A three-class model of infant feeding practices was selected reflecting awareness of infant cues coupled with concern about infant weight. There were no statistically significant relations between latent profiles and growth and adiposity. As a comprehensive and longitudinal study using a novel person-centered approach, key observations about patterns of feeding practices were found that can be targeted for prevention of pedatric obesity.
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 The Effects of Maternal Weight Perceptions and Concerns Depression and Smoking on Infant Feeding Practices written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Feeding Practices of Mothers written by Shannon M. Dowdall-Smith and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
