Download or read book The Influence of Breastfeeding Peer Counselors at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center W I C Program in Changing the Attitudes and Behavior of Prenatal Women Toward Breastfeeding written by Marilyn Maignan Martinez and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship of Interaction Between Peer Counselors and Low income Women and Duration of Breastfeeding written by Cynthia Jane Church and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abstracts Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association and Related Organizations written by American Public Health Association. Annual Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Download or read book An Evaluation of the Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program at the Chippew County WIC Clinic written by Jessica A. Hilger and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program at the Chippewa County WIC clinic in Wisconsin. The study examined the relationship of sociodemographic variables to breastfeeding rates as well as factors promoting breastfeeding and barriers to breastfeeding in a sample of WIC participants. Effectiveness was determined by comparing program goals to pre-and post-implementation duration rates, and participant's ratings and recommendations of the peer counselor. Pre-and-post implementation data for all WIC mothers and prenatal WIC mothers were obtained using secondary data. In addition, a survey was administered to 68 women as they entered the WIC clinic for their individual WIC appointments, and data were analyzed for sociodemographic variables related to breastfeeding rates. Subjects were 18 years or older with infants born between May 1, 2010 and January 31, 2011. Most subjects were White ranging in age from 18 to 42. Approximately, half were employed and had completed technical school/some college. Findings showed that breastfeeding goals were significantly higher than breastfeeding duration rates. Significant, positive relationships were found for maternal age and duration rates, and maternal age and exclusive rates. Mothers with highest educational attainment had significantly higher breastfeeding duration rates. No other significant findings were observed in the study. Findings related to program effectiveness showed that all pre-to post-implementation duration rates increased, except for the 6 month rate, and percentage increases exceeded the targeted goals of the Peer Counseling Program; all participants who rated the peer counselor's assistance gave the highest possible rating; and all who used the Program would recommend it to other mothers.
Download or read book Effect of Peer Counselors on Breastfeeding Incidence and Duration in Two Eastern Virginia WIC Populations written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of Peer Counseling to Support Breastfeeding written by Onur Altindag and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an effort to improve breastfeeding, the Oregon WIC Program tested whether a relatively low-cost telephone peer counseling initiative to support breastfeeding could increase the initiation and duration of exclusive breastfeeding among its participants. They conducted a large randomized field experiment (RFE) with over 1900 women from four WIC agencies in the state. In this study we use data from the RFE along with administrative data from the rest of the state to assess whether the results from the RFE can be extended to other agencies in the state. We find small or non-existent effects of peer counseling in the non-experimental settings, which suggest that the experimental estimates may reflect Hawthorne effects. We present evidence of selection into RFE in that exclusive breastfeeding among the controls is significantly greater than among women who were offered but declined to participate in the RFE as well as from women in the rest of the state who had no access to peer counseling. We conclude that despite the strong internal validity of the RFE, extending the program to other agencies in the state would have a limited impact at best on exclusive breastfeeding.
Download or read book Impact of Peer Counseling on Exclusive Breastfeeding written by Alex Kojo Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moms Helping Moms written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peer counselors provide basic breastfeeding information and support for WIC mothers, contact mothers regularly during pregnancy,the early days of breastfeeding, and until the mother chooses to wean her baby, refers non-WIC mothers to other community breastfeeding resources if they are not eligible for WIC and refer mothers with concerns outside the peer counselor's scope of practice to appropriate lactation experts or healthcare professionals.
Download or read book The Effect of Breastfeeding Education on Pregnant Mothers Attitudes written by Susan F. Rodgers and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breastfeeding is the healthiest and most natural way to feed an infant. This study was designed to reveal the effect breastfeeding education had on the attitude of pregnant women participating in the Chester County WIC Program. This study was conducted at the Chester County Health Department in the WIC clinic. Eight pregnant women currently enrolled in the Chester County WIC program volunteered to attend a one hour breastfeeding education session taught by the researcher. A pre/post-test was used to measure the effect the breastfeeding education had on the pregnant women's attitude towards breastfeeding. The results from this study indicate breastfeeding education significantly affects the attitude of the pregnant women in this population.
Download or read book Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vibrant and Healthy Kids written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are the foundation of the United States, and supporting them is a key component of building a successful future. However, millions of children face health inequities that compromise their development, well-being, and long-term outcomes, despite substantial scientific evidence about how those adversities contribute to poor health. Advancements in neurobiological and socio-behavioral science show that critical biological systems develop in the prenatal through early childhood periods, and neurobiological development is extremely responsive to environmental influences during these stages. Consequently, social, economic, cultural, and environmental factors significantly affect a child's health ecosystem and ability to thrive throughout adulthood. Vibrant and Healthy Kids: Aligning Science, Practice, and Policy to Advance Health Equity builds upon and updates research from Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity (2017) and From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development (2000). This report provides a brief overview of stressors that affect childhood development and health, a framework for applying current brain and development science to the real world, a roadmap for implementing tailored interventions, and recommendations about improving systems to better align with our understanding of the significant impact of health equity.
Download or read book Influencing Women s Attitudes and Intentions to Enhance Exclusive Breastfeeding in Kenya written by Beryne M. Odeny and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rates are low in Kenya. Knowledge of the motivators and deterrents of EBF can facilitate development of strategies to promote EBF. We use the `Theory of Planned Behavior' (TPB) to understand factors and identify strategies that influence women's beliefs, attitudes, perceived power, intentions and actual practice of EBF. We conducted 22 focus group discussions with women and men enrolled in a before-and-after trial to determine whether intensified breastfeeding counseling enhanced EBF. The constructs of TBP were used to deductively identify prominent themes. Findings indicate that breastfeeding is not a problem; rather the exclusive part of it is challenging. Reasons for not exclusively breastfeeding: lack of education; compliance with cultural norms; and negative beliefs and attitudes to breastfeeding. Access to health education, peer counseling, desire to prevent infant HIV transmission, and male partner support motivate women to exclusively breastfeed. Consistent with the constructs of TPB, strategies that foster favorable beliefs and attitudes toward EBF ultimately promote women's intentions to practice EBF. Introducing interventions that enhance positive attitudes toward EBF could potentially increase EBF practice.
Download or read book New York State WIC Peer Counseling Program Manual Training Curriculum written by New York State WIC Program. Division of Nutrition and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book WIC s Circle of Care for Breastfeeding Mothers written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peer counselors provide basic breastfeeding information and support for WIC mothers, contact mothers regularly during pregnancy,the early days of breastfeeding, and until the mother chooses to wean her baby, refers non-WIC mothers to other community breastfeeding resources if they are not eligiblefor WIC and refer mothers with concerns outside the peer counselor’s scope of practice to appropriate lactation experts or healthcare professionals.
Download or read book Toward the Elimination of Cancer Disparities written by Howard K. Koh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reflects the work of a number of experts in cancer disparities, led by members of the Executive Committee of the Program-in-Development for the Dana Farber / Harvard Cancer Center. In particular, this volume updates a 2005 monograph on the topic.
Download or read book WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Training Program written by Mountain Plains WIC State Agencies, Infants, and Children (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
