Download or read book The Significance of Postpartum Kangaroo Care Does this Promote Exclusive Breastfeeding written by Danielle Strange and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As providers of postpartum care, nurses are positioned to educate and support mothers in promoting breastfeeding and kangaroo care and to influence broader public health policy about maternal-child health. Based on documented research and studies, kangaroo care (skin-to-skin) immediately postpartum positively affects the rate of exclusive breastfeeding rates. Benefits of breastfeeding for the infant include the promotion of a natural source of nutrients, less risk of SIDS, fewer respiratory and ear infections, enhances newborn brain development, and less risk of diabetes and obesity in the infant (The Joint Commission, 2013). The mother can also benefit from breastfeeding by decreasing the risk of postpartum depression, less risk of breast and ovarian cancer and a faster recovery time (The Joint Commission, 2013). Education during pregnancy regarding breastfeeding and kangaroo care is important for the promotion of these actions. Education material including pamphlets and questionnaires and counseling from the staff nurses to their patients are important factors in the promotion of kangaroo care and breastfeeding in under-educated mothers. Questions that will be asked at admission regarding feeding plans include 'Do you plan to breast feed after delivery?' and 'Do you want to initiate kangaroo care immediately after delivery?' After these questions are asked, education material and counseling will begin for the patients who state no to one or both of these questions.
Download or read book Kangaroo Care Impact on Maternal Health written by Alexis Lawson and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health care should progress and change as the needs of the population change. As light is shed on the mothers’ experiences during the postpartum period, there is an increasing need to find and implement evidence-based interventions to promote their health and wellness. As a vulnerable population, postpartum women require appropriate treatments and interventions to avoid postpartum complications. Three key themes of postpartum health and well-being that directly and significantly impact mothers are postpartum depression, maternal and infant attachment, and exclusive breastfeeding. This integrative review addressed the correlation between each of these themes and how kangaroo care, upright skin-to-skin contact, impacts them. Inconsistent use of kangaroo care as an intervention for mothers postpartum was discovered in this review, as it is typically used for infants. Statistical evidence supporting the use of kangaroo care to improve overall maternal health was discussed in this integrative review. Keywords: kangaroo care (KC), postpartum depression, maternal and infant attachment, exclusive breastfeeding
Download or read book Kangaroo Mother Care written by World Health Organization. Reproductive Health and Research and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2003-04-17 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kangaroo mother care is a method of care of preterm infants which involves infants being carried, usually by the mother, with skin-to-skin contact. This guide is intended for health professionals responsible for the care of low-birth-weight and preterm infants. Designed to be adapted to local conditions, it provides guidance on how to organize services at the referral level and on what is needed to provide effective kangaroo mother care.
Download or read book Counselling for Maternal and Newborn Health Care written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2010 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main aim of this practical Handbookis to strengthen counselling and communication skills of skilled attendants (SAs) and other health providers, helping them to effectively discuss with women, families and communities the key issues surrounding pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, postnatal and post-abortion care. Counselling for Maternal and Newborn Health Careis divided into three main sections. Part 1 is an introduction which describes the aims and objectives and the general layout of the Handbook. Part 2 describes the counselling process and outlines the six key steps to effective counselling. It explores the counselling context and factors that influence this context including the socio-economic, gender, and cultural environment. A series of guiding principles is introduced and specific counselling skills are outlined. Part 3 focuses on different maternal and newborn health topics, including general care in the home during pregnancy; birth and emergency planning; danger signs in pregnancy; post-abortion care; support during labor; postnatal care of the mother and newborn; family planning counselling; breastfeeding; women with HIV/AIDS; death and bereavement; women and violence; linking with the community. Each Session contains specific aims and objectives, clearly outlining the skills that will be developed and corresponding learning outcomes. Practical activities have been designed to encourage reflection, provoke discussions, build skills and ensure the local relevance of information. There is a review at the end of each session to ensure the SAs have understood the key points before they progress to subsequent sessions.
Download or read book Breastfeeding the Newborn Premature in Kangaroo Method Perceptions about Postpartum Nursing Care written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Objective: This study aimed to evaluate and analyze the perceptions of postpartum women about nursing care to promote breastfeeding the preterm infant in kangaroo care. Method: This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, performed with 19 postpartum women. The study setting was the Dona Evangelina Rose Maternity (MDER) located in the southern zone of the Teresina city, PI, specifically in the wards of accommodation special set which are mothers and newborns (NB) preterm and low birth weight, wards of Kangaroo. The data collection instrument was a semi-structured interview. Results: Grouped into three categories. Conclusion: The study shows that the perception of most women, the care received by nursing staff are commensurate with your role is to take care, guidance and understanding
Download or read book Significance of Couplet Care on Post partum Patients and Staff written by Kristi L. Martinez and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (1998), allowing new mothers to be cared for in the same room as their infant 24 hours a day is the seventh step of the ten steps to successful breastfeeding. Rooming-in and couplet care has been proven to increase positive outcomes, in many ways, for both the mother and infant (Couplet care for all, 2012). The following will identify a problem on a mother-baby unit in a hospital in Winchester, Virginia with proposed solutions related to couplet care. One recent research study found that couplet care positively effects breast feeding due to the promotion, education and support of breastfeeding (Grzeczinski Zenkner, Fortes Brasil Miorim, Silveira Cardoso, Portella Ribeiro, Cezar-Vaz and Pereira Rocha, 2013). The results of a similar study, in which couplet care was implemented, found that exclusive breastfeeding increased by 38% in the facility in which the study was conducted (Maugans, Buchko and Gutshall, 2013). This project will attempt to answer the question in new mothers and infants being cared for on a post-partum inpatient unit, what is the impact of fully utilized couplet care versus modified or non-use of couplet care on the overall care of the patient's including breastfeeding, maternal-infant relationship, safety and satisfaction? The implementation will begin by educating potential patients and all staff effected by this change. Meetings will be held among staff and the implementation team in order to ensure all questions are answered and increase the chance for 100% compliance. The practice change, detailed below, will then take effect with constant monitoring and evaluation by the implementation team. Results will be evaluated after three months, final changes will be made as necessary and then steps to finalizing the change will ensue.
Download or read book Significance of Skin to Skin Contact in the Immediate Postpartum Period written by Danielle Greenbaum and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal place for a newborn to be following a delivery is with their mother. Many hospitals within the United States take the baby away from the mother and place them on a warmer in order to do assessments and complete various tasks that are required within the first few hours of an infant's life. Taking an infant away from its mother can lead to ineffective bonding and breastfeeding rates. There are various studies that have been conducted that prove the many benefits that skin to skin contact offers both mother and infant. In order for a facility to reap the benefits of Kangaroo care, a policy must be proposed and implemented. Proper education and implementation must be done in order for success to happen. With the implementation of skin to skin contact within the immediate postpartum period following both a vaginal and cesarean section will promote temperature control, breastfeeding success, and glycemic control of the newborn.
Download or read book Newborn Kangaroo Care Immediately After Cesarean Birth written by Sarah Abdolcader and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newborn Kangaroo Care Immediately after Cesarean Birth Sarah Abdolcader Global Aim: Improve exclusive breastfeeding rates from 76% to 80% in the Perinatal Unit during the newborn's hospital admission by February 2018. Project Aim: Improve the percentage of mother/baby skin-to-skin (kangaroo holding) from a baseline of 55% to 65% by August 2017. Setting: Perinatal Units Participants: Newborns birthed via cesarean section Evidence: According to the World Health Organization (2003), hospitals should have a goal of >80% exclusive breastfeeding rates for all newborns during their acute hospital stay and it begins with skin-to-skin contact (SSC), newborn's bare chest placed on mom's bare chest immediately after birth which does not exclude the operating room. SSC after cesarean decreases breastfeeding initiation time, increase the rates of breastfeeding duration and exclusivity, enhance infant feeding responses (Conroy & Cottrell, 2015). An estimate that the United States would save $13 billion annually if 90% of infants were exclusively breast fed in the first six months of life (Hung & Berg, 2011, 319). Method: Two nurses were assigned to the operating room for delivery. CNL to review electronic medical records (EMR) to evaluate if skin-to-skin is completed in less than ten minutes and is appropriately documented. Results: After education to 86% of the labor and delivery staff nurses, a review of the EMRs for all cesarean section deliveries was completed and skin-to-skin occurred 70% of the time. This result exceeded the initial goal of 65%.
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 Guidelines on Optimal Feeding of Low Birth Weight Infants in Low And Middle Income Countries written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Child and Adolescent Health has developed guidelines on optimal feeding of low birth weight infants in low- and middle-income countries. These guidelines include recommendations on what to feed low-birth weight infants, when to start feeding, how to feed, how often and how much to feed. The guidelines were developed using the process described in the WHO Handbook for Development of Guidelines. Systematic reviews were conducted to answer 18 priority questions identified by the guidelines development group. The population of interest is low-birth weight infants, and the critical outcomes include mortality, severe morbidity, growth and development. The implementation of these guidelines in low- and middle-income countries is expected to improve care and survival of low birth weight infants.
Download or read book Disease Control Priorities Third Edition Volume 2 written by Robert Black and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evaluation of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) by the Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) focuses on maternal conditions, childhood illness, and malnutrition. Specifically, the chapters address acute illness and undernutrition in children, principally under age 5. It also covers maternal mortality, morbidity, stillbirth, and influences to pregnancy and pre-pregnancy. Volume 3 focuses on developments since the publication of DCP2 and will also include the transition to older childhood, in particular, the overlap and commonality with the child development volume. The DCP3 evaluation of these conditions produced three key findings: 1. There is significant difficulty in measuring the burden of key conditions such as unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, nonsexually transmitted infections, infertility, and violence against women. 2. Investments in the continuum of care can have significant returns for improved and equitable access, health, poverty, and health systems. 3. There is a large difference in how RMNCH conditions affect different income groups; investments in RMNCH can lessen the disparity in terms of both health and financial risk.
Download or read book Preterm Birth written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-05-23 with total page 791 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing prevalence of preterm birth in the United States is a complex public health problem that requires multifaceted solutions. Preterm birth is a cluster of problems with a set of overlapping factors of influence. Its causes may include individual-level behavioral and psychosocial factors, sociodemographic and neighborhood characteristics, environmental exposure, medical conditions, infertility treatments, and biological factors. Many of these factors co-occur, particularly in those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged or who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups. While advances in perinatal and neonatal care have improved survival for preterm infants, those infants who do survive have a greater risk than infants born at term for developmental disabilities, health problems, and poor growth. The birth of a preterm infant can also bring considerable emotional and economic costs to families and have implications for public-sector services, such as health insurance, educational, and other social support systems. Preterm Birth assesses the problem with respect to both its causes and outcomes. This book addresses the need for research involving clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science disciplines. By defining and addressing the health and economic consequences of premature birth, this book will be of particular interest to health care professionals, public health officials, policy makers, professional associations and clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science researchers.
Download or read book Low Birthweight written by Tessa M. Wardlaw and published by UNICEF. This book was released on 2004 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents country, regional and global estimates of low birthweight for 2000, together with a detailed description of the methodology used. Some limited data on trends are also included.
Download or read book Family centered Maternity Care written by Celeste R. Phillips and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2003 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midwifery & Women's Health
Download or read book The State of the World s Children 2009 written by UNICEF. and published by UNICEF. This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having a child remains one of the biggest health risks for women worldwide. Fifteen hundred women die every day while giving birth. That's a half a million mothers every year. UNICEF's flagship publication, The State of the World's Children 2009, addresses maternal mortality, one of the most intractable problems for development work.The difference in pregnancy risk between women in developing countries and their peers in the industrialised world is often termed the greatest health divide in the world. A woman in Niger has a one in seven chance of dying during the course of her lifetime from complications during pregnancy or delivery. That's in stark contrast to the risk for mothers in America, where it's one in 4,800 or in Ireland, where it's just one in 48,000. Addressing that gap is a multidisciplinary challenge, requiring an emphasis on education, human resources, community involvement and social equality. At a minimum, women must be guaranteed antenatal care, skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetrics, and postpartum care. These essential interventions will only be guaranteed within the context of improved education and the abolition of discrimination.
Download or read book Breastfeeding Telephone Triage and Advice written by Maya Bunik and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new 3rd edition is completely updated and revised and includes 2 brand new protocols: Early Weight Loss, Birth Hospital or First Week, and Child Care Policies/Suggestions.
Download or read book Reducing Birth Defects written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-10-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year more than 4 million children are born with birth defects. This book highlights the unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives of children and families in developing countries by preventing some birth defects and reducing the consequences of others. A number of developing countries with more comprehensive health care systems are making significant progress in the prevention and care of birth defects. In many other developing countries, however, policymakers have limited knowledge of the negative impact of birth defects and are largely unaware of the affordable and effective interventions available to reduce the impact of certain conditions. Reducing Birth Defects: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World includes descriptions of successful programs and presents a plan of action to address critical gaps in the understanding, prevention, and treatment of birth defects in developing countries. This study also recommends capacity building, priority research, and institutional and global efforts to reduce the incidence and impact of birth defects in developing countries.
