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Rollet, Catherine. "La politique à l'égard de la petite enfance sous la IIIe République." [Paris] : Institut national d'études démographiques : Presses universitaires de France, 1990. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/23694310.html.
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Swanepoel, Daniël Christiaan De Wet. "Infant hearing screening at maternal and child health clinics in a developing South African community." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08242005-093303.
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Gottvall, Karin. "Birth centre care : reproduction and infant health /." Stockholm, 2004. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2004/91-7349-825-4/.
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Cole, Rose, University of Western Sydney, and Faculty of Nursing and Health Studies. "New mothers creating their well-being: a hermeneutic study." THESIS_FNHS_XXX_Cole_R.xml, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/279.
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This hermeneutic study explores the experience of well-being of eight new mothers who live in the Blue Mountains of N.S.W. The experiences were analysed to illuminate definitions, meanings and practices which create their well being. This study transcends existing notions of health and motherhood. The author argues that mothers resist the social expectations created by the 'ideology of motherhood' by; defining their well-being, redefining and resisting the notion of being the 'good mother' by creating practices to achieve their well-being. Social support is integral to this. The study is grounded in hermeneutics incorporating the Heideggerian ideas of being-in-the-world, co-constitution and the hermeneutic circle and also the Gadamerian idea of fusion of horizons. A post-structuralist feminist perspective is adopted, incorporating Foucault's ideas on power, knowledge, truth and resistance. Eight definitions of these new mothers' well-being are presented. Implications for nursing practice, education and research are discussedMaster of Nursing (Hons)
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Gonya, Jennifer. "Factors influencing maternal self-efficacy a comparison of hearing mothers with deaf children and hearing mothers with hearing children /." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1054676632.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 164 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes bibliographical references (p.157-164). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Otovo, Okezi T. "To form a strong and populous nation race, motherhood, and the state in republican Brazil /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (ProQuest) Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2009. http://worldcat.org/oclc/453941450/viewonline.
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Poerwanto, Siswo. "The inequality in infant mortality in Indonesia : evidence-based information and its policy implications." University of Western Australia. School of Population Health, 2004. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2003.0039.
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[Truncated abstract] The aims of the study were twofold; firstly, to describe the inequality in infant mortality in Indonesia namely, to look at the extent and magnitude of the problem in terms of the estimated number of infant deaths, the differentials in infant mortality rates, the probability of infant deaths across provinces, urban and rural areas, and across regions of Indonesia. Secondly, to examine the effect of family welfare status and maternal educational levels on the probability of infant deaths. The study design was that of a population-based multistage stratified survey of the 1997 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey. Results of the study were obtained from a sample of 28,810 reproductive women aged 15 to 49 years who belonged to 34,255 households. A binary outcome variable was selected, namely, whether or not each of the live born infant(s) from the interviewed women was alive or dead prior to reaching one year of age. Of interest were the variables related to socio-economic status, measured by Family Welfare Status Index and maternal educational levels. The following risk factors were also investigated: current contraceptive methods; birth intervals; maternal age at first birth; marital duration; infants’ size perceived by the mothers; infants’ birth weight; marital status; prenatal care by health personnel; antenatal TT immunization; place of delivery; and religion. Geographical strata (province) and residence (urban and rural areas) were also considered. Both descriptive and multivariate analyses were undertaken. Descriptive analysis was aimed at obtaining non-biased estimates of the infant mortality rates at the appropriate levels of aggregation. Multivariate analysis involved a logistic regression model using the Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) model-fitting technique. The procedure, a multilog-cumlogit , uses the Taylor Series Linearization methods to compute modelbased variance, and which adjusts for the complex sampling design. Results of descriptive analysis indicate that, indeed, there are inequalities in infant mortality across administrative divisions of the country, represented by provinces and regions, as well as across residential areas, namely urban and rural areas. Also, the results suggested that there is socio-economic inequality in infant mortality, as indicated by a dose-response effect across strata of family welfare and maternal educational levels, both individually and interactively. These inequalities varied by residence (urban and rural), provinces and regions (Java Bali, Outer Java Bali I and Outer Java Bali II). Furthermore, the probability of infant mortality was significantly greater among highrisk mothers, characterized by a number of risk factors used in the study
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Priyono, Edi Sirikul Isaranurug. "Maternal risk factors for low birth weight infants at Fatmawati General Hospital, Kakarta, Indonesia /." Abstract, 2008. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2551/cd414/5037985.pdf.
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Marks, Lara. "Irish and Jewish women's experience of childbirth and infant care in East London, 1870-1939 : the responses of host society and immigrant communities to medical welfare needs." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:fce5b2bc-8b9b-41e7-9ec7-3bef15d566ee.
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This thesis examines Irish and Jewish mothers' experience of maternity provision and infant care services in East London in the years 1870-1939. As newcomers these immigrants not only had to cope with poverty but also the barriers of language and different cultural customs. Leaving their family and kinship networks behind them, Irish and Jewish mothers had to find new sources of support when incapacitated through pregnancy or childbirth. Living in one of the poorest areas of London and unfamiliar with the local medical and welfare services, these immigrants might be expected to have suffered very poor health. On closer examination, however, Irish and Jewish immigrants appear to have had remarkably low rates of infant and maternal mortality. Despite the difficulties they faced as newcomers, Irish and Jewish mothers had certain advantages over the local population in East London. They were not only able to rely on the prolific and diverse services already present in East London, but could also call upon their own communal organisations. This provision offered a wide range of care and was a vital support to the newcomers. After examining the social and economic background to Irish and Jewish emigration and settlement the thesis examines what impact this had on their health patterns, particularly infant and maternal mortality. The following chapters explore what forms of support were available to married Irish and Jewish mothers through their own family and local neighbourhood and communal agencies. Chapter five concerns the unmarried mother and what provision was made specifically for her. The care offered by the host society to immigrant mothers and their infants is explored in chapters 6 to 8. Institutions covered by these chapters include voluntary hospitals, Poor Law infirmaries, and charitable organisations such as district nursing associations and medical missions. The thesis examines not only the services available to Irish and Jewish mothers, but also the attitudes of health professionals and philanthropists towards immigrants and how these affected the accessibility and acceptability of maternity and infant welfare services to Irish and East European Jewish mothers.
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Cole, Rose A. "New mothers creating their well-being : a hermeneutic study /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030901.155229/index.html.
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Moser, Michele R. "Changing the Trajectory for Child Welfare Involved Infants, Young Children and their Parents." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5006.
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Featherstone, Lisa. "Breeding and feeding: a social history of mothers and medicine in Australia, 1880-1925." Australia : Macquarie University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/38533.
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Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Humanities, Department of Modern History, 2003.Bibliography: p. 417-478.
Introduction: breeding and feeding -- The medical man: sex, science and society -- Confined: women and obstetrics 1880-1899 -- The kindest cut? The caesarean section as turning point -- Reproduction in decline -- Resisting reproduction: women, doctors and abortion -- From obstetrics to paediatrics: the rise of the child -- The breast was best: medicine and maternal breastfeeding -- The deadly bottle and the dangers of the wet nurse: the "artificial" feeding of infants -- Surveillance and the mother -- Mothers and medicine: paradigms of continuity and change.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw profound changes in Australian attitudes towards maternity. Imbibed with discourses of pronatalism and eugenics, the production of infants became increasingly important to society and the state. Discourses proliferated on "breeding", and while it appeared maternity was exulted, the child, not the mother, was of ultimate interest. -- This thesis will examine the ways wider discourses of population impacted on childbearing, and very specifically the ways discussions of the nation impacted on medicine. Despite its apparent objectivity, medical science both absorbed and created pronatalism. Within medical ideology, where once the mother had been the point of interest, the primary focus of medical care, increasingly medical science focussed on the life of the infant, who was now all the more precious in the role of new life for the nation. -- While all childbirth and child-rearing advice was formed and mediated by such rhetoric, this thesis will examine certain key issues, including the rise of the caesarean section, the development of paediatrics and the turn to antenatal care. These turning points can be read as signifiers of attitudes towards women and the maternal body, and provide critical material for a reading of the complexities of representations of mothers in medical discourse.
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Billings, Giovanni, Anne Pruett, and Michele R. Moser. "Changing the Trajectory for Infants, Young Children and their Parents involved with Child Welfare." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5007.
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Develop an appreciation for the centrality of the caregiver infant relationship in the young child’s mental health and development Gain information about the impact of traumatic events on infants and young children across developmental domains, including early brain development Be able to identify the core components of the infant court approach Learn how the infant court approach addresses the impact of trauma in the lives of young children and their parents as well as promotes healthy attachment and development Be able to describe Tennessee’s development of infant courts through its two pilot projects and legislative initiative.
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Moser, Michele R., and Janet Todd. "Trauma Screening and Assessment of Infants and Young Children: Insights from a Child Welfare Breakthrough Series Collaborative." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4988.
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Tong, Patricia K. "Three essays in labor economics." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2010. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3403247.
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Santos, Jaqueline de Oliveira. "Episiotomia : um sofrimento necessario?" [s.n.], 2004. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/308271.
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Orientador: Antonieta Keiko Kakuda ShimoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas
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Resumo: A episiotomia realizada há séculos constitui-se no procedimento operatório mais comum na obstetrícia moderna e um dos mais comuns na medicina em geral, apesar da ausência de evidências científicas que comprovem seus reais beneficio~. Foi realizado um estudo exploratório em um Hospital Escola, localizado no interior de Minas Gerais, com a fmalidade de compreender o significado da episiotomia para as mulheres que foram submetidas à intervenção durante o parto vaginal, identificar se elas percebem a episiotomia como urna intervenção inerente ao parto vaginal e, verificar se elas recebem alguma orientação em relação ao procedimento durante o processo de parturição. Os dados foram colhidos através do diário de campo, da observação participante e de entrevistas semi-estruturadas a puérperas que foram submetidas ao procedimento. Como instrumento de auxílio para as entrevistas foi utilizado um gravador, as informações assim obtidas foram transcritas fielmente.A análise de conteúdo temático foi a estratégia escolhida para analisar os dados obtidos que foram fundamentadas nos referenciais teóricos de gênero e poder. A partir da análise das informações emergiram três núcleos de sentido: A - Episiotomia: intervenção necessária e benéfica; B - Dor da episiotomia: um sofrimento necessário? CRelações de poder. Concluímos que apesar da episiotomia ser considerada uma intervenção dolorosa pela população estudada, ela é aceita como inerente ao parto vaginal. As parturientes durante seu período de internação foram pouco informadas sobre a intervenção, assim como não foi solicitado seu consentimento para a realização do procedimento. Essa informação serve de alerta para a maioria das instituições de saúde que prestam assistência ao parto e nascimento para que as mulheres tenham garantido seus direitos à informação e autonomia em seu próprio processo de parturição, tornando-a protagonista da fisiologia do nascimento
Abstract: The carried through episiotomy has centuries consists in general in the more common surgical procedure in moderri obstetrics and one ofmost common in the medicine, despite the absence of scientific evidences that prove its real benefits. A study in a Hospital School, located in the interior of Minas Gerais was carried through, with the purpose to understand the meaning of the episiotomy for the women who had been submitted to the intervention during the vaginal childbirth, to identify if they perceive the episiotomy as an inherent intervention to vaginal childbirth e, to verify if they receive some orientation in relation to the procedure during the process ITomchildbirth. The data OOdbeen harvested through the daily one of field, the participant comment and half-structuralized interviews women tOOtthey had been submitted to the procedure. As instrument of aid for the interviews a recorder was used, the thus gotten information OOdbeen transcribing faithful. The analysis ofthematic content was the chosen strategy to analyze the gotten data that OOd been based on the theoretical reference of sort and power. From the analysis of the information three nuclei of sensible OOdemerged: A - Episiotomy: necessary and beneficial intervention; B - Pain ofthe episiotomy: a necessary suffering? C -Relations ofbeing able. We conclude tOOtdespite the episiotomy being considered a painful intervention for the studied population, it is accepted as inherent to the vaginal childbirth. The women in labor during its period of intemment little OOdbeen informed on the intervention, as well as were not requested its assent for the accomplishment ofthe procedure. This information serves of alert for the majority of the health institutions tOOtgive to assistance to the childbirth and birth so that the women have guaranteed its rights to the information and autonomy in its proper process ofbirth, becoming it protagonist ofthe physiology ofthe birth. KEY WORDS: Episiotomy, rights ofthe woman, assistance to the birth
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Kelleher, Larni. "Evaluation of the Cottage Community Care Pilot Project /." View thesis View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030519.145848/index.html.
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Thesis (M.Sc.) (Honours) -- University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, 1999.A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Honours), March, 1999. Bibliography : leaves 117-125.
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Mdivasi, Vuyokazi. "The ethical conduct of employees in maternity wards at selected public hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1645.
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Mini-thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
Master of Technology: Public Management
in the Faculty of Business
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2014Maternity service in South Africa faces particular problems in the provision of care to birthing mothers. Violence and abuse have been reported and maternity death rates are high, being related to inadequate provision of care (Myburgh, 2007:29). Ethical conduct plays a significant role in service delivery in Midwife Obstetrics Units (MOU) in general. This is of particular importance since every patient, especially pregnant women, should to be handled with the utmost care, respect and dignity. The research problem emanates from nurses’ behaviour towards patients in MOU labour wards, where women continue to be victims of abuse. Ironically, it is regrettable that they are abused by those who are supposed to be their advocates. The objectives of the study were to assess if nurses in MOU labour wards conduct themselves ethically when dealing with patients, to determine the perceptions of patients towards nurses during child birth stages, as well as to examine factors in maternity wards that may influence a nurse’s performance when dealing with patients. The study adopted the quantitative research method to answer the research question and data interpretation was based on statistical analysis. This method was deemed to be the most effective for collection of a large quantity of data and numerical (quantifiable) data is considered objective. A Likert-type questionnaire comprising closed-ended questions was the measurement instrument. This was considered to least inconvenience nurses and postnatal patients to whom these questionnaires were administered. Answer choices were graded from 1 to 4, being strongly agree, agree, disagree and strongly disagree. The population comprised nurses and postnatal patients in MOUs in the Western Cape, South Africa. Consecutive sampling was conducted in two selected MOUs, being Michael Mapongwana (MM) and Gugulethu (GG), with 311 questionnaires being distributed to both nurses and postnatal Patients in these two facilities. The findings indicated that the ethical conduct of nurses in both MM and GG maternity wards was relatively good. However, some survey findings revealed some unsatisfactory gaps that exist in what both hospitals currently offer to patients in the areas of individual patient care, communication and baby security certainty. Furthermore, the findings indicated that a significant number of patients who chose to make use of MM and GG hospitals, are satisfied with the standard of service received during their stay. However, there were some discrepancies in terms of senior management service where excellence in the monitoring role emerged as being lacking. There is a need for improvement in the current levels of ethical conduct of nurses in both the MM and GG labour wards. These needs for improvement relate to working conditions, especially linked to the human resource (HR) function, leadership and management functions, and improved monitoring and control mechanisms.
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Turner, Samantha Marie. "Prenatal maternal attachment style and maternal infant feeding practices." Thesis, Bangor University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239967.
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Mills, Suzanne Barbara. "Maternal and infant factors influencing infant feeding : a longitudinal study." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6385.
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Introduction: There has been a lack of longitudinal studies on maternal and infant factors associated with feeding difficulties. Feeding difficulties are common, cause much anxiety for parents, and are associated with a range of child health and behavioural outcomes. This study aims to gain an understanding of the prevalence and type of feeding difficulties found in a community sample, the prevalence of maternal mental ill-health and identify maternal and infant factors predictive of feeding difficulties. A final aim is to identify factors associated with successful and unsuccessful feeding experiences from a maternal perspective. Method: A short questionnaire with questions about support and help-seeking was compiled, and several standardised measures were included in the pack; a measure of maternal mood (DASS-21), social support (SOS-S), and eating disorder symptomatology (EAT-26). Questionnaires were given to mothers in pregnancy, and again when infants were around 3 and 7 months old. An adapted version of the Child Feeding Assessment Questionnaire, and the food fussiness subscale from the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire examined feeding behaviour and maternal response. The Infant Temperament Questionnaire examined maternal perception of infant temperament. Content analysis was used to identify themes in mother’s narrative about factors which help feeding and barriers to a successful feeding experience. A within subjects design was employed to examine predictors of infant feeding difficulties. Results: 23% of mothers of 3 to 5 month old infants, and 13% of mothers of 7 to 10 month olds reported their child as having one or more feeding difficulties. Levels of stress remained stable across the length of the study, but prevalence of maternal anxiety and depression reduced. 47% of those mothers who breast fed found breast feeding difficult or very difficult. Maternally identified barriers to successful feeding with feeding were child illness, and painful or difficult breastfeeding. Mothers wanted an improvement in support and knowledge of health professionals, and a reduction in pressure from health professionals in relation to feeding method. Maternal depression and stress were correlated with severity of food refusal in infants, as well as maternal anxiety and food fussiness, prior to post-hoc analyses. Following post-hoc analyses these relationships were no longer significant. Discussion: Relationships between infant behaviour, maternal health and feeding difficulties are explored. The low prevalence of feeding difficulties and reasons for negative findings in relation to predictors of feeding difficulties are discussed. Implications for health services are presented in the light of maternal views about support and barriers to successfully feeding their child.
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Steadman, Joanna. "Maternal mental illness, mother-infant interactions and maternal cognitive functioning." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442852.
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Wolke, Dieter Fritz Heinz. "Maternal perceptions of difficult infant behaviour." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1989. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019707/.
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Cronin, Alison H. "The influence of infant and maternal factors on infant sleep regulation." Thesis, University of Reading, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250602.
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Huff, Veronica. "The creation of self-directed nutrition education modules in the women, infants, and children (WIC) program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3328.
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The purpose of this project was to design a series of self-directed learning modules for enrollees in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program in Riverside County, California. The WIC Program is a supplemental nutrition program that, among other things, provides participants with nutrition education to help them understand the health benefits of choosing more nutritious food. This project features information concerning the problem of food insecurity, the nutrition education of low-income women and children in the WIC program, and the characteristics of adult learners. The objective was to examine the WIC participants' comprehension and willingness to use self-directed learning modules as a nutrition education supplement.
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Deshpande, Swati Jayant. "Strategies to optimize maternal and infant nutrition /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2004. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
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Blokland, Kirsten. "Maternal attachment and response to infant affect." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0005/NQ41107.pdf.
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Riley, Helen. "Maternal attachment and recognition of infant emotion." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/16569.
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Objective: The overall aim of this study was to investigate whether maternal emotion recognition of infant faces in a facial morphing task differed by maternal attachment style, and if this was moderated by a secure attachment prime, such that it would ameliorate the effects of maternal attachment insecurity. Method: 87 mothers of children aged 0-18 months completed measures of global and mother-specific trait attachment, post-natal depression, mood and state attachment alongside 2 sessions of an emotion recognition task. This task was made up of short movies created from photographs of infant faces, changing from neutral to either happy or sad. It was designed to assess sensitivity (accuracy of responses and intensity of emotion required to recognize the emotion) to changes in emotions expressed in the faces of infants. Participants also underwent a prime manipulation that was either attachment-based (experimental group) or neutral (control group). Results: There were no significant effects for global attachment scores (i.e., avoidant, anxious). However, there was a significant interaction effect of condition x maternal avoidant attachment for accuracy of recognition of happy infant faces. Explication of this interaction yielded an unexpected finding: participants reporting avoidant attachment relationships with their own mothers were less accurate in recognizing happy infant faces following the attachment prime than participants with maternal avoidant attachment in the control condition. Conclusions: Future research directions suggest ways to improve strength of effects and variability in attachment insecurity. Clinical implications of the study center on the preliminary evidence presented that supports carefully selected and executed interventions for mothers with attachment problems.
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Bozzette, Maryann. "Premature infant responses to taped maternal voice /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7220.
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Gashe, Caroline. "Infant temperament, maternal attributions, mood and rumination, in predicting maternal problem-solving and mother-infant bonding in the postnatal period." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3239.
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Background: The present study considers some of the underlying mechanisms that may be acting in postnatal depression (PND). It has been suggested that rumination predicts problem solving ability and that child temperament and maternal attributions predict mother-infant bonding. This study aims to investigate the role that brooding and reflective rumination may play in predicting and mediating these relationships in postnatal women. Methods: Postnatal women were recruited to complete an online survey.190 women responded and completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Maternal Attribution Scale (MAS), Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ), Parental Problem Solving Task (PPST), Rumination Response Scale (RRS), Infant Behaviour Questionnaire (IBQ) and a confidence in problem solving using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Results: Analyses showed that reflective rumination mediated the relationship between low infant soothability and high negative attributions, on maternal problem solving. Reflective and Brooding Rumination also predicted confidence in problem solving and mother-infant bonding. Analyses showed that infant temperament (soothability and distress) and maternal attributions (positive and negative) predicted confidence in problem solving and mother-infant bonding Limitations: This study employed a correlational design and therefore all inferences regarding possible causal pathways are tentative. Limitations include the use of self report measures to assess mother-infant bonding and infant temperament. Additionally the PPST is a new measure which needs further validation. Conclusions: Reflective rumination may act as an adaptive strategy for women in the postnatal period when faced with difficult child temperaments, and for those employing negative attributions, when faced with parent specific problem solving tasks. In addition, Brooding and Reflective Rumination may be important in predicting difficulties in mother-infant bonding. Difficult Infant temperaments and less positive or more negative maternal attributions, may affect problem solving, confidence in problem solving and mother-infant bonding in the postnatal period. Future research should look to replicate these findings and explicate possible causal relationships within a postnatal population.
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Woollaston, K. "The relationship between maternal psychopathology and infant development." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/853994/.
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This thesis describes an investigation into the effect of maternal psychopathology on infants' mental and psychomotor development. Part one systematically reviews the literature, which considers the effect of maternal psychopathology on infants' mental and psychomotor development in the first two years of life. It concludes that this relationship is likely to be mediated by other variables and future research should explore this relationship further. Part two is an empirical paper that describes an investigation of the relationship between maternal psychopathology and infants' mental and psychomotor development and the potential mediating variables of socioeconomic factors and maternal Emotional Availability. This thesis was linked to Wain's (2010) research and built on the work of Gale (2009). Part three is a critical appraisal that discusses methodological issues and personal reflections on conducting the research.
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O'Higgins, Madeleine. "Improving Mother-Infant Outcomes after Maternal Postnatal Depression." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2007. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019843/.
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White, Jacqueline Jeanne. "Antecedents of maternal-infant attachment: A longitudinal study." W&M ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618476.
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This dissertation was designed to measure the longitudinal effects of several maternal and infant variables, on the security of attachment as assessed by the Strange Situation. The sixty mother-infant dyads who participated in this study were recruited from three Tidewater prenatal clinics. The goal of this dissertation was to determine the correlation of maternal and infant constructs with the criterion variables of maternal perception of her baby and the Strange Situation. The statistical technique of path analysis was utilized to analyze data collected over five periods: prenatal, postpartum, three-, six- and sixteen-months. The results of the path analysis revealed that the prenatal variables, maternal sources of social support and perception of early childhood experiences predicted a significant amount of the variance in the Strange Situation classifications (secure versus insecure) when the infants were sixteen months old. The path analysis interpretation also demonstrated that the maternal variables: (1) sources of social support; (2) emotional status; (3) knowledge of infant growth and development; (4) maternal personality integration; (5) maternal age; and (6) measures of stress all influenced the maternal perception of her infant during at least one of the data collection periods. Finally, the path analysis demonstrated that infant variables: (1) gender; (2) differences in neonatal responsiveness; (3) temperament; and (4) maternal-infant interaction also impacted upon the mother's perception of her baby. The only variable that was not related to either the Maternal Perception of the Infant or the Strange Situation was the Infant Developmental Status as measured by the Bayley Scales of Infant Mental and Motor Development Behavior Record.
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Stone, Sarah Lederberg. "Maternal well-being and infant outcomes in Massachusetts." Thesis, Boston University, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12948.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityPost-partum depressive symptoms (PDS) are defmed by feelings of sadness, depression, and anhedonia during the year after giving birth. PDS ranges in severity from transient 'baby-blues' experienced by over 80% of mothers shortly after birth to 10-15% fulfilling criteria for a major depressive episode. PDS can have profound long-term consequences for mothers and families if left untreated, impairing mother-infant bonding, leading to delayed development in children. PDS may also impact the mother's use of infant health care. This dissertation explores risk factors for PDS and its consequences using population-based data from the Massachusetts Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (MA-PRAMS). In study 1, we examined the association between common life stressors including partner-related, financial-related, traumatic-related, and emotional-related, and PDS prevalence. Common life stressors during pregnancy were associated with an increased prevalence of PDS, with the strongest association seen for partner-related stressors, the most commonly reported stressor. However, mothers with PDS who experienced partner-related stressors were also least likely to seek help for their depression, relative to mothers with other grouped stressors or no stressors. In study 2, we assessed the association between infertility treatment (1FT) and PDS risk. There was no appreciable association between 1FT use and PDS overall. However, we found that 1FT users who delivered multiples (e.g., twins or triplets) had a lower risk of PDS compared with non-users of 1FT who delivered multiples, persistent across mode of delivery. Among mothers with PDS, we found little evidence of an association between 1FT and seeking help for depression, regardless of plurality. lp study 3, we examined the association between PDS and mother's use of hospital-based infant healthcare (HIH) in the 24 months after birth, using MA-PRAMS data linked to the Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal Linkage (PELL) study. Overall, there was little evidence of an association between PDS and HIH. However, we observed significant differences across race/ethnic populations. Among White non-Hispanic and Hispanic mothers, PDS was associated with a small increased risk of HIH, while among Asian mothers, PDS was associated with an inverse risk of HIH. No appreciable association was found between PDS and HIH among Black non-Hispanic mothers.
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Bennington, Linda. "THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG MATERNAL INFANT BONDING, SPIRITUALITY, AND MATERNAL PERCEPTION OF CHILDBIRTH EXPERIENCE." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2242.
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The beginning of life is an intense experience for both mother and baby and sets the foundation for future interactions. Researchers have theorized that maternal infant bonding begins prenatally and continues on through the postnatal period. Mṻller (1996) examined that process to determine if prenatal bonding was related to postnatal bonding and discovered that there was only a modest correlation between the two. This led to speculation as to what variables, besides prenatal bonding, could influence postnatal bonding. Klaus & Kennell (1976) noted the detrimental effects of a lack of bonding in terms of abuse and attachment disorders and emphasized the urgency of understanding the process. Thus, an examination of factors that influence the initial attachment after birth is important in order to facilitate the experience for optimal outcomes. The purpose of this study was threefold: 1. Examine the relationship between a woman’s perceived birth experience and maternal infant bonding; 2. Examine the relationship between spirituality and maternal infant bonding; 3. Examine the relationship between perceived birth experience and maternal infant bonding. Women were recruited for an internet survey through various childbirth websites, nurses’ associations, and perinatal listserv communications. A total of 402 women responded to the survey, which consisted of 67 items in three instruments: Perception of Birth Scale; Spirituality; and Maternal Attachment Inventory. Of these respondents approximately 300 finished the survey completely and were used in the analyses. Slightly more than 190 left extensive comments regarding their experiences. Predictive Analytical Software (PASW 18) was used to analyze data and correlations were run on the measurements of the three instruments as well as a regression analysis. Perceived birth experience had the strongest correlation to maternal infant bonding and was found to have a stronger influence on bonding as well.
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Russell, Kendra. "Maternal confidence of first-time mothers during their child's infancy." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04252006-182317/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2006.Title from title screen. Cecelia Grindel, committee chair; Carol Howell, Patsy Ruchala, committee members. Electronic text (159 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed June 13, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-98).
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Mammen, Sanjana S. "Examining the Impact of the SafeCare Parent-Infant Interaction Module on the Quantity and Content of Maternal-Infant Directed Utterances." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/233.
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Examining the SafeCare Parent-Infant Interaction Module’s Impact on the Quantity and Content of Maternal-Infant Directed Utterances
(Under the direction of Shannon Self Brown, PhD)
Positive parenting skills reduce risk for child maltreatment. The Parent-Infant Interaction (PII) module of SafeCare was designed to promote positive parent-child relationships; however, little research has examined its impact on parent-infant utterances. Past research has indicated that a rich parent-child language environment predicts literacy skills and academic achievement, so the present research studies how PII impacts positive maternal infant-directed utterances. Three dyads with various risk levels with infants aged younger than 9-months were offered PII training and a short video modeling positive parent-infant communication. Multiple-probe, single-case experimental design yielded data with several positive trends for maternal-infant utterances, but findings were inconsistent during all conditions. Conversely, following the video, improved utterances were demonstrated consistently across all activities and dyads. These pilot data render several future studies relevant to further our understanding of PII’s impact on maternal-infant communication broadly, including more rigorous research designs and measures to further study this important outcome.
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Noakes, Paul Stanton. "The effects of maternal smoking on infant immune development." University of Western Australia. School of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2006. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2006.0080.
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[Truncated abstract] With the dramatic rise in asthma and allergic disease there is an urgent need to define the early life exposures which influence developing immune responses to increase the predisposition to allergic disease. While this is clearly multifactorial, this thesis addresses the effects of maternal smoking as a major adverse, yet avoidable exposure in early life. I hypothesised that the well-documented increased susceptibility to infection in infants of smokers could indicate underlying effects on innate Toll-like receptor (TLR) mediated microbial responses which could in turn contribute to early immune dysregulation and increased risk of allergic disease. In addition to providing the first defence against microbes, TLR-mediated pathways modulate subsequent specific immune response and are of growing interest in the potential inhibition of inappropriate allergic responses. My initial interest in the potential immune effects of smoking in pregnancy was based on preliminary retrospective analyses of a previous cohort (presented in Chapter 3) which suggested possible effects on T cell cytokine responses to mitogens and allergens. Based on this, I recruited a new prospective pregnancy cohort (n=122) of smokers (n=60) and non-smokers (n=62) (as outlined in Chapter 4) to confirm this and test my novel hypothesis that maternal smoking may be affecting important innate (TLR-mediated) immune pathways. … Thus, these findings could indicate that smoking increases the early susceptibility to infection thereby increasing subsequent IgA responses. This is supported by observations that key neonatal TLR responses are attenuated in children who go onto develop wheezy illnesses and lower respiratory tract infections. Together, the study findings suggest that in addition to effects on lung growth, maternal smoking may also influence aspects of neonatal innate immune function that are now believed to play a critical role in microbial-driven postnatal immune development, highlighting that other environmental interactions are also highly relevant to the v
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Friesen, Russell Warren. "Maternal n-3 fatty acids and early infant outcomes." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7318.
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Research indicates maternal docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) status during pregnancy is positively associated with infant neurodevelopment. Dietary deficiency, if present, usually occurs at the lower end of the intake distribution. Both DHA intake and the current intakes of other n-3 and n-6 fatty acids may affect risk of deficiency. Regardless, the maternal dietary intakes, and biochemical markers, or infant developmental scores indicative of maternal DHA deficiency are not defined. The objectives of this research are to determine the distribution of DHA intakes, the relationship between dietary DHA and n-6 fatty acid intakes and maternal red blood cell (RBC) phospholipid DHA, and whether or not maternal DHA status low enough to increase risk of poor infant development occurs in our community. This study was a prospective, randomized intervention study involving supplementation of healthy women from 16 weeks gestation to delivery of their infant with 400 mg/d DHA or placebo. Maternal dietary intakes and blood lipid DHA were measured at 16 and 36 weeks gestation, and infant visual acuity was assessed at 60 d of age. The results show DHA intake was skewed, and maternal dietary n-6 fatty acids were inversely, while DHA intake was positively related to levels of maternal RBC EPG DHA, P<0.05. Infant gender and maternal DHA supplementation were significantly related to infant visual acuity. More infant girls in the placebo than DHA supplementation group had a visual acuity below the group average for infant girls, P<0.05. Maternal RBC EPG 22:4n-6 at 36 weeks gestation was inversely related to infant visual acuity at 60 d of age, P<0.05. In conclusion the results suggest that DHA deficiency is present among pregnant women in our community and that maternal dietary n-6 fatty acid intake may be an important modifier of maternal DHA status.
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Adeniyi, Vincent Oladele. "Maternal knowledge and attitude to early infant HIV diagnosis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79938.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The global targets of zero deaths from AIDS-related illness by the year 2015 can only be met if all HIV infected infants can be diagnosed and initiated on anti-retroviral therapy as early as four to six weeks. WHO/UNICEF reported in 2010 that only 8% of eligible infants were tested worldwide. There seems to be more attention directed towards service delivery and less attention on empowering mothers to make voluntary decision to access the services. The influence of maternal knowledge of infant HIV infection and the impact on the attitude towards knowing the status of their children so early in life remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to explore the knowledge and attitude of the HIV positive mothers to early infant diagnosis in order to make strategic recommendations to the health authorities on how to scale up the services in the various health facilities. A qualitative study was conducted in two health centres in King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. This qualitative study drew in-depth interview with twenty-four HIV positive mothers/ exposed infants’ pair attending the immunization clinics. The results obtained were presented to two focus groups for discussion and validation of findings. Thematic analysis explored the emerging themes relevant to the objective of the study and health authorities. The study found that there is a high level of awareness about infant HIV infection. Majority of the participants were aware of MTCT of HIV and the timing of transmission (pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding). Majority of the participants were aware about the protection offered by maternal exposure to ARVs however, only few participants knew about the risk of transmission despite ARV use. Majority of the participants did not know the right time to bring their infant for HIV test. Majority of the participants never thought about HIV test for their infant as early as six weeks. Majority of the mothers have fears about bringing their infants for HIV test so early. They have concerns about recommending early infant diagnosis to other children in their community due to the perceived disclosure of their own status. The study found that despite good knowledge of mothers about infant HIV infection and prevention methods, the knowledge about early infant diagnosis is lacking. The attitude of the mothers to knowing the status of their infant so early in life is challenging for them. The health authorities have more work to do to empower these mothers with knowledge about early infant diagnosis and early ART initiation to increase the chances of survival of HIV infected infants.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die internasionale mikpunt van geen sterftes weens vigsverwante siektes teen die jaar 2015 kan slegs bereik word as alle MIV-besmette babas reeds op vier tot ses weke gediagnoseer word en antiretrovirale terapie (ART) ontvang. Die WGO/UNICEF het in 2010 berig dat slegs 8% van babas wat getoets moet word, in werklikheid wêreldwyd getoets is. Dit blyk dat meer aandag aan dienslewering en minder aan die bemagtiging van moeders om die vrywillige besluit om van die dienste gebruik te maak, geskenk word. Die invloed van moeders se kennis op MIV-besmetting van babas en die impak op die houding teenoor kennis van die status van hul kinders op so ’n vroeë ouderdom is steeds onbekend. Die doel van hierdie studie was om die kennis en houding van MIV-positiewe moeders rakende vroeë diagnose van babas te ondersoek ten einde strategiese aanbevelings aan die gesondheidsowerhede te maak oor verbetering van die dienste in die onderskeie gesondheidsfasiliteite. ’n Kwalitatiewe studie is in twee gesondheidsentrums in King Sabata Dalindyebo-munisipaliteit in die provinsie Oos-Kaap, Suid-Afrika, onderneem. Dit het diepte-onderhoude met 24 MIV-positiewe moeders/blootgestelde babas wat die immuniseringsklinieke besoek het, behels. Die resultate is aan twee fokusgroepe vir bespreking en bekragtiging van die bevindings voorgelê. Tydens ’n tematiese ontleding is die temas wat aan die lig gekom het wat betrekking het op die doelstellings van die studie en gesondheidsowerhede ondersoek. Daar is gevind dat daar ’n hoë vlak bewustheid van MIV-besmetting van babas is. Die meerderheid van die deelnemers was bewus van moeder-na-kind-oordrag van MIV en die tydsberekening van oordrag (swangerskap, geboorte en borsvoeding). Die meerderheid van die deelnemers was ook bewus van die beskerming wat gebied word deur die moeder se blootstelling aan ART, maar net ’n paar deelnemers het egter geweet van die risiko van oordrag ongeag die gebruik van ART. Die meerderheid van die deelnemers het nie geweet wat die korrekte tyd is om hul baba vir ’n MIV-toets te bring nie. Die meerderheid het nog nooit ’n MIV-toets vir hul baba voor die ouderdom van ses weke oorweeg nie. Die meerderheid van die moeders was bang om hul babas so vroeg reeds vir MIV te laat toets. Hulle is begaan oor die aanbeveling van vroeë diagnose vir ander mense in hul gemeenskap weens die waargenome bekendmaking van hul eie status. Die studie het bevind dat ongeag moeders se grondige kennis van MIV-besmetting van babas en voorsorgmaatreëls, daar ’n gebrek aan kennis oor vroeë diagnose van babas is. Die houding van die moeders teenoor kennis van die status van hul baba op so ’n vroeë ouderdom hou vir hulle ’n uitdaging in. Die gesondheidsowerhede moet hulle daarop toespits om hierdie moeders sonder kennis oor vroeë diagnose van babas en vroeë nakoming van ART te bemagtig ten einde MIV-besmette babas se kanse op oorlewing te verhoog.
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Winstanley, Alice. "Maternal and infant contributions to development following premature deliveries." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/47366/.
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The focus of this thesis is on the early caregiving environment and social interactions of preterm infants. Chapter one introduces the topic of premature delivery, including infant outcomes, parent’s caregiving role, infant’s role in their own development, and dyadic interactions between parents and their premature infants. Chapter two introduces methodological difficulties in the study of preterm infants. The chapter also provides an overview of the longitudinal study of preterm infants’ development that provided the majority of the data for this thesis. Chapter three introduces a new measure of parenting principles and practices, the Baby Care Questionnaire (BCQ). The BCQ measures how parents approach caring for their infant in three contexts – sleeping, feeding and soothing. The chapter documents the development and psychometric properties of the BCQ. Chapter four studies the impact of premature birth on maternal cognitions and principles about caregiving. The chapter presents data on the consistency of maternal cognitions about child development and caregiving at an individual and group level. Chapter five studies the impact of premature birth on infant attention, in particular social attention. The chapter reports data on the style of preterm infants’ looking to a novel stimulus, how these infants followed an experimenter’s attention to a target and their regulation abilities (as reported by their mother). Chapter six studies the impact of premature birth on interactions between mothers and their infants. The chapter uses statistical techniques to represent streams of behaviour to examine different responding to person- and object-directed behaviours by mothers and their premature infants. Chapter seven brings together these findings and discusses future work.
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Malcolm, Cari A. "Maternal docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation and infant visual development." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270513.
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King, Janet. "Midwives, infant and maternal health in Monmouthshire, 1900-1938." Thesis, University of South Wales, 1999. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/midwives-infant-and-maternal-health-in-monmouthshire-19001938(0b0e1ce6-6dba-48bd-851a-75728e3ead82).html.
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The purpose of this study is to extend knowledge concerning the health of expectant and nursing mothers and infants in working-class districts of Wales, particularly mothers and infants residing in the county of Monmouthshire during the 1920s and 1930s. The thesis covers the period 1900-1938 and considers the implementation of various Acts of Parliament and the effects of the legislation on the lives of women and infants. The main Acts covered are the Midwives Act 1902 and 1936, the Notification of Births Act 1907 and 1915, the Maternity and Child Welfare Act 1918 and the 'Special Areas' Act of 1934. Through the use of mainly primary sources and oral testimony, it will be argued that these social policies did extend the welfare system and bring benefits to mothers and infants. However, at the same time, the implementation of the policies exerted control over the realm of motherhood to such an extent that pregnancy, child-birth and infant care were irrevocably transported from the natural and familiar domestic sphere, into the unnatural and unfamiliar sphere of the public, male-dominated medical world. Furthermore, the policies which were initially introduced to improve the health of both mothers and infants were limited, discriminatory and did little to address the poverty, which was a reality of life for mothers in the working-class districts of Wales.
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Dibelka, James. "MATERNAL INFLUENCES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFANT ORAL BIOFILM." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2457.
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Purpose: The purpose was to examine the maternal influences on the development of infant oral biofim and dominant bacterial strains of at risk populations. Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design to examine factors influencing biofilm colonization and the identification of bacterial strains transmitted from mother to child. Participants were enrolled in Children’s Health Involving Parents of Greater Richmond (CHIP). Plaque and saliva samples were collected from mothers and their children ages 6-36 months. The colonized oral bacteria strains of the mother infant dyads were then compared. Oral bacterial strain identification was completed using the HOMIM Forsythe microbe identification array. Examination for concordant strains was done using the statistical boot strap shuffle in Excel. Results: Forty-one CHIP families were involved in the pilot study. Participants were predominantly non-white , less than high school education 46.3%, and their average age was 29.1 years. Mothers had a caries prevalence of 87.8% and the infant’s caries rate was 26.7%. To date n=14 pairs of the n=41 samples have been processed and analyzed using the HOMIM microarray. Twelve paired samples were not processed due to non-detectable levels of bacterial DNA. Fifteen samples are currently being processed by HOMIM Forsyth. Predominate species transferred from mother to child include S. Oralis, S. parasanguinous, S. mitis, Slakia, and S. anginosis. 425 unique strains of bacteria were analyzed on the array with a maternal concurrence rate of 33%. Conclusion: When comparing total bacterial populations in the oral environment a concurrence of transmission from mother to child was 33%. Higher rates of vertical transmission were observed in S. Oralis, S. sanguinous, and Slakia.
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Aryeetey, Richmond N. O. "Effects of maternal subclinical mammary inflammation on infant growth." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3335072.
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Dixon, Wallace E. Jr, and P. Hull Smith. "Who's Controlling Whom? Infant Contributions to Maternal Play Behavior." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.283.
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Because the way mothers play with their children may have significant impacts on children's social, cognitive, and linguistic development, researchers have become interested in potential predictors of maternal play. In the present study, 40 mother–infant dyads were followed from child age 5–20 months. Five-month habituation rate and 13 and 20 month temperamental difficulty were found to be predictive of maternal play quality at 20 months. The most parsimonious theoretical model was one in which habituation was mediated by temperamental difficulty in predicting mother play. Consistent with prior speculation in the literature, these data support the possibility that mothers adjust some aspects of their play behaviors to fit their children's cognitive and temperamental capabilities.
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Aguzie, Tessy Linda. "Influence of Maternal Psychosocial Health on Infant Feeding Practices." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5819.
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Choice of nutrition has a great effect on the early development of human growth. Despite increased knowledge on the benefit of breastfeeding to both mother and child, some mothers still choose to formula feed. The purpose of this study is to explain how maternal health contributes to choices. The theory of maternal role attainment and the social cognitive theory are used to evaluate these feeding choices. This study tests for the association between maternal weight status and choice of infant feeding practices, the association between postpartum depression and choice of feeding and finally, if depression mediates the relationship between maternal weight gain and infant feeding choices. This retrospective cohort study employed a quantitative approach, utilizing secondary data with a sample size of 4902, retrieved from Infant Feeding Practices Study II. The data contained information on pregnant women in their third trimester until the first year of infants' life. Logistic regression was employed to answer these research questions. The result indicated that compared to those who are obese, mothers with normal weight are 29.6% more likely to breastfeed. Depressed mothers are 45.9% less likely to breastfeed. There is no possible mediation effect identified in this study. Further studies may need to collect mother's depression status prior to conception. Based on the outcome of this study, there is a need for caregivers to identify at-risk mothers prior to delivery while offering solutions that contribute to better feeding choices. For social change, mothers who are overweight or those experiencing depression prior to conception will make better feeding choices if they receive adequate support and counseling on the implication of their health condition on their infants.
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Hamilton, Margaret S. "Maternal depressive affect: its effect on infant affective regulation." Thesis, Boston University, 1988. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/38042.
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Thesis (D.N.S.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
This study examined the effect that maternal post partum depressive affect had on an infant's affective development at three months of age. A sample of 26 mother-infant pairs, 13 with maternal depressive symptomatology and 13 with no depressive symptomatology were compared for differences in infant affective regulation and affective responses during an age appropriate stressful interaction - the still-face interaction. The implications of this data and the potential complexity of the relationship between maternal depressive affect and infant coping behavior are discussed. Recommendations for further propective research are proposed. [TRUNCATED]
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Spence, Jennifer Emily Spence. "Deciduous Tooth Emergence, Maternal and Infant Condition, and Infant Feeding Practices in the Brazilian Amazon." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu151211453566353.
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Bourdon, Brianne Juella. "Correlations between primary maternal preoccupation, maternal depression and anxiety, and infant pain behaviour self-regulation." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54252.
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Identifying mechanisms that may underlie alteration in infant pain behaviour is important for preventing the adverse impacts of routine infant pain. While it is known that prenatal maternal depression and anxiety (MDA) predicts postnatal alteration in infant pain behaviour self-regulation, the contribution of prenatal primary maternal preoccupation (PMP) on infant pain behaviour remains unknown. The twofold aims of this secondary analysis study were to compare measures of PMP between mothers with and without MDA during the second trimester of pregnancy and relationships between and amongst prenatal MDA and PMP and postnatal infant pain behaviour self-regulation in a matched sample of 21 mother-infant dyads. Analyses of MDA were based on data from the EPDS, HAM-D, and HAM-A tools that mothers completed at second trimester and the analysis of three measures of alteration in infant pain behaviour self-regulation (strained/erratic limb movement, immobility, and weak/exhausted cry) from the original study. The analysis of PMP measures were based on the sum of PMP scale scores for each of the seven PMP behaviours and a total PMP score calculated across the seven behaviours. As hypothesized, mothers with MDA had significantly higher PMP scores at second trimester and excessive PMP predicted strained/erratic limb movement and immobility in infants with prenatal MDA exposure. These findings support and extend findings of the original study. They suggest that PMP and MDA are comorbid during pregnancy and that both may contribute to infant pain behaviour dysregulation and delay in recovery from pain. More research is required to help validate the preliminary PMP study findings. Future studies should include concurrent analysis of prenatal data from mothers (MDA, PMP) and postnatal data from mothers (caregiving behaviour, salivary cortisol) and infant (changes in heart rate, salivary cortisol, facial action, behavioural self-regulation). This will further understanding of the underlying role that MDA and PMP play on infant pain response and will help inform targeted development of infant pain interventions sensitive to the needs of mothers with prenatal mental health conditions and their infants as appropriate.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Dahl, Rebecca Wade 1957. "Maternal depression and its relationship to maternal role-taking, infant-related stressors, and spousal support." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558110.
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