Lastly, the review calls attention to the lack of mother -
baby joint care offered at psychiatric hospitals in the United States.
Not exact matches
Dr.Amini modifies her chiropractic techniques for expectant mothers and
babies including gentle spinal adjustments (no cracking or twisting of the spine),
joint mobilization, soft - tissue work, stretching and home
care.
WHO / UNICEF
Joint Statement on home - based
care of newborns Authors: WHO / UNICEF Number of pages: 8 Publication date: 2009 Languages: English [pdf 259kb] • French [pdf 269kb] • Spanish [pdf 292kb] WHO reference number: WHO / FCH / CAH / 09.02 Every year, about 3.7 million
babies die in the first four weeks of life (2004 estimates).
The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, a summary of the guidelines for maternity
care facilities presented in the
Joint WHO / UNICEF Statement Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: The Special Role of Maternity Services, (2) have been accepted as the minimum global criteria for attaining the status of a
Baby - friendly Hospital.
Miriam Stoppard's 1984 book «The
Baby Care Book» referred extensively to the
joint responsibility of parenthood.
With the
joint family system disappearing over the horizon and nuclear families jumping into the fray, young parents get limited help these days in
caring for their
babies.
Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health
care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the
joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF]
Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.