Sentences with phrase «feeding initiation»

Protocol for a feasibility trial for improving breast feeding initiation and continuation: assets - based infant feeding help before and after birth (ABA)

Factors that were significantly (P = 0 · 000) associated with both breast - feeding initiation and «any» breast - feeding at 6 weeks included mothers who were ≥ 35 years, educated to third level, reported positive postnatal encouragement to breast - feed from their partners and had a positive antenatal intention to breast - feed.

Breast - feeding initiation and exclusive duration at 6 months by social class: results from the Millennium Cohort Study

Breast - feeding initiation and prevalence rates of the Irish - national population remain low and lag considerably behind national and international targets.

Breast - feeding initiation rates are high, Brown said, but drop dramatically by six months.

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The fact that these expectations have not been fulfilled in the nearly nine years since the initiation of zero interest rates, notwithstanding the recent 25 - basis - point Fed rate hike, leads us to believe that investor credulity in central bankers may be stretched about as far as it can go.

The World Health Organization «s and UNICEF's recommendations on breastfeeding are as follows: initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after the birth; exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months; and continued breastfeeding for two years or more, together with safe, nutritionally adequate, age - appropriate, responsive complementary feeding starting around the sixth month.

The World Health Organization recommends «initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after the birth; exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months; and continued breastfeeding for two years or more, together with safe, nutritionally adequate, age appropriate, responsive complementary feeding starting in the sixth month.»

Maternal Education Is Associated with Disparities in Breastfeeding at Time of Discharge but Not at Initiation of Enteral Feeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The maternal negative perception that breast - feeding is an embarrassing way to feed an infant was demonstrated as a major barrier to initiation.

Newborns should be nursed whenever they show signs of hunger, such as increased alertness or activity, mouthing, or rooting.85 Crying is a late indicator of hunger.86 Newborns should be nursed approximately 8 to 12 times every 24 hours until satiety, usually 10 to 15 minutes on each breast.87, 88 In the early weeks after birth, nondemanding babies should be aroused to feed if 4 hours have elapsed since the last nursing.89, 90 Appropriate initiation of breastfeeding is facilitated by continuous rooming - in.91 Formal evaluation of breastfeeding performance should be undertaken by trained observers and fully documented in the record during the first 24 to 48 hours after delivery and again at the early follow - up visit, which should occur 48 to 72 hours after discharge.

The highest rates of breastfeeding are observed among higher - income, college - educated women > 30 years of age living in the Mountain and Pacific regions of the United States.60 Obstacles to the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include physician apathy and misinformation,61 - 63 insufficient prenatal breastfeeding education, 64 disruptive hospital policies, 65 inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding, 62 early hospital discharge in some populations, 66 lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits, 67 maternal employment68, 69 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding), 70 lack of broad societal support, 71 media portrayal of bottle - feeding as normative, 72 and commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and television and general magazine advertising.73, 74

Maternal employment during the early postpartum period: effects on initiation and continuation of breast - feeding.

BFHI has been shown to be very effective in increasing breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration in many countries, as well as improving mother's health care experiences and reducing rates of infant abandonment.12 Given the short and long - term benefits of breastfeeding to the infant, mother and society, implementing BFHI — alongside with the other objectives stated in the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding - continues to have an important role to play in health services worldwide.

Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants1, providing protection from morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases2 and chronic diseases later in life.3 Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended, starting within one hour of birth and for the first 6 months of life, with continued breastfeeding to 2 years of age and beyond.4 However, rates of initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration have fallen since the widespread introduction and promotion of breast - milk substitutes.5 Successful breastfeeding depends on a number of factors, including a re-normalisation of breastfeeding as the infant feeding method of choice through antenatal counselling and education and breastfeeding support to prevent and resolve breastfeeding difficulties.

To determine factors influencing feeding decisions, breastfeeding and / or bottle initiation rates, as well as breastfeeding duration.

for training, practice and reference, December 2007 IBFAN Training Courses on the Code ICAP, 2010 Improving Retention, Adherence, and Psychosocial Support within PMTCT Services: Implementation Workshop for Health Workers IYCN Project, The roles of grandmothers and men: evidence supporting a familyfocused approach to optimal infant and young child nutrition IYCN Project Mother - to - Mother Support Groups Trainer's Manual - Facilitator's Manual with Discussion Guide IYCN Project, 2010, Infant Feeding and HIV: Trainer's guide and participant's manual for training community - based workers and volunteers IYCN Project 2010, Infant Feeding and HIV: Participant's manual for community - based workers and volunteers IYCN Project, Infant and Young Child Feeding and Gender: A Training Manual for Male Group Leaders and Participant Manual for Male Group Leaders IYCN Project 2012, Helping an HIV - positive breastfeeding mother decide how to feed her child at 12 months: A checklist for health care providers IYCN Project 2012, Community interventions to promote optimal breastfeeding; evidence on early initiation, any breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding and continued breastfeeding; literature review, January 2012 UNICEF 2011, Community IYCF Counselling Package - The technical content of this package reflects the Guidelines on HIV and Infant Feeding 2010: Principles and Recommendations for Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV and a Summary of Evidence related to IYCF in the context of HIV.

This study identifies factors associated with the decision to breastfeed or bottle - feed and assesses initiation and duration of breastfeeding in patients in a family medicine center.

Differences in cultural attitudes to infant feeding and background levels of breastfeeding initiation can have a strong influence on outcomes.

assistance with initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after birth, such as helping the mother express breast milk for feeding the baby from a cup if necessary.

There is some evidence that counselling women who intend to formula feed about the benefits of expressing milk for very low birthweight babies increases the incidence of lactation initiation and breast milk feeding without increasing maternal stress and anxiety (Sisk 2006).

(a) any food or drink given before complementary feeding is nutritionally required may interfere with the initiation or maintenance of breastfeeding and therefore should neither be promoted nor encouraged for use by infants during this period;

Most recent innovations include a feeding device that allows babies to apply the same sucking behaviour as learned on the breast, as well as Initiation and 2 - Phase Expression Technologies - exclusive pumping patterns to support mothers to initiate, build and maintain their milk supply.

These organizations support an integrated approach to: maternal health, safe delivery, early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, and continued breastfeeding with complementary feeding.

Sharing this information with women who have given birth to preterm infants and who intended to formula feed increases breastfeeding initiation and does not increase maternal anxiety (19).

While some women may find that breastfeeding multiples is straightforward, mothers of multiples may have more difficulty offering early and continuous skin - to - skin contact with their infants, there may be delay in initiation of feeding at the breast, the infants may have a disorganised or immature sucking pattern as a result of prematurity and the demands of facilitating frequent feeding are more challenging (Bennington 2011; Cinar 2013).

Distribution of formula marketing packs reduces breastfeeding initiation and duration (16) and implies that formula is a recommended feeding method.

Let's start with our baby's very first feeding, research from as far back as the 1970's has shown that the timing of the initiation of breastfeeding is important possibly in the first hour.

Initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after the birth; exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months; and continued breastfeeding for two years or more, together with safe, nutritionally adequate, age appropriate, responsive complementary feeding starting in the sixth month.

Similarly, Asians have high rates of breastfeeding initiation, but unfortunately have the highest rates of formula supplementation of breast - fed infants at 6 and 12 mo (2).

Following birth and the initiation of feeding, the human gastrointestinal tract is colonized by a large diversity of bacterial life.

Obstacles to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include insufficient prenatal education about breastfeeding132, 133; disruptive hospital policies and practices134; inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding135; early hospital discharge in some populations136; lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits137; maternal employment138, 139 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding) 140; lack of family and broad societal support141; media portrayal of bottle feeding as normative142; commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and some television and general magazine advertising143, 144; misinformation; and lack of guidance and encouragement from health care professionals.135, 145,146

«First Feedings: The Influences of Birth Practices on Breastfeeding Initiation» and «Sleeping Through: New Research on Infant Sleep Patterns and the Risk of SIDS.»

Six full - day seminars: First Feedings: the Influence of Birth Practices on Breastfeeding Initiation; It's All About Money: Political Influences on Infant Feeding; Milk Supply Made Easy: Current Research in Milk Synthesis and Infant Suck; Leave»Em Wanting More: Strategies for Persuasive Breastfeeding Classes; The Pain Issue: Prevention and Management of Breast and Nipple Problems; and Sleeping Through: New Research on Infant Sleep Patterns and Risk of SIDS.

«The report shows that the initiation of breast - feeding is at an all - time high,» said Karen Hunter of the CDC.

Most professionals suggest avoidance of initiation of bottle to a breastfed baby until the babyturns to one month and the breast feeding is established well enough.

The initiative was introduced to the United Kingdom in 1993, but, although improvements have been reported, 3 rates of breast feeding in the UK are still among the lowest in the world.4 5 Recent reports from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) urge NHS units to become baby friendly to improve rates of breast feeding and save money.4 6 Data from the millennium cohort study, however, show that though participating maternity units in the UK increased rates of initiation of breastfeeding, duration did not increase.5 Other strategies are therefore required to support mothers in the UK to breast feed for the recommended time.

Various forms of education on breast feeding are effective but only by increasing rates of initiation of breast feeding

Observational data suggest that fathers are important in the maternal decision on how to feed the infant and that mothers choose to bottle feed or breastfeed for a shorter time when the father is not supporting breastfeeding.16 — 19 Moreover, supporting the father during breastfeeding may help to improve the mother's satisfaction with breastfeeding, duration of breastfeeding, and adaptation of both parents to parenting.10, 20 — 23 Despite these data, the fathers are poorly informed about the advantages of breastfeeding24, 25 and may have many concerns that are poorly addressed and that can negatively influence initiation and duration rates of breastfeeding.

The recent NICE evidence into practice briefing on promotion of initiation and duration of breast feeding, 4 however, recommended that education and support should be targeted at women with low incomes to increase rates of exclusive breast feeding.

While there is evidence for the effectiveness of professional support in prolonging duration of breast feeding and increasing rates of initiation of breast feeding, the strength of its effect on the rate of exclusive breastfeeding is unclear.11 12

Initiation of breastfeeding by the Breast Crawl is a critical component of the IYCF (Infant and Young Child Feeding) initiative for the state of Maharashtra, India.

For six of these steps, substantial improvement in reported hospital implementation occurred from 2007 to 2013, including having a model breastfeeding policy (11.7 % to 26.3 %), assessment of staff competency (44.6 % to 60.2 %), early initiation of breastfeeding (43.5 % to 64.8 %), rooming - in (30.8 % to 44.8 %), teaching feeding cues (77.0 % to 87.3 %), and limiting use of pacifiers (25.3 % to 45.0 %).

Facts for Feeding • Birth, Initiation of Breastfeeding, and the First Seven Days after Birth • Recommended Practices to Improve Infant Nutrition during the First Six Months • Guidelines for Appropriate Complementary Feeding of Breastfed Children 6 - 24 Months of Age • Breastmilk: A Critical Source of Vitamin A for Infants and Young Children

Antenatal peer support workers and initiation of breast feeding: cluster randomised controlled trial

Background rates of breastfeeding initiation for Canada: intermediate, however, baseline prevalence of «ever breastfed» in Ontario 90.6 % (WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding accessed 12 Oct 2011)

Facts for Feeding > Recommended Practices to Improve Infant Nutrition during the First Six Months • Birth, Initiation of Breastfeeding, and the First Seven Days after Birth • Guidelines for Appropriate Complementary Feeding of Breastfed Children 6 - 24 Months of Age • Breastmilk: A Critical Source of Vitamin A for Infants and Young Children

Beyond these matters, however, we are primarily contacting you because the abstract failed to list the important outcomes which do not differ with provider: perineal trauma, induction of labour, oxytocin augmentation of labour, caesarean section, antenatal hospitalization, post-partum hemorrhage, length of hospital stay, initiation of breast feeding, neonatal Apgar score, admission to neonatal nursery, fetal loss or death > 24 weeks.

Rats (150 - 160 g at initiation of feeding protocol) are allowed ad libitum access to the Lieber - DeCarli ethanol diet or pair - fed a control diet, as previously described (1,3).

Although this was our previous explanation for the differences between AFB1 - induced toxic and carcinogenic responses to protein intake, it would not appear to account for the greater toxic effects observed in the animals fed 20 % casein during initiation (when AFB1 metabolism occurs) but 5 % casein after initiation.