Sentences with phrase «increase early initiation»

The initiative aims to increase early initiation, exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for up to two years or beyond, together with appropriate, adequate and safe complementary foods.

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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.

An increase in milk supply can be achieved by early initiation of pumping, increased frequency of pumping, warming of breast, massage of breast, and relaxation and therapeutic touch (Becker 2015).

As a consequence of this research the past two decades (1989 - 2009) have witnessed a) a renewed recognition of the importance of contact and touch for babies in the context of improving breastfeeding initiation and duration [17]; b) an increased awareness of the role that close parental proximity and monitoring of babies plays in reducing SIDS and neglect [18][19]; and c) the impact of early mother - infant separation on long - term mental health [20]-- all leading to a resurgence of interest in parent - infant contact, particularly sleep contact.

The continued fall in transmission rates is thought to be due to a combination of factors including earlier initiation of antenatal combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) and an increase in the number of women already on cART when they conceive.

One thing is certain: low - protein diets depressed normal growth, increased the suceptibility to many toxins, killed toxin - exposed animals earlier, induced fatty liver, and increased the development of pre-cancerous lesions when fed during the initiation period of chemical carcinogenesis.

These results suggest that for every increase in the number of ACEs, the likelihood of initiation of illicit drug during early adolescence, mid-adolescence, adulthood, or at any age (lifetime) increases by 40 %, 10 %, 10 %, and 30 %, respectively.

The ACE score increased the risk of initiating illicit drugs during early adolescence, mid-adolescence, and adulthood and for lifetime use in a strong graded manner (P <.05; Table 4), with initiation during early adolescence having the strongest graded relationship with the ACE score, with exception of experiencing 1 ACE, which was not statistically significant.

These findings suggest that increased parental monitoring may be a much less effective strategy in settings where early sexual initiation is common.

African American adolescents living in high - poverty urban settings are at increased risk for early sexual initiation and sexually transmitted diseases.

For example, interventions that have successfully increased condom use in adolescents8, 9 or reduced early initiation of sex36 have been found to lose their effect within 1 year.