Sentences with phrase «infant care practices»

They conclude that risk reduction messages to prevent sudden infant deaths should be targeted more appropriately to unsafe infant care practices such as sleeping on sofas, bed - sharing after the use of alcohol or drugs, or bed - sharing by parents who smoke, and that advice on whether bed - sharing should be discouraged needs to take into account the important relationship with breastfeeding.

In the UK, «bed - sharing is acknowledged as a common infant care practice and the specific circumstances that put infants at risk are highlighted,» Blair, who wasn't involved in the new research, told Reuters Health in an email.

Ball HL, Moya E, Fairley L et al (2011) Infant care practices related to sudden infant death syndrome in South Asian and White British families in the UK.

The researchers report that South Asian infant care practices were more likely to protect infants from the most important SIDS risks such as smoking, alcohol consumption, sofa - sharing and solitary sleep.

The information provided on the Red Nose website has been developed and reviewed by content experts in the area of optimal infant care practices and strategies to reduce Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI)

In the context of infant care practices, mother - infant co-sleeping refers to any situation in which mother and baby are close enough in proximity to one another to be able to detect the sensory signals and cues of the other.

Research has shown that these higher rates are related primarily to infant care practices such as a preference for bed sharing or placing infants on their stomach to sleep.

«In the context of infant care practices, mother - infant co-sleeping refers to any situation in which mother and baby are close enough in proximity to one another to be able to detect the sensory signals and cues of the

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The jury is out as to why this is, but probable causes include insufficient (or nonexistent) maternity leave, poverty and its accompanying stress and pour nourishment, lack of education about and exposure to breastfeeding, infant care practices that keep mother and baby separate, scheduled feeding, high rates of birth interventions, the aggressive marketing of infant formula, exposure to pesticides and endocrine disruptors, and cultural beliefs that tell mothers they can't do it.