Sentences with phrase «more vulnerable infants»

Limited evidence was found for the effect on more vulnerable infants.

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At a time when a sharp focus is on infant and maternal mortality, making it more difficult for vulnerable families to maintain a breastfeeding relationship will hurt mothers and their babies.

Recent research suggests that inadequate levels of the brain chemical serotonin can make an infant more vulnerable to SIDS.

«The reason formula is made up at a higher temperature and the boiling water is formula in itself is not sterile so there's a real worry that if you're producing it at a lower temperature it doesn't kill any bugs that might be hanging around, established in the formula over the production process — and you're giving that to very young infants who will then be more vulnerable for sickness and other things.

In contrast the mammals pictured all gestate to a point where their offspring are far less vulnerable and far more capable of survival... roughly akin to circa 9 - 18 mths of human infant development (which, even then, is a wide range itself).

We simply need more milk to be able to meet the needs of these vulnerable infants.

The decision to formula - feed an infant below 6 months old will take its toll on the child as he grows older and becomes more vulnerable to diseases.

With all the concerns of plastics and infants being the most vulnerable, I felt there was a need for more options for parents who wanted to use glass.

LCGB in collaboration with Safely Fed Canada, are pleased to announce a training day on 4th December in Islington, North London, for commissioners and frontline workers from Public Health, Local Resilience Forums, emergency planners, infant feeding leads, health visitors and midwives working with vulnerable populations and refugees, and all other interested parties including peer supporters, on Protecting Infants in Emergencies in the... Read More

LCGB in collaboration with Safely Fed Canada, are pleased to announce a training day on 4th December in Islington, North London, for commissioners and frontline workers from Public Health, Local Resilience Forums, emergency planners, infant feeding leads, specialist health visitors and midwives working with vulnerable populations and refugees, and all other interested parties including peer supporters, on Infant and Young... Reainfant feeding leads, specialist health visitors and midwives working with vulnerable populations and refugees, and all other interested parties including peer supporters, on Infant and Young... ReaInfant and Young... Read More

We know improper feeding can make infants substantially more vulnerable to infectious diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia, the leading causes of infant death worldwide.

Preterm and low - birth - weight (LBW) infants are especially vulnerable and more likely to experience some of these problems:

Senior researcher Professor Neena Modi from the Department of Medicine, Imperial College London says: «Our research shows that neonatal units that are larger and busier in terms of the amount of care they provide to preterm babies are more likely to show better clinical outcomes for these vulnerable infants.

That said, developing fetuses, infants and children are more vulnerable to chemicals» effects.

While climate change threatens the health of every American, some people are more vulnerable and are most likely to be harmed, including: infants and children; pregnant women; older adults; people with disabilities; people with pre-existing or chronic medical conditions, including mental illnesses; people with low - income; and indigenous peoples, some other communities of color, and immigrants with limited English proficiency.

Mothers most vulnerable to these risk factors are able to learn valuable coping and response skills via participation in early intervention programs, and are subsequently more likely to foster and manage secure attachments to their infants, particularly if program enrollment occurs during pregnancy (Rubin et al., 2001).

It is important to know whether infants and toddlers with behavioral regulation problems wind up watching more media, as this is a vulnerable population that is already at risk for adverse developmental outcomes.20 Perhaps more importantly, child behavior could be an important residual confounder in the relationship between media and child development documented in the literature to date.

The major results indicated that children who had been classified as high reactive infants at 4 months of age, compared with infants classified as low reactive, (a) were more vulnerable to the development of anxious symptoms at age 7 years, (b) were more subdued in their interactions with a female examiner, (c) made fewer errors on a task requiring inhibition of a reflex, and (d) were more reflective.

Unless child care quality is very poor, or the mother is insensitive to a child's needs, non-parental child care does not appear to undermine the security of the infant — mother attachment per se, but there are indications that this relationship may be more vulnerable when the mother herself provides less sensitive care and her child experiences poorer quality care, more changes in arrangements or many hours of care.

In addition, some infants and toddlers may be more vulnerable than others to the effects of maternal depression, depending upon their temperamental characteristics, health status and the availability of alternative caregivers.4, 5

Because a growing number of infants survive their neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stays (Matthews & MacDorman, 2012), more families must interact with medically vulnerable infants in the NICU setting.

Infants are at the greatest risk for child maltreatment because they are completely dependent on their caregivers and more physically vulnerable.