Sentences with phrase «supporting vulnerable mothers»

We also offer prenatal programs, supporting vulnerable mothers in their communities.

I have voluntary projects in a number of different settings around the world to help provide education around nurturing touch and early childhood development and to empower and support vulnerable mothers.

Not exact matches

The move to repeal Hyde «means the party that is supposedly on the side of justice for the vulnerable no longer welcomes those of us who #ChooseBoth; that is, those of us who want the government to protect and support prenatal children and their mothers,» they said.

When mothers are especially vulnerable, it would seem wise for child and family professionals to pay particular attention to supporting positive and substantial father - child interaction.

Fatherhood Institute chief executive Rob Williams stressed the importance of investing at families at a time when many mothers and fathers face economic hardship: «If we are to become the most family friendly country in Europe as the Coalition wishes, we must support families — especially the most vulnerable ones — through these tough economic times.

Hands - on exploratory «field trips» including labyrinth visit, horse grooming and riding, low and high ropes course, Ashtanga yoga and a Doula Blessing (similar to a Mother Blessing), ALL designed with the purpose of teaching you the vital and mysterious skills doulas need to support families in intimate and vulnerable settings, as well as stretch you in your own personal growth, which is hands - down the most important tool in a doulas tool bag

As a mother can feel vulnerable during birthing, research has shown that birth support from a known practitioner can reduce the need for medical intervention.

Whether she is a first time mother or has given birth several times before, a mother can feel vulnerable during pregnancy and birth and we offer sensitive support during pregnancy and the birth process.

Andaluz is proud to support and be a Sister Birth Center to MamaBaby Haiti; a birth center offering free prenatal, birth, and postpartum care to the most vulnerable mothers and babies in the western hemisphere.

In our attempt to educate, promote optimal health and support the breastfeeding mother, we have let a vulnerable group of women fall through the cracks.

«At this vulnerable time, to think of criminalising a new mother who, for whatever reason, is struggling with breastfeeding is not helpful... She needs informed support, not threats,» she told the National.

We should strengthen policies to support vulnerable, low income mothers, recognise the social contribution made by stay at home mothers, and protect the rights of breastfeeding mothers in the work place, better enabling all babies to be breastfed.

The IBCLCs I've interacted with understand the vulnerable nature of that time in a mother's life and the importance of providing the right kind of support.

The Dubai - based group Out of the Blues, which supports mothers with postnatal illness, warned that the law could criminalise women when they are at their most vulnerable.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

My colleagues and I have focused our research program on parent support of vulnerable groups and have found, through the use of randomized control trials, that systematic interventions directed at parenting behaviours improve parental contingency in low - income parents and in adolescent mothers.12, 13 Similarly, we have found that systematic intervention on family problem - solving behaviour, what Trivette and Dunst call participatory help - giving practice, also improves contingency of parent - child interactions.14

Cradle to Kinder is an intensive ante - and post-natal support service which provides long - term intensive family and early parenting support for vulnerable young mothers and their children.

Having a baby is a vulnerable time and support and praise really helps parents eg «You're such a lovely mother», «How lucky he is to have you as his dad».

It remains possible, however, that other pressures on solo mothers, such as social stigma and lack of social support, may interfere with their parenting role, leaving their children vulnerable to emotional and behavioural problems.