Sentences with phrase «term health of both mother»

A new report from Childbirth Connections goes in depth to identify the hormonal processes that are critical not only to reproductive success but to long - term health of mother and baby.

Not exact matches

There are a host of short and long - term health benefits to breastfeeding, for both mother and baby, but they don't diminish the validity of formula.

While there were then, and are now, lots of very protective parents, at the other end of the spectrum, there are still some parents who are, sad to say, willing to sacrifice their child's safety and — in the case of concussions, their long term health — at the altar of a winning performance, a touchdown scored, a scholarship won, a pro contract inked, not just fathers, but mothers, too (for proof, one only has to watch the recent reality television show, «Friday Night Tykes.»).

With the amount of influence health visitors have over sustaining breastfeeding beyond the first few weeks, it is easy to see how IBCLCs, with their ability and expertise to help mothers overcome longer - term breastfeeding challenges, or to simply unpick normal infant development would be invaluable.

The implication is, if you can't have the self control to eat well, buy the formula advertised on the same page as this add (and put money in the pockets of the people who indirectly supported the add), because otherwise you're just feeding your baby hamburgers and donuts, and that is simply NOT true and hurtfully misleading and potentially damaging to mothers (emotionally and in lost long term positive health benefits to breastfeeding moms) and the short and long term health of their children.

Much of this research does show that breastfeeding exclusively for at least 6 months is associated with a variety of health benefits for both the baby in terms of fighting off illness, and for mothers in terms of a faster recovery time and for reducing the risk of various types of cancers.

WHO and all leading health authorities have admitted that breastfeeding is most important for short - term and long - term wellness of both mother and baby.

(1) Many women have heard of the benefits of breastfeeding to their infant, but aren't aware there are long - term health benefits to the breastfeeding mother as well!

Despite this, many believe the long - term benefits of the use of eSET to achieve a singleton pregnancy are much better for the health of both the mother and baby.

However, the costs of breastfeeding are mostly borne by the mothers and those for breastfeeding training mostly by the individual health care workers or hospital, while the health insurance companies and society - at - large are profiting from the financial savings from exclusive and long - term breastfeeding.

In our experience at ARUGAAN — an NGO which protects, promotes and supports breastfeeding — children breastfed by biological or surrogate mothers visibly benefit in terms of health and well - being, both in the short - and long - term.

Perinatal events can result in associated longer term health and broader societal costs, as shown by the size of damages paid in obstetric litigation cases, which represent a substantial cost to the NHS.27 Follow - up over weeks or longer to monitor recovery, or a future assessment of the outcomes for mothers and babies at a later date, would act as a vehicle for estimating costs and consequences beyond the perinatal period and shed more light on long term cost effectiveness.

The paucity of evidence for the longer term consequences of adverse events and other health outcomes after birth for both mother and baby remains and further research to generate combined QALY estimates for the linked mother - baby dyad should be a priority for research in this specialty.

Long - term mother and child mental health effects of a population - based infant sleep intervention: Cluster - randomized, controlled trial.

We know that breastfeeding is good for the short - term and long - term health of both infants and their mothers.

Interventions to improve breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity and duration are based on extensive evidence from both observational and intervention studies of short - and long - term health benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants.13 — 15 Nevertheless, to our knowledge none of previous studies has systematically examined whether the increases in breastfeeding resulting from such interventions have equally benefited all socioeconomic groups.

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.

HIV Medicine DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00918.x IBFAN - Asia Position Statement on HIV and Infant Feeding, 13 October 2008 South African Tshwane Declaration on breastfeeding, S Afr J Clin Nutr 2011; 24 (4) UNAIDS 2010, Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding.

It included practically every mother in the U.S. who made it to full - term and got herself to a hospital, regardless of health, socioeconomic status, or pregnancy complications.

C - sections not only increase the mother's risk of death, they also have long term health implications for the child.

Nevertheless, failure to contradict the common belief that breastfeeding may not be possible for all women and that for mothers who are unable to breastfeed or who decide not to, infant formula is a healthy alternative trivializes the importance of breastfeeding to maximize short and long - term health outcomes, blurs the distinction between maternal choice and capacity, and leads to an astonishingly high level of misplaced complacency about poor quality assistance offered by health authorities to enable mothers to breastfeed successfully.

Breastfeeding has many benefits that include protecting the baby against inflammatory diseases of the gut, lungs or ears, and longer term health problems such as diabetes and obesity, improved cognitive outcomes, and protecting the mother against breast cancer.

Gender factors affect maternal and child health in many ways and often manifest in terms of gender inequality through control of resources, decision - making, and access to health information, which can affect behaviors that in turn affect the mother's and her child's health [1].

Review objective: to assess the safety, impact and effectiveness of a policy of early discharge for healthy mothers and term infants, with respect to the health and well - being of mothers and babies

Following the lead of World Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services now endorses exclusive breastfeeding for six months, a time period widely recognized as necessary for long - term disease resistance for both mothers and babies.

The rights of mothers and babies are being denied and women feel forced into making choices that increase risk of postnatal depression and both short and long term health problems.»

Long - term mother and child mental health effects of a population - based infant sleep intervention: cluster - randomized, controlled trial.

long - term breastfeeding has not had such an avid place in the scientific world for research (which is a potential indicator of why there is stigma from health care professionals displayed to mothers who choose to participate in extended breastfeeding).

Lack of breast feeding is significantly associated with higher use and cost of health care.28 Improved short and long term health of breastfed children, improved wellbeing of mothers who have breast fed, and the cost of goods consumed are major factors leading to economic benefits from the promotion of breast feeding.6 29 30 31 Future research should compare the specific cost effectiveness of such strategies for improvement of breastfeeding practice.

This is consistent with other studies demonstrating a link between breastfeeding and maternal sensitivity.25, 26,27 For example, in a longitudinal study of more than 1300 families in the USA, mothers who breast fed were observed to be more sensitive to their babies at 6, 15, 24 and 36 months.27 Importantly, this difference persisted after statistical control for the effects of maternal mental health, the quality of the home environment in terms of infant health and stimulation and socioeconomic status.

The two papers in this Series will describe past and current global trends of breastfeeding, its short and long - term health consequences for the mother and child, the impact of investment in breastfeeding, and the determinants of breastfeeding and the effectiveness of promotion interventions.

HETV works within the existing health framework of developing countries to establish and promote health educational programs that will provide rapid and long - term capacity - building to improve health and quality of life, and will give mothers and communities more control over their health status.

Long - term Mother and Child Mental Health Effects of a Population - Based Infant Sleep Intervention: Cluster - Randomized, Controlled Trial

The list of acceptable medical reasons for temporary or long - term use of breast - milk substitutes is made available both as an independent tool for health professionals working with mothers and newborn infants, and as part of the BFHI package.

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.

Spotlight: PMTCT: Reducing Mother - to - Child Transmission of HIV among Women who Breastfeed is a publication by LINKAGES: Breastfeeding, LAM, Related Complementary Feeding, and Maternal Nutrition Program, and was made possible through support provided to the Academy for Educational Development (AED) by the Bureau for Global Health of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the terms of Cooperative Agreement No.

Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer said the GOP bill also provides no exception for cases in which the health of a mother would be endangered by carrying a pregnancy to full term.

The reproductive health act, first introduced by former Governor Eliot Spitzer, would set in state law the right to accept or refuse contraception and the right to have a late term abortion, if a doctor determines that the health of the mother is at risk.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman took a large step toward making New York one of several states to allow late - term abortions in cases where the mother's health is in jeopardy or the fetus suffers a fatal complication, relying on Supreme Court rulings he said overrode existing law.

«It is too early to make specific recommendations to clinicians in terms of care for pregnant women with PCOS, though increased awareness of this relationship might facilitate earlier detection of ASD in children whose mothers have been diagnosed with PCOS,» says Renee Gardner, senior investigator on the study, also at the Department of Public Health Sciences.

It would be relatively cheap to implement, could help mothers and their children be healthier, as well as reducing the costs of longer term health care.»

«These medicines have been very effective at reducing the rate of transmission of HIV from mother to child,» added Dr. Lipshultz, the lead author of the study, «but the findings we've just published show clearly that further investigation of their long - term impact on the heart health of the children involved is needed.

Although the researchers controlled for demographic factors such as poverty, education level, and age of childbirth, it's possible that single mothers are more likely than married moms to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking and excessive drinking that could lead to poorer long - term health, Strobino says.

«Even a simple assessment of the quality of the mother - infant interaction at such an early age captures something very important in terms of the future psychological health of that infant,» says Joanna Maselko, PhD, the lead author of the study and an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical School, in Durham, N.C.

In my journey as an entrepreneur, a mother, and a woman, I've learned that the most essential foundation of mental health is self - care, a term that is definitely having a moment in the zeitgeist.

As Jamie comes to terms with the loss of his dad, and the degeneration of his mother's mental and physical health, he also must understand his own sexual confusion, contend with challenges at his often brutal workplace on the northern oil fields, and not lose himself along the way while he's at it.

Because there are so many causes of canine miscarriage, the treatment will vary and, depending on the cause, there may also be permanent long - term health consequences for the mother.

The government has a legitimate interest in protecting both the unborn child and the health of the mother, Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. at 324 - 325; Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 162, 164 - 165 (1973); the parents of a pregnant minor have a valid interest in participating in their daughter's decision whether to carry her pregnancy to term, Hodgson v. Minnesota, 110 S. Ct. 2926 (1990); and the father of the child has a personal interest in the pregnant woman's decision.

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.

Objective To investigate the impact of a long - term nurse home visiting programme, embedded within a universal child health system, on the health, development and well - being of the child, mother and family.