Sentences with phrase «term infant outcomes»

Cesarean versus Vaginal Delivery: Long - term infant outcomes and the Hygiene Hypothesis.

Not exact matches

The Global Strategy has not yet been fully implemented in the countries of the UK and the APPG will continue to explore the policy options, while hearing from experts on how these will contribute to improving infant and young child feeding practices, improving short and long - term health outcomes and reducing health inequalities.

A lot of this pressure to provide breast milk comes from the over-exaggeration or misinterpretation of the benefits of breast milk on long term health outcomes, or from unfounded fears about infant formula.

Endorsement recognizes professionals, and the organizations they work for, as having taken additional steps to increase their understanding of infant / toddler development, healthy social - emotional development, and the importance of relationships in the long - term outcomes of infants and toddlers.

«Long - term Outcomes of Infants and Children Undergoing Percutaneous Endoscopy Gastrostomy Tube Placement.»

It may also help explain why the US does comparatively well for perinatal outcomes but very badly in terms of infant mortality, if massive, high tech, emergency, intervention, which is readily available, has kicked the can down the road, past the neonatal period, but the baby dies at some later date (and it will be higher risk for the rest of infancy, at least, due to prematurity).

The long - term goal of Dr. Aleeca Bell's research program is to promote optimal birth & exemplary birth care by understanding the biological underpinnings linking the birth experience with maternal - child outcomes, such as postpartum mood and mother - infant interaction.

Links Breastfeeding and maternal and infant health outcomes in developed countries.Ip S, Chung M, Raman G, Chew P, Magula N, DeVine D, Trikalinos T, Lau J. OBJECTIVES: We reviewed the evidence on the effects of breastfeeding on short - and long - term infant and maternal health outcomes in developed countries.

The breastfed infant is the reference or normative model against which all alternative feeding methods must be measured with regard to growth, health, development, and all other short - and long - term outcomes.

In evaluating the nutrient adequacy of exclusive breastfeeding, infant nutrient requirements are assessed in terms of relevant functional outcomes.

«We found small but meaningful differences in developmental outcomes between late preterm infants and full term groups, which if applied to larger populations, may have potentially significant long term public health implications,» says lead author Prachi Shah, M.D., a developmental and behavioral pediatrician at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

Researchers from C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan tracked children from infancy through kindergarten and compared developmental outcomes between late preterm infants (born between 34 and 36 weeks); those born early term (37 to 38 weeks) and term (39 to 41 weeks).

The author examined the safety of CNM attended home deliveries compared with certified nurse midwife in - hospital deliveries in the United States as measured by the risk of adverse infant outcomes among women with term, singleton, vaginal deliveries.

Mothers reported more symptoms of psychological distress24, 25 and low self - efficacy.26, 27 And, although mothers report more depressive symptoms at the time their infants are experiencing colic, 28,29 research on maternal depression 3 months after the remittance of infant colic is mixed.30, 31 The distress mothers of colic infants report may arise out of their difficulties in soothing their infants as well as within their everyday dyadic interactions.32 The few studies to date that have examined the long - term consequences of having a colicky child, however, indicate that there are no negative outcomes for parent behaviour and, importantly, for the parent - child relationship.

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.

These societies, as I have focused on here on EP, shared many premises with what Dr. Sears termed Attachment Parenting and what Darcia Narvaez has studied with respect to moral development and infant outcomes [6].

The intervention may benefit breastfeeding outcomes, early mother - infant attachment, infant crying and cardio - respiratory stability, and has no apparent short or long - term negative effects.

In addition, human milk - fed premature infants receive significant benefits with respect to host protection and improved developmental outcomes compared with formula - fed premature infants.13 — 22 From studies in preterm and term infants, the following outcomes have been documented.

Presented The Co-Sleeping Controversy, Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding: Long - Term Outcomes; Impact on the Infant; and Impact on the Mother.

Third, maternal sensitivity and a closer early mother - infant bond as a consequence of increased mother infant contact associated with breastfeeding may also in part explain infant neurobehavioural outcomes in the short, and possibly longer term.

«Research evaluates 18 - month neurobehavioral outcomes in single - family room NICU: Environment of care contributes to both short - and long - term development of preterm infants.»

Other evidence supports the fact that LBW infants who are fed their mother's milk, compared to those fed bovine - based formula, have better short - term visual and developmental outcomes, although variables such as daily intake and duration of breastfeeding should also be considered.

Findings from short - term outcome studies suggest that breastfeeding may have some psychosocial benefits for both mother and infant, as well as for their developing relationship.

The authors reported that researchers and quality improvement executives tracking outcomes for very low birthweight infants (those born weighing less than 1,500 grams) have increasingly used the general term «human milk feeding» to refer to both MOM and DHM, seemingly ignoring the fundamental, scientific differences between the two.

Evidence supports a link between breastfeeding and positive mother - infant and neurobehavioural outcomes in the short term.

Inasmuch as we could not with certainty distinguish «exclusive» breastfeeding (no other liquids and no solid foods given to the infant) from «almost exclusive» breastfeeding (vitamins, minerals, or water given infrequently), we have used the term «full breastfeeding,» which includes both of these practices, for our outcome (34).

Although this study was not powered to assess the impact of mother — infant sleep proximity on long - term breastfeeding outcomes, these indicative data suggested that such a trial was warranted; this trial is now underway and due to report in 2010.

As this may be a consequence of infrequent feeding bouts, particularly at night, we hypothesised that those infants sleeping in close proximity to their mothers on the postnatal ward in the trial described above (bed or crib) would have better long - term breastfeeding outcomes than infants randomly allocated to the stand - alone cot.

Late - term infants outperformed full - term infants in all three cognitive dimensions (higher average test scores in elementary and middle school, a 2.8 percent higher probability of being gifted, and a 3.1 percent reduced probability of poor cognitive outcomes) compared to full - term infants.

The impact of congenital Zika syndrome on families will be substantial and will last a lifetime, given its severity and uncertainty about long - term outcomes for infants.

«More studies that explore both the short - and long - term infant and maternal outcomes of these findings are needed, in nationally representative samples, to optimize clinical care.»

The authors reported that researchers and quality improvement executives tracking outcomes for very low birthweight infants (those born weighing less than 1,500 grams) have increasingly used the general term «human milk feeding» to refer to both MOM and DHM, seemingly ignoring the fundamental, scientific differences between the two.

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.

For premature infants, adequate growth while in the neonatal intensive care unit is an indicator of better long - term health and developmental outcomes.

More than 3000 hours of audio recording from 81 infants were collected between February 2010 and May 2012 as part of a language study designed to compare differences in language outcomes between late preterm and term infants.

Regional Brain Volume Abnormalities are Associated with Long - Term Cognitive Outcome in Preterm Infants.

Continued intractable seizure activity in an infant will impact on long - term cognitive and behavioural outcomes, with considerable cost implications for health services due to need for regular clinical review, hospital treatment, medications and support of other therapies.

As the RAND study of charter schools and vouchers, Rhetoric Versus Reality, argued, «Judging the long - term effectiveness of the charter school movement based on outcomes of infant schools in their first two years of operation may be unfair, or at least premature.»

A long - term follow - up of a randomized controlled trial of mother - infant psychoanalytic treatment: outcomes on the children

The positive long - term developmental outcome associated with a secure parent - infant attachment relationship provides an excellent rationale for implementing attachment - based prevention programs early in life.

Few studies have specifically addressed this issue.14, 15 A large scale randomized control trial (RCT) comparing CBT, counselling and psychoanalytic therapy with routine care found that, while all active treatments were moderately effective in treating depression and brought about short term benefits in the quality of the mother - infant relationship, there was limited evidence of benefit to infant outcome; and effects (including those on maternal mood) were not apparent at follow - up.16, 17 Similarly, a recent RCT found that, although interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in treating maternal depression, there was no benefit in terms of observed mother - infant interactions, infant negative emotionality, and infant attachment security.18

Within each «domain», each dimension of parenting was associated with several health / health behaviour outcomes (the one exception being mother - infant attachment, which was only associated with limiting long - term illness).

The first year of life is a period of rapid development critical to infants» health, emotional well - being and developmental trajectories.1, 2 The first signs of mental health problems are often exhibited during infancy; however, the symptoms may be overlooked by parents and healthcare providers because they can be less intrusive when a child is young.3 — 8 Early onset of emotional or behavioural problems increases the risk of numerous adverse outcomes that persist into adolescence and adulthood, such as delinquency, violence, substance abuse, mental health problems, teen pregnancies, school dropout and long - term unemployment.1, 2, 4, 9 — 14

Some impacts on health outcomes may be expected in the medium term, such as changes to the health care provided to infants and young children and reductions in communicable diseases as a result of improved health information and immunisation programs.

There is some evidence that as well as improving outcomes for young children, behaviorally based parenting programs can have positive effects on the psychosocial health of mothers in the short - term (Barlow, Coren, & Stewart - Brown, 2003; Barlow & Parsons, 2003; Sanders, 1999) and the evidence of the enduring benefits to mothers and infants has also been demonstrated in long - term studies (Kitzman et al., 2000; Olds et al., 1998).

Perhaps most importantly, our work demonstrates that infants» negative affect and parent anxiety symptoms may jointly contribute to long - term outcomes in both parents and children.

It is certainly the case that, in the study of Lyons - Ruth and colleagues, infant outcome in terms of both cognitive development and attachment security was more compromised in the context of severe, rather than mild, maternal depression.3 In addition, Campbell et al found poor infant behaviour to occur in the context of interactions with the mother where the mother was chronically, but not more briefly, depressed.12 In contrast, other studies have found adverse infant outcome to obtain in spite of maternal remission from depression some months before the infant assessment.

The present study specifically aimed to extend these results by testing a mediation model according to which maternal and paternal depressive symptoms would lead to higher coparenting conflict and lower support, which would in turn lead to more negative outcomes in infants, measured in terms of difficult behaviors, and psychofunctional symptoms.

This is the first study to examine the long - term outcomes of sleep problems in a community sample of infants, together with the long - term impact of a behavioral sleep intervention on infant sleep problems.

One review (Moore et al., 2007) investigated skin - to - skin contact between mother and infant immediately post-partum and found it to be associated with a range of improved outcomes, including mother — infant interaction, attachment behaviours, infant behaviour and infant physical symptomatology in full - term and pre-term infants.