Three predictions arising from the proposal that infant-carrying serves as a form of courtship in callitrichid primates were tested, using data from captive common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus and cotton-top tamarins, Saguinus oedipus. The first prediction, that males would be more likely to successfully copulate while carrying infants than while not carrying infants, was not supported in eith...

Introduction: Prematurely born infants often have developmental delays in multiple areas when compared to at term.  Neurodevelopmental supportive care techniques such as Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) or infant massage the potential affect infant’s outcome.  Evidence supports benefits of parent-administered terms premature infants’ growth, weight gain and length hospitalisation; however, effect on ...

Mothers, newborns, and children are inseparably linked in life and in health care needs. In the past, maternal and child health policy and programmes tended to address the mother and child separately, resulting in gaps in care which especially affect newborn babies. How can these gaps be addressed, especially during birth and the first days of life, when most mothers and newborns die, and at ho...

Title of Dissertation: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPOSURE, MATERNAL EDUCATION, AND MATERNAL AUTONOMY AS PREDICTORS OF INDIAN WOMEN’S USE OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES AND INFANT LOW BIRTH WEIGHT Mili Duggal, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Dissertation directed by: Professor Sally A. Koblinsky Department of Family Science India contributes disproportionately to the world’s maternal mortality ratio and rate of...

This review study aimed to verify how studies conducted in Brazil have related infant mortality to prenatal care and to present contributions of the clinic in the light of Canguilhem and Foucault for qualification of the care. An integrative literature review was conducted from searches in the databases SciELO, LILACS, MEDLINE and BDENF for the period 2000 to 2009. The relationship between infa...