AIM Japan has low rates of cervical cancer screening and Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination. This research examines the effectiveness of a family medicine resident-led, intervention in increasing knowledge about HPV and cervical cancer in middle school-girls and increasing knowledge and intention to have cervical cancer screening in their mothers. METHODS We utilized a pre-test/post-test...

PURPOSE We use data from a longitudinal, within-family study to identify factors that predict which adult siblings assumed caregiving responsibilities to older mothers over a 7-year period. DESIGN AND METHODS Data for the study were collected from 139 older mothers at 2 points 7 years apart regarding their expectations and experiences of care from 537 adult children. RESULTS Children whom m...

Setting: Eight village development committees of Mugu District, a remote mountainous district of Nepal that has poor maternal health indicators. Objectives: 1) To assess the proportion of mothers who delivered in health facilities (institutional delivery); 2) among mothers who delivered at home, to understand their reasons for doing so; and 3) among mothers who delivered in health facilities, t...

This study examined parenting as a function of child medical risks at birth and parental genotype (dopamine D4 receptor; DRD4). Our hypothesis was that the relation between child risks and later maternal sensitivity would depend on the presence/absence of a genetic variant in the mothers, thus revealing a gene by environment interaction (GXE). Risk at birth was defined by combining risk indices...

Mothers of 3-month-old babies (N = 1,298) were investigated, about 5% of whom reported depression. Of the women with depression, 7% visited a medical institution for their condition. The mothers with depression who did not seek medical support scored significantly higher in bonding failure than those who did so. Less frequent spontaneous medical support seeking among mothers with both depressio...

BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as feeding an infant breast milk only, for the first six months. In Ethiopia, more than half of infants do not receive exclusive breastfeeding. Workplace barriers contribute to these low rates of exclusive breastfeeding practices. Understanding the sociodemographic, health related, behavioral and economic factors is crucial to promote the practice o...

Background: Pain and wound dehiscence cause physical emotional traumas, impacting the mothers' quality of life, mental health, maternal-child bonding. Objectives: The present study aimed to examine effect self-perineal care (SPC) education on episiotomy pain scores healing outcomes. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used in this study. In third trimester, 125 primigravida mothers attende...

OBJECTIVES To describe the pattern of infant feeding at discharge from care after birth and the characteristics of mothers who are at risk of low rates of breastfeeding. METHODS Data were obtained from the NSW Midwives Data Collection for 2007. Information on infant feeding was obtained for babies who were alive at discharge from care after birth. Of 96 030 births reported, 93 505 (97.4%) wer...

OBJECTIVE To investigate and compare feeding practices among infants of less than 7 months of age in a rural and an urban area in Tanzania. DESIGN Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based interview of mothers and focus group discussions with extension workers and community leaders. SETTING Eleven villages in a rural district and 10 wards in an urban district in the Morogoro region, Tanzania, we...