نتایج جستجو برای: mothers practices

تعداد نتایج: 230787  

Journal: :Journal of health, population, and nutrition 2002
S K Roy Sebastiaan de Groot Sohana Shafique Aasma Afroz

To explore the actual practices and perceptions of giving breastmilk and breastmilk substitutes (BMS), this cross-sectional study was conducted among 326 mothers of low (income/month < Tk 4,000, n = 163) and middle (income/month > Tk 4,000, n = 163) socioeconomic status (SES) with infants aged 6-12 months in Dhaka city during February-April 2001. Qualitative data on perceptions of mothers on ap...

2015
Thomas G Power Sheryl O Hughes L Suzanne Goodell Susan L Johnson J Andrea Jaramillo Duran Kimberly Williams Ashley D Beck Leslie A Frankel

BACKGROUND Despite a growing consensus on the feeding practices associated with healthy eating patterns, few observational studies of maternal feeding practices with young children have been conducted, especially in low-income populations. The aim of this study was to provide such data on a low income sample to determine the degree to which observed maternal feeding practices compare with curre...

Journal: :Indian pediatrics 2009
M K C Nair K Rajmohanan S Remadevi S M Nair C S Ghosh M L Leena

This study was done to examine the type and severity of disciplinary practices adopted by parents in Kerala. 1668 mothers, aged 18-49, participated in face-to-face interviews as part of a cross-sectional, population-based survey covering rural, urban and coastal areas. One child from each family was randomly selected as the index child. The interview focused primarily on disciplinary practices....

Journal: :Medical anthropology quarterly 2005
Christa Craven

Based on ethnographic research regarding public policy and grassroots organizing for midwifery in Virginia, this article explores how medical discourses around appropriate health care practices intersect with state discourses about what practices are considered "respectable" versus "pathological" for its citizens. In recent legislative debates about the legalization of direct-entry midwifery, m...

Journal: :Child: care, health and development 2016
M H Pesch A L Miller D P Appugliese N Kaciroti K L Rosenblum J C Lumeng

BACKGROUND Mothers' goals are important for health behavior change, and engagement in child obesity interventions. It is unknown if maternal feeding goals are associated with observed home mealtime or feeding practices. The objective of this study was to examine the association of four common feeding goals (restrict junk food, promote fruit or vegetable intake, promote autonomy in eating and pr...

2011
Cassandra M Johnson Joseph R Sharkey Wesley R Dean

BACKGROUND There is a desperate need to address diet-related chronic diseases in Mexican-origin women, particularly for those in border region colonias (Mexican settlements) and other new destination communities in rural and non-rural areas of the U.S. Understanding the food choices of mothers, who lead food and health activities in their families, provides one way to improve health outcomes in...

Journal: :Pediatrics 2012
Cria G Perrine Kelley S Scanlon Ruowei Li Erika Odom Laurence M Grummer-Strawn

OBJECTIVE To describe mothers' exclusive breastfeeding intentions and whether Baby-Friendly hospital practices are associated with achieving these intentions. METHODS In the 2005-2007 Infant Feeding Practices Study II, women completed a prenatal questionnaire and approximately monthly questionnaires through 12 months. Mothers met their prenatal exclusive breastfeeding intention if their durat...

Journal: :Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR 2014
Latika Nath Sinha Prabhdeep Kaur Rakesh Gupta Suresh Dalpath Vinod Goyal Manoj Murhekar

BACKGROUND In India, the Home Based Postnatal Newborn Care programme by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) under the National Rural Health Mission was initiated in 2011 to reduce neonatal mortality rates (NMRs). ASHAs get cash incentives for six postnatal home visits for newborn care. We studied newborn care practices among mothers in Mewat, Haryana, having a high NMR and determined ris...

Journal: :Appetite 2013
Laura Hubbs-Tait Katherine L. Dickin Madeleine Sigman-Grant Lisa Jahns Amy R. Mobley

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the direct and interacting relations of parenting styles, feeding styles, and feeding practices to child overweight and obesity. Participants were 144 mothers and children under 6 years of age. Mothers completed questionnaires about parenting and feeding styles and feeding practices. Researchers weighed and measured mothers and children or obtained meas...

Journal: :Language, speech, and hearing services in schools 2007
Carol Scheffner Hammer Barbara L Rodriguez Frank R Lawrence Adele W Miccio

PURPOSE The aims of this investigation were to examine the parenting beliefs and literacy practices of mothers of Puerto Rican descent and to determine if relationships existed between the mothers' beliefs and practices. METHOD Eighty-one mothers of bilingual children who attended Head Start programs participated in the project. As part of a larger project, the children were divided into 2 gr...

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