OBJECTIVES To evaluate the verbal interactions of parents with their infants in the first months of life and to test the hypothesis that reciprocal vocalizations of mother-infant dyads would be more frequent than those of father-infant dyads. METHODS This prospective cohort study included 33 late preterm and term infants. Sixteen-hour language recordings during the birth hospitalization and i...

objective: attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder is a common psychiatric disorder with an early onset. investigation reveals that mothers of children with adhd higher levels of depressive and anxiety symptomatology than do mothers of comparison children. the aim of the present study was to compare anxiety and depressive symptoms in the mothers with adhd children with control group . method:...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the infant feeding practices of participating mothers who were recruited into a research project aimed at improving the nutritional status of mildly wasted children (< -1.0 to ≥ -1.5 Weight-for-Height Z-scores) aged ≥ 6 to < 60 months on Nias Island, Indonesia. METHODS Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based interview of mothers of the index children (n = 215) ...

It has been well documented that human milk contains several immunomodulator components which are important during infant period when the newborn's immune system is still under development. In this study, we aim at examining levels of cytokines, zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) in milk from mothers of premature and mature infants, and comparing changes during lactation periods consequently. Milk was ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the problems faced by children during separation from their imprisoned mothers, and evaluate the health of children who accompanied their mothers into prison. DESIGN A prospective observational study. SETTING Welikada Prison, Colombo, Sri Lanka. METHODS 200 randomly selected mothers who had left their children at home were interviewed using a questionnaire. During a...

The aim of the study was to analyze the profile of mothers and newborns who died in the early and late neonatal period. Descriptive, exploratory cross-sectional study that used secondary data obtained from the information systems of mortality, births and hospital records of mothers living in Cuiabá, who gave birth in 2010. We studied 77 deaths, of which 72.7% occurred in the early neonatal peri...

OBJECTIVE To provide a low-cost and simple model of culturally-appropriate and low cost facilities for improvement of physical activity for girls and their mothers through an after-school program and to determine the changes in anthropometric indexes after this trial. METHODS This national study was conducted in 2006-2007 in 7 provinces with different socioeconomic situations in Iran. Female ...

Prenatal stress (PS) and early postnatal environment may alter maternal care. Infant rats learn to identify their mother through the association between maternal care and familiar odors. Female Wistar rats were exposed to restraint stress for 30 min, 4 sessions per day, in the last 7 days of pregnancy. At birth, pups were cross-fostered and assigned to the following groups: prenatal non-stresse...

OBJECTIVE To verify and evaluate the mother-child bond and mental health of mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. METHODS A total of 74 mothers of children aged up to 7 years participated. Data collection was made through interviews. Evaluation tools were Mother-Child Bonding Evaluation Protocol and Self-Report Questionnaire. We used statistical analysis χ² and Student-t tests. ...