introduction: infant mortality index is an important health indicator. this index has a direct impact on infant mortality and mortality of children less than five years. the present study aimed to investigate causes of infant deaths during 2010-2011 in bandar abbas hospital of children. methods: in this cross - sectional retrospective study profiles of all dead newborns who aged from 0 to 28 da...

OBJECTIVE To assess the extent that anticipated maternal emotions in response to infant care (infant care emotionality or frustration and dissatisfaction with infant crying or fussing, or both), several forms of social support, and socioeconomic status explain fourth-week postpartum depressive symptoms of adolescent mothers. DESIGN Secondary multiple regression analysis of a subset of variabl...

Delivering developmental care to premature infants requires a particular state of mind on the part of the entire health care team. When Heidelise Als originally developed the Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program, (NIDCAP) her goal was to create a NICU environment in which nurses and other caregivers observed the behavior of premature infants to determine how to make...

The very unfavorable infant mortality ranking of the United States in international comparisons is often used to question the quality of health care there. Infant mortality rates, however, implicitly capture a complicated story, measuring much more than differences in health care across countries. This article examines reasons behind international infant mortality rate rankings, including varia...

This article presents the elements of the Intervention section of the Infant Care Path for Physical Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The types of physical therapy interventions presented in this path are evidence-based and the suggested timing of these interventions is primarily based on practice knowledge from expert therapists, with supporting evidence cited. Physical thera...

OBJECTIVE To identify contemporary Cree infant care practices and any risk factors associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. METHODS A questionnaire conducted and recorded in the homes of 70 Cree women (83% of sample available) with infants under 12 months of age, living full time on a Cree reserve. Participatory observation was also used with mothers who agreed to demonstrate certain fea...