ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the association of skin-to-skin contact and social determinants health. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study with 187 medical records newborns from reference rooming in northeastern Brazil. An instrument maternal neonatal data was used. Analysis descriptive inferential statistics. For associations, chi-square test used measure strength, an Odds Ratio calculate...

Prompted by declines in average durations and proportions of women breast feeding in several developing countries, international organizations have placed breast feeding promotion high on their health policy agendas. Breast feeding can prolong the length of the birth interval directly through its ability to cause lactational amenorrhea and anovulation. Maintenance of lactational amenorrhea de...

Introduction: at the beginning and establishment of breastfeeding, adequate care routines are essential, such as its early initiation skin-to-skin contact, which implies need to facilitate joint accommodation mother with newborn in immediate postpartum period, regardless type delivery. Objective: analyze effects rooming-in after a cesarean section on breastfeeding rates hospital discharge maint...

Jaundice develops in most newborn infants and is one of the most common reasons infants are rehospitalized after birth. American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guidelines strongly support the recommendation that clinicians promote and support breastfeeding. Recognizing that the disruptions associated with phototherapy interfere with breastfeeding, the challenge often faced by clinician...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the care of healthy full-term newborns and to identify variations in childbirth care and practices in the first hour of life. We used data from the Birth in Brazil survey. Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio (OR) of hospital-delivered care for the mother and during childbirth were estimated for the following outcomes: upper airways and gastric aspiration, us...

INTRODUCTION Between one and two million migratory agricultural workers (MAWs), primarily from Mexico and Central America, leave their homes each year to plant, cultivate, harvest and pack fruits, vegetables, and nuts in the USA. While in the USA, most lack health insurance, a permanent residence, and a regular healthcare provider. Publications over the past two decades in the USA have reported...