Background Childbirth affects the quality of mother–neonate attachment after delivery. The aim of this study was to compare the quality of mother–infant attachment in physiological delivery with non-physiological delivery after birth. Materials and Methods A case-control study was conducted on 60 women (n = 30 non- physiological delivery, 30 physiological delivery) referred to Shahid YahyaNejad...

abstract background: parent–infant attachment is an important factor in accepting parenting role, accelerating infant survival, and adjusting to the environment outside the uterus. since family supportive interventions can strengthen the parent–infant caring relationship, this study sought to investigate the relationship between mother–infant attachment and satisfaction of the mothers with the ...

Network-based intelligent surveillance is becoming more popular, and remote monitoring platforms using web cameras with mobile robots can be used as child monitoring platforms in infant caring facilities. This paper presents a prototype of a service robot system as a nextgeneration intelligent surveillance system for child monitoring. In order to achieve this, a cooperative server-client contro...

AIM To investigate whether attitudes to parenting were altered in final year medical students following a period spent caring for a simulated infant. METHODS Seventy medical students during their paediatric attachment in the final year completed a questionnaire regarding personal childcare attitudes. Students attached to a teaching hospital were allocated a 24 hour time period to care for "Ba...

aims : understanding the experiences of mothers could be as a strategy for the physicians, nurses who are working in nicu and administrators in the care centers in order to provide supports for parents, particularly mothers and an effective step to improve the quality of nursing care of premature infants and their parents.   methods : in this study, one of the qualitative research methods as de...

BELOVED sons and daughters, promoters and associates of the “Latin Union of High Fashion,” We heartily extend to you Our paternal welcome. You have seen fit to come here to give Us testimony of your filial devotion and, at the same time, to seek heaven’s favor on your Union. >From its very inception you placed it under the auspices of Him Whose glory must be the end of every human activity, eve...

AIM The aim of this evaluation research was to measure the impact of a caring-based intervention on the level of work engagement in older nurses. BACKGROUND Every effort is needed to retain older nurses at the bedside by assisting them to revitalise the internal motivation and self- reward that brought them to nursing. METHOD A mixed method evaluation research approach using both qualitativ...

PPD represents a significant public health problemwith prevalence estimates ranging from 12% to 19% and clear negative implications for both maternal and infant health and wellness. Although risk factors for PPD are generally similar to those for depression at other time points in the life course, the substantial neuroendocrine changes that occur in a mother immediately after birth and the sign...

Purpose: The study investigated maternal experiences of caring for a child affected by neurological impairment after neonatal encephalopathy (NE) (‘‘birth asphyxia’’) in Uganda. Methods: Between September 2011 and October 2012 small group and one-on-one in-depths interviews were conducted with mothers recruited to the ABAaNA study examining outcomes from NE in Mulago hospital, Kampala. Data wer...