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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Infant Health"”.
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Breastfeeding after a caesarean section: Mother-infant health trade-offs
… that identifies distinct aspects of mother-infant interactions altered by this birth mode, my research explored the interrelated obstacles to breastfeeding from the mothers’ perspectives as the experiences were unfolding. I apply Trivers’s (1974) parent-offspring conflict model to …
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Colonization dynamics of oro-gastrointestinal microbes critical to infant health
… microbiota is intimately tied to a person’s health and well-being. This collection of bacteria, archaea, and fungi is assembled during a person’s infancy and achieves the stability of an “adult-like” microbiota in early childhood. Research has begun to uncover several host and external …
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The impact of acculturation level and marital status on infant health and maternal education among California resident Hispanics
… an effect on maternal educational outcomes and infant health outcomes. Following Becerra and de Anda (1984) language preference is used as an approximation of acculturation level. With respect to marital status, two models are constructed. In Model 1, marital status includes the values never …
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The fate of neonate calves. A discussion of the bovine infant health implications of dairying in antiquity, using archaeozoological studies of six Orcadian contexts.
… developed, involving radiographic examination of infant mandibles for early developmental stages in molariform teeth; tooth-wear methodologies are imprecise at this stage before wear commences. Known-age modern bovine foetal and neonate material are collected as a control assemblage for method …
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From the Mouths of Babes: Infant Mortality and Medicalised Motherhood in County Durham, England, 1892-1914
… Northeast, experienced some of the highest infant mortality rates in the country. At the same time, medical discourse focused on improving infant health outcomes was undergoing a dramatic shift that placed growing importance on the role of the mother and her abilities to raise the next …
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Closing the Health Disparities Gap Between African American Mothers and Infants and Their Racial and Ethnic Counterparts in Correspondence with the Santa Clara County’s Black Infant Health Program
<p>Health disparities and inequities that affect the African American (includes those who consider themselves of African descent and/or Black individuals) women and their babies appear to be less dependent upon age, economic status, or education, as once considered previously. Further, it was …
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The Cuban Experience: Comparative of Health Systems and Infant Mortality Rates
… country that spends billions of dollars for its healthcare sector, there are still many risk factors that highly influence our country’s respectively high infant mortality rates. Infant mortality rates are affected by a range of social determinants of health, low birth weight, and racial …
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"Just Take It Off the Plate": a Syndemic Model of Low Breastfeeding Rates and Maternal Stress in South Alabama
… tornadoes) have shaped perceptions of infant health and well-being, particularly as they relate to infant feeding practices, in South Alabama's gulf coast. Using a critical medical anthropology lens, we conducted semi-structured interviews with professionals/providers (n=10) and …
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Essays on Industrial Pollution, Regulation, and Health
… pollution and environmental regulation on health outcomes and health-improving behaviors. It draws on quasi-experimental variation from two distinct settings to evaluate the consequences of pollution exposure and the potential for regulatory interventions to mitigate these health costs. …
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Topics in health economics
… between increased CS use and negative health outcomes for children in later life. For example, CS changes the intestinal bacteria of the infant and possibly compromises their immune system. My paper, ""Cesarean Sections and Later Child Health Outcomes,"" provides the first causal …
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The bacteriome and metabolome of human breast milk and their association with infant growth
… as the optimal postnatal source of nutrition for infants and therefore, recommended by the World Health Organization as the exclusive food for infants in the first six months of life. Despite the importance of human breast milk in infant health, study of its composition, especially the bacteriome …
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Independent midwifery practices in Cape Town: birth outcomes and predictors for medical interventions from 2003-2009
… woman and baby cantered approach to maternal and infant health. It is widely used in developing and developed world contexts and has proven to have birth outcomes that are comparable to hospital-based, obstetric models. In many settings however, application of the independent midwifery model of …
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Independent Midwifery practices in Cape Town: birth outcomes and predictors for medical interventions from 2003-2009
… woman and baby centered-approach to maternal and infant health. It is widely used in developing and developed world contexts and has proven to have birth outcomes that are comparable to hospital-based, obstetric models. In many settings however, application of the independent midwifery model of …
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Family-friendly workplace policies in the United States: Associations with maternal and child health
… leave and indicators for maternal and child health outcomes, care utilization, and access to health care services in the U.S. context. Data from Listening to Mothers III, a national survey of U.S. women ages 18-45 who gave birth in 2011-12, were used to conduct multivariate logistic …
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The Council on Appalachian Women: Short Lived but Long Lasting
… to promote child development, maternal and infant health care, employment training, and education for women. The Council on Appalachian Women understood the obstacles and embraced the people of the region and served as an example of how to effect change for women in the rural Appalachian …
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Kaupapa Māori antenatal wānanga: A solution to refocus New Zealand health service delivery for improved engagement and responsiveness with Māori māmā hapū and pēpi.
… significant space to enhance Māori maternal and infant health outcomes. This thesis with publications examined the potential of two Kaupapa Māori antenatal wānanga to enhance maternal health outcomes for Māori. Using a mixed methods approach, underpinned by Kaupapa Māori research principles and …
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California African-American Infant Mortality Prevention: A Prospective Study
Infant mortality continues to be a significant national public health problem. African-American infant mortality in the United States remains as high as or higher than those of some developing countries. In the state of California the continuing gap between African-American and Caucasian infant …
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Preparation of Health Education Materials in the Field of Maternal and Infant Care for Use in Taiwan
<p>Health Education was assumed to be one effective method of improving maternal and infant health on the Island of Taiwan.</p> <p>To establish the need for new health education pamphlets to be used as a supplement to the health education program in the area of maternal and infant care in Taiwan, a …
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Beyond the feeding relationship: mothers' descriptions of interaction within the mother-child dyad
… relationship is a key determinant of child health. Current evidence acknowledges that impaired mother-child interaction affects social, emotional, cognitive and behavioural development in infants. Disrupted interaction within the mother-child dyad can be caused by a variety of factors …
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