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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Infant massage"”.
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Supporting fathering through infant massage
… to create positive relationships with their infants. Infant massage appears to be a viable option for teaching fathers care-giving sensitivity. To build on the notion of teaching fathers attachment system behaviour in early infancy, a quasi-experimental, mixed methods study was employed. …
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NICU Nurses’ Attitudes Regarding Preterm Infant Massage
When preterm infants are admitted in the NICU, mothers report experiencing uncertainty; powerlessness; loss of control; role alterations; fears to hold, feed, or touch the newborn; feelings of intrusion; and alienation in the NICU. Thus, preterm birth presents a risk for the early mother-infant …
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How infant massage enhances pedagogical attachment in families facing challenging circumstances
… needed in-depth understanding of the effects of infant massage for families around the times they faced stressful life events. It was developed in response to Bennett, Underdown and Barlow’s 2013 meta-analysis and critique of studies examining the influence of infant massage on young babies’ …
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Maternal Sensitivity to Infant Cues: The Effects of Learning Infant Massage
… study is to determine if the participation in an infant massage class would improve a first mother’s ability to recognize her infant’s communication cues. A quasi-experimental research design was utilized. A convenience sample of first time mothers aged 20 to 45 years with infants aged 2 to 6 …
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Exploring the psychological processes underlying touch : lessons from infant massage and the Alexander technique
… review looking at the relationship between infant massage and subsequent parent-infant interactions. The review brings together literature that looks at dyads with and without health problems, and explores whether outcomes differ between dyad types. The review attempts to use the findings to …
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Impact of a novel relaxation method of touch on neonatal neurobehavioral development among very preterm infants
Infants born very preterm (< 30 weeks estimated gestational age [EGA]) annually and are at greatest risk to develop significant neurodevelopmental abnormalities. These neurodevelopmental abnormalities are the result of complex conditions involving the interaction between multiple biological, …
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The Cultural, Organisational and Contextual Processes that Might Affect the Implementation of Massage in Lebanese Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A study Informed by Normalization Process Theory
<b>Background</b>: Care of premature infants is challenging for health care professionals. When the preterm infant is separated from its mother the parent-child interaction is impeded. In the last few decades, there has been increasing interest in the effectiveness of massage as an intervention to …