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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"maternal-child health"”.
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Gestational Diabetes, Depression, and the Impact on Maternal Child Health Outcomes
<p>Antenatal depression occurs in about 20% of all pregnancies and gestational diabetes occurs in up to 14% of all pregnancies. Although there is sufficient information on (1) depression during pregnancy and (2) depression and diabetes, there is little information about depression and gestational …
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FATHER INVOLVEMENT IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES: EVIDENCE ON PREDICTORS OF INVOLVEMENT FROM TWO LARGE SCALE MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH DATASETS
… has been identified to be a key contributor to maternal and child wellbeing. This dissertation examines the utility of using existing, large-scale maternal-child health datasets to generate insights into the processes that contribute to father involvement. Two large scale maternal-child health …
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a baby-friendly breastfeeding course in enhancing confidence among registered nurses in maternal-child health
… Steps, effectively increases confidence among maternal child health nurses. Target population: The education program is designed to serve maternal child health nurses providing breastfeeding education in the hospital setting. Evaluation objectives: The new education program, led by the …
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Nurturing Indigenous Maternal-Child Wellness: Urban Indigenous Midwifery, Birth Workers, and Families’ Experiences in Calgary, Alberta
… and discrimination continue to affect Indigenous maternal-child health outcomes, leading to higher rates of adverse health outcomes and experiences, violence against women, socioeconomic barriers, and anti-Indigenous bias. Existing maternal health gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous …
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Quantify Blood Loss to Prevent Escalation of Blood Loss
… of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), and decrease maternal mortality and morbidity related to PPH in Maternal Child Health (MCH). This project is initiated in a Northern California acute-care facility’s MCH department, which consists of: childbearing women pregnant at gestation age of more than …
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Public Health Nurse Decisions Regarding At-Risk Postpartum Case Closure
During the late 19th century, public health nursing emerged in the United States as an autonomous nursing specialty providing maternal-child health (MCH) home visitation services. Present day MCH public health nurses (PHNs), guided by their predecessors, focus on health promotion and disease …
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Family-friendly workplace policies in the United States: Associations with maternal and child health
… circumstances regarding employment and childbirth. Unlike all but two other countries worldwide, the U.S. does not guarantee paid leave to employed women who give birth, and the 12 weeks of unpaid leave provided under the Family and Medical Leave Act falls far short of most …
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What Are The Relationships Among Cumulative Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Sleep Quality, And Perinatal Outcomes In African American Women?
… exposed to several types of trauma including childhood abuse, discrimination, or witnessed family violence may develop symptoms of posttraumatic stress or have difficulty sleeping. </p> <p>The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among cumulative trauma, posttraumatic stress, …
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Exploring the Prevalence of Horizontal Violence in Nursing Between Magnet and non-Magnet Hospitals
… hospitals was less than Magnet hospitals. The Maternal Child Health Division and nurses with equal to or less than 7 years of experience showed no differences in HV between both environments. Nonphysical behaviors in the form of gossip, aggressive verbal communication, manipulating the …
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PROGRAMMATIC AND POLICY ETHICS IN MATERNAL AND CHILD PUBLIC HEALTH: A CALL FOR ACTION
Public health has become the face of much of modern medicine's successes. Since maternal and child health (MCH) has taken a central role in Western healthcare, outcomes have been greatly improved in all of Western Europe and North America. Social justice calls for bringing these successes to …
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The need of lactation consultant for night shift
… <p>Breastfeeding can provide many health benefits for both mother and baby. To increase the health benefits for patients, a change project will be implemented to increase the rates of exclusive breastfeeding for postpartum patients. The project will be focusing on teaching and be …
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Improving Breastfeeding Rates by Using Glucose Gel to Treat Newborn Hypoglycemia
… patient satisfaction, and interfering with maternal-infant bonding. To combat this issue, a large community hospital in Southern California used Lewin’s Theory of Planned Change to implement an alternative intervention for the treatment of newborn hypoglycemia. Evidence based articles as …
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Modification and Evaluation of the Late-preterm Screening and Multidisciplinary Risk Assessment and Parent Activation Scale
… the parent becomes willing and vested in making healthcare decisions that minimizes risks that their infant faces (Bodenheimer, 2005). However, parent activation has not been explored in mothers of preterm neonates. This study was a sub-study of a large, longitudinal development and validation …
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Introducing Self-Advocacy Skills to Transition Age Youth
… and use social services (California Mental Health Planning Council [CMHPC], 2009; Mandarino, 2014). About 47.1 million young adults (14 to 24 years old) live in the United States; four million are 14-year olds, and by the time the 14-year-olds are 24 less than 100% will make an effort in …
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Growth, infectious morbidity, and neurodevelopment of HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed infants in the context of lifelong maternal antiretroviral therapy and breastfeeding: a prospective cohort study
… 1 million in utero-HIV-exposed but -uninfected children (CHEU) were born in sub-Saharan Africa. In the absence of breastfeeding and maternal antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-exposed uninfected children (CHEU) have higher risks of mortality, growth faltering, infectious morbidity, and …
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Obstetric Triage Improvement
… Future steps include the implementation of a maternal fetal triage index, and the creation of nursing-driven protocols and order sets.</p>
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Workforce Patterns and the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Option B Cascade in Côte d'Ivoire
… to face regionally high rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV despite implementation of a national program to prevent transmission (PMTCT). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of workforce density, distribution and training on PMTCT program success. Methods: Primary and …
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Reducing Intraventricuar Hemorrhage
<p>Abstract</p> <p><strong>Global Aim:</strong></p> <p>Between September 2017 and September 2018 we aim to reduce the rate of grade III and grade IV intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in infants less than or equal to 32 weeks gestation, or less than or equal to 1500 grams from 11% to 5%.</p> …
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Differential Neonatal Mortality of Premature Infants at a Selected Hospital
<p>This study was directed toward an investigation of neonatal mortality of premature infant at a selected hospital. The sample included all premature infants who were born in and died at the selected hospital during the neonatal period between January 01, 1952 and December 31, 1959.</p> <p>The …
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