background to assess maternal confidence in her ability to cope with labor, a measure of childbirth self efficacy is necessary. objectives this paper aims to assess the cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the short form of childbirth self-efficacy inventory among iranian pregnant women. patients and methods in this descriptive-methodological study, we investigated 383 iranian pregna...

Maternal self-efficacy in parenting is often associated with complementary feeding practices. and external factors influence the level of maternal self-efficacies. This study aimed to measure relationship between family supports for children aged 6-24 months. The survey research has a cross-sectional design. subjects were 74 mothers who selected using simple random sampling. Data collection was...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of using an educational booklet combined with a brief motivational interview on maternal self-efficacy in preventing childhood diarrhea. Methods: Quasi-experimental study, carried out 35 mothers. For data collection, Maternal Self-Efficacy Scale for Prevention Childhood Diarrhea (EAPDI) was applied, and later intervention based application “You are able to prev...

Probiotics are viable by definition, and viability of probiotics is often considered to be a prerequisite for the health benefits. Indeed, the overwhelming majority of clinical studies in the field have been performed with viable probiotics. However, it has also been speculated that some of the mechanisms behind the probiotic health effects may not be dependent on the viability of the cells and...

Some vaccines show poor efficacy in tropical countries. Within a birth cohort in Uganda, we investigated factors that might influence responses to BCG and tetanus immunisation. Whole blood assay responses to crude culture filtrate proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (cCFP)) and tetanus toxoid (TT) were examined among 1506 and 1433 one-year-olds, respectively. Maternal Mansonella perstans inf...

INTRODUCTION The ideal nourishment for the first 12 months of a child's life comes from breastfeeding its mother's milk, and maternal self-efficacy is one factor which affects breastfeeding duration. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare the maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy during the first week and sixth-week postpartum. METHODS This descriptive, analytical study was conducted on...

RATIONALE In the current social climate, breastfeeding is regarded as the "gold standard" of babies' nutrition and optimal mothering. It is not surprising, therefore, that the vast majority of contemporary women begin breastfeeding after they give birth. OBJECTIVE This paper presents two separate quantitative studies conducted in Israel which examined breastfeeding motivation and its associat...

BACKGROUND The effects of prenatal food and micronutrient supplementation on maternal micronutrient status are not well known. OBJECTIVE We compared the efficacy and effectiveness of 3 different micronutrient supplements on maternal micronutrient status when combined with food supplementation. METHODS In the MINIMat (Maternal and Infant Nutrition Intervention, Matlab) trial in Bangladesh, 4...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Physicians have a major influence on parental vaccine decisions. We tested a physician-targeted communication intervention designed to (1) reduce vaccine hesitancy in mothers of infants seen by trained physicians and (2) increase physician confidence in communicating about vaccines. METHODS We conducted a community-based, clinic-level, 2-arm cluster randomized trial ...