abstract background: nutrients meeting recommended dietary intakes take time to establish and once established are rarely maintained throughout hospital stay in preterm infants. methods: our purpose is to define the nutritional status and growth parameters of hospitalized patients at discharge in our hospital. data were obtained concerning all 50 infants born weighing < 1800 g and < 34 weeks of...

BACKGROUND Late preterm infants account for the majority of preterm births. They are at an increased risk of neonatal mortality and morbidity and are less likely to initiate breastfeeding and to be exclusively breastfed at discharge compared to infants born at term. The aim of this study was to identify the facilitators and barriers to breastfeeding during hospital stays according to the experi...

Background Discharge teaching has been positively associated with discharge readiness in various care settings and patient types. Association of unplanned use health services not received as much attention the neonatal intensive unit (NICU) population, but negatively parents older children. Objectives The objective study was to describe assess relationships between maternal for neonates' discha...

OBJECTIVE to build, validate and assess an educational intervention using the flip chart titled "I Can Breastfeed My Child." METHOD an experimental study using a pretest, intervention and posttest, as well as a control group. A total of 201 women, who had been hospitalized immediately, for at least 6 hours, postpartum. The mothers were allocated to the intervention (100 women) or control grou...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is the basis for appropriate nutrition for infants and is strongly supported by the Ministry of Health in China. However, there are differences in infant feeding practices in different areas of the country. The aim of this study was to compare the infant feeding practices and the prevalence of determinants of initiation and continuing to breastfeed until six months of a...

This longitudinal study was conducted to describe the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and factors influencing it in urban (tertiary care hospital of Delhi) and rural (First Referral Unit in Haryana) settings. The exclusive breastfeeding rates were 38%, 30%, 24%, 20%, 16% and 1% at discharge, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5 and 6 months, respectively in the urban and; 57%, 16%, 9%, 6%, 5% and 0% at dis...

Background The management of lactation in preterm mothers is a real challenge for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) care, providers. study aimed to evaluate the enablers and barriers enteral feeding with mothers` own milk (MOM) very low birth weight (VLBW) infants tertiary care neonatal unit. Methods This prospective observational took place at level NICU high-risk obstetric unit private hosp...

BACKGROUND Australia's public access residential early parenting services provide programs to assist parents who self-refer, to care for their infants and young children. Treatment programs target infant feeding and sleeping difficulties and maternal mental health. There is limited systematic evidence of maternal and infant mental health, psychosocial circumstances or presenting problems, or th...