Background: Environment influences infant feeding decisions of mothers, which have influence on growth, development, health and nutrition infants children. Objectives: To assess the maternal knowledge practices towards breast-feeding among mothers in Sohag. correlate with education, parity, mode delivery, socioeconomic status employment. Patients methods: This cross-sectional study included 5...

Introduction: The covid-19 pandemic restrict face-to-face breastfeeding counseling. present study aimed to investigate "the effect of telemidwifery counseling on self-efficacy primiparous mothers during the pandemic". Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 122 pregnant referring health centers from January May 2022 participated. Random allocation was done using balanced blocks method. ad...

OBJECTIVES To identify the prevalence of breast-feeding at discharge and the determinants of breast-feeding initiation amongst Aboriginal women. DESIGN A prospective cohort study using a self-administered baseline questionnaire and telephone-administered follow-up interviews. SETTING Six hospitals with maternity wards in Perth, Western Australia. SUBJECTS Four hundred and twenty-five Abor...

the concept of teacher efficacy has received significant attention in educational contexts in the recent years and has been empirically probed at 2 levels: individual teacher efficacy and collective teacher efficacy. having their origins in the social cognitive theory, teacher and collective efficacy perceptions are quite distinct constructs, each affecting educational decisions and student ach...

Dear Editor, Implementing health and family planning programs is the most effective way for birth control. Intrauterine device (IUD) is an effective long-acting contraceptive mean.1 Considering little side effects and good compatibility of IUD to physiologic hormonal alterations occurring during breast feeding, the device is an acceptable contraceptive mean in nursing mothers.2In spite of its a...

Maternal feeding styles in infancy and early childhood are associated with children's later risk for overweight and obesity. Maternal psychosocial factors that influence feeding styles during the complementary feeding period, the time during which infants transition from a milk-based diet to one that includes solid foods and other non-milk products, have received less attention. The present stu...

objectives: although breast milk is considered the best nutritional option for neonates, use of traditional supplements such as sugar water, camel thorn, and flix weed in the first week of life of infants is quite common in iran and many other countries. the aim of this study was to evaluate whether consuming such supplements has any impact on infant’s breastfeeding behavior. materials and meth...

conclusions as available data on the effect of pacifier use is conflicting, and continuation of breast feeding till 6 months of age is crucial for optimal health outcomes in infants, it is prudent to avoid pacifier use totally or at least till breast feeding is established. results rates of breastfeeding at 6 months were reported to vary from 3% to 95% and ebf from less than 1% to 33% in differ...