background: self-care is an essential element in treating a person with diabetes; and managing diabetes is of prime importance. the aim of this study was to investigate the predictors of adherence to self-care behavior among women with type 2 diabetes.   methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 210 female patients aged 30 to 60. data collection tool was an anonymous valid and reliab...

objectives: mothers’ perception of their ability to parenting (maternal parenting self-efficacy) is a critical issue that influences their interactions with their preterm neonates. for better support of these mothers, a robust tool is needed which can measure mothers’ perception of their ability to understand and care for their preterm neonates as well as being sensitive to the various levels a...

OBJECTIVE Breast-feeding is associated with positive maternal and infant health and development outcomes. To assist identifying women less likely to meet infant nutritional guidelines, we investigated the role of socio-economic position and parity on initiation of and sustaining breast-feeding for at least 6 months. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Australia. SUBJECTS Parous women...

this is a field study to assess the growth and development of 15 month-old children who have been   breast fed continuously from birth . this study has been conducted in the health centers related to iran   medical university in tehran in 1995 .   one hundred (n =100) 15 month-old children (50 girls, 50 boys) took pan in this research . brought in   by their mothers , they have referred to one ...

Questionnaires were filled out during Summer 1988 from 259 working mothers'Who terminated breast feeding, and at least had a living child aged three years or younger. The purpose of the study was to determine the duration and the reasons of termination of breast feeding in these working women. An inverse correlation was found between the duration of breast feeding and the following parame...

the present research is a field study in order to investigate scale and ways of doing breast self examination (bse). 270 nurses employed by the medical sciences university’s hospitals related to the ministry of health, and medical education in city of tehran are selected and involved in research on the basis of simple random sampling. the data collection tool was a protrayed questionnaire which...

OBJECTIVE To identify and summarize family practices related to the maintenance of breast-feeding. METHODS We conducted a literature review and meta-synthesis of the findings of selected articles. Fourteen articles published in English, Portuguese, and Spanish between 1989 and 2009 were selected. RESULTS The synthesis revealed five categories concerning family practices related to the maint...