BACKGROUND Although 80% of U.S. mothers begin breastfeeding their infants, many do not continue breastfeeding as long as they would like to. Experiences during the birth hospitalization affect a mother's ability to establish and maintain breastfeeding. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative is a global program launched by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, and ...

Maternity incentive schemes were to encourage mothers to use skilled birth attendance for the best prevention of maternal and child death where as the pregnant women should have access to high quality prenatal care which, they can afford and where, they are treated with respect. The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge and utilization of maternal incentives scheme on delivery s...

Abstract Background Women from migrant and refugee backgrounds who live in high-income countries are at increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes, including mental health issues, preterm birth maternal infant mortality. There is a need to implement evaluate models care meet their specific needs order improve experiences care, overcome barriers access. In Sydney, Australia, unique model was i...

A boy with the dysmorphic features of Noonan's syndrome and pulmonary valve stenosis who had evidence of hypoparathyroidism and abnormal T lymphocyte numbers in the neonatal period is reported. He had a normal karyotype but molecular analysis revealed a submicroscopic deletion within chromosome 22qll, the region deleted in DiGeorge syndrome. Thus this child has both Noonan's syndrome and DiGeor...

The Confidential enquiry into maternal and child health (CEMACH) (2004) set the standard for maternity care to protect women from domestic violence. Twelve women who were murdered by their partner and 43 further deaths from disclosure with no appropriate referrals prompted the routine enquiry for domestic violence to be initiated in 2000. The death rate from domestic violence had marginally dec...

OBJECTIVE To look for risk factors leading to birth asphyxia in new borns admitted in a tertiary care unit STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING Neonatal Unit of National Institute of Child Health, Karachi from 1st January, 2001 to 31st August, 2001. PATIENTS AND METHODS Records of 235 new borns admitted with birth asphyxia during this period were analyzed. Variables studied includ...

BACKGROUND Maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes are worse in families from black and ethnic minority groups and disadvantaged backgrounds. There is little evidence on whether lay support improves maternal and infant outcomes among women with complex social needs within a disadvantaged multi-ethnic population in the United Kingdom (UK). METHOD/DESIGN The aim of this study is to evaluat...

OBJECTIVE to synthesise data on immigrant women's experiences of maternity services in Canada. DESIGN a qualitative systematic literature review using a meta-ethnographic approach METHODS a comprehensive search strategy of multiple databases was employed in consultation with an information librarian, to identify qualitative research studies published in English or French between 1990 and De...

OBJECTIVES To assess the risk factors associated with diarrhea among children below 5-years-old in Mukalla, Yemen, and compare with other studies.   METHODS We conducted a case-control study on 200 children (100 cases and 100 controls) who attended the Maternity and Child Hospital, outpatient-clinics, and the Primary Health Care Centers in Al-Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen between February and Ap...