BACKGROUND Recent national statistics indicate that, despite increases in the proportion of mothers who initiate breastfeeding, the proportion that continue to breastfeed their infants through 6 months of age remains below the Healthy People 2010 goal of 50%. National professional organizations recommend that clinicians routinely counsel mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding. Little is kn...

QUESTION: What are the experiences of mothers who have postpartum depression? Study selection Studies were selected if they were qualitative studies on postpartum depression. Data were extracted on the key metaphors in each study and their relations with each other. Reciprocal translations were done so that the metaphors within each study could be related to those of other studies. The translat...

BACKGROUND As part of efforts to improve the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Northern Uganda, we explored reasons for poor viral suppression among 122 pregnant and lactating women who were in care, received viral load tests, but had not achieved viral suppression and had more than 1000 copies/mL. Understanding the patient factors associated with low viral suppression was of intere...

There has been an increase in cases of early marriage nationwide during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on data from Central Java DP3AP2KB, there were 11,301 childhood marriages for girls and 1,671 boys. This also happened Semarang Regency, Java, which was caused by decline economic level community so that marrying underage children considered as alternative problem solving. For this reason, it is...

The prevailing understanding of work as paid is reflected in political efforts to achieve gender equality, which include emphasising that women, like men, should increasingly pursue work. This exploratory research aims question whether this idea align female with male life patterns conducive equality and promote new insights based on mothers’ experiences. Our analysis guided interviews eight Sw...