Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the information behaviours socioeconomically disadvantaged young first-time mothers, an understudied and at-risk group (health well-being). Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire semi-structured interviews with 39 mothers (aged up 25 years age) from UK areas multiple deprivations. Findings Our participants' preferred sources are interpersonal w...

Previous investigations have indicated that the birth weights of infants born to adolescent mothers are lower than those of infants born to adult mothers. Some investigators have attributed these differences to socioeconomic factors, while others have postulated that the low birth weights of infants born to adolescent mothers are a consequence of the maternal-fetal growth competition for nutrie...

Despite national improvements in child survival, 40% of Cambodian children less than 5 years of age are stunted. Commercially produced complementary foods could be nutritionally beneficial for young children in Cambodia if fortified and of optimal nutrient composition. However, other nutrient-poor commercially produced snack foods may be detrimental to young child feeding by displacing consumpt...

BACKGROUND Optimum nutrition and good feeding practices amongst infants and young children are the key determinants of growth for a healthy life. Dietary diversity is considered to be a reliable and easy-to-measure proxy variable to assess young children's feeding practices for dietary adequacy and nutritional intake. This research aims to examine the current practices of dietary diversity amon...

Young children can apply certain emotion words in a manner that is too wide for facial expressions or situations and use other emotion words too narrowly. To explore the extent to which children’s overextension or underextension of emotion words is influenced by mothers’ use of those words, the present study analyzed how mothers talk to their 15to 18-month-old children. Mothers were asked to ex...

The purpose of this study was to compare the early child-rearing practices between mothers of young children with congenital heart disease (CHD) and mothers of healthy children. In addition, maternal stress, parental developmental expectations, and the early behavioral and emotional development of their children were explored. Maccoby's (1992) socialization theory emphasizing the reciprocal nat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between social anxiety disorder (SAD) and perceived maternal bonding styles among young women during pregnancy and 30 months after childbirth. METHODS A cohort of young women from the city of Pelotas, Brazil was followed up from pregnancy to 30 months postpartum. The Mini Neuropsychiatric Interview Plus was used to assess SAD and the Parental Bonding Inst...

Since World War II, the average age at which women experience their first birth has drifted up, but since 1986 there has been a resurgence of births to teenagers. Just as early fertility appears to adversely affect the life chances of the teen mother, it may also have negative effects on her children. We hypothesize that when the children of teen mothers are young adults, they will tend to have...

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between low and very low birth weights, mother's age, individual socioeconomic status and area deprivation. DESIGN Analysis of the incidence of low and very low birth weights by area deprivation, maternal age, social class of household and estimated income. SETTING England 1996-2000. SUBJECTS 2 894 440 singleton live births and the 10% sample of these...