OBJECTIVE To compare the morbidity and outcome of low birthweight babies (birthweight < 2000 gm) of adolescent (age < 20 years) and older mothers. DESIGN Cross sectional descriptive study. SETTING The newborn Unit of the Kenyatta National Hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES All babies weighing less than 2000 gm at birth whose mothers consented to the study had their gestational age verified u...

BACKGROUND Peer counselling is reported to increase breastfeeding rates. We evaluated an intervention consisting of mainly telephone contact peer counselling programme on breastfeeding duration and exclusivity. METHODS Peer counsellors (PCs) were mothers who had successfully breastfed and had received formal training. Following a postnatal visit, they provided scheduled telephone consultation...

BACKGROUND Infant formula is marketed by health professionals and directly to consumers. Formula marketing has been shown to reduce breastfeeding, but the relation with switching formulas has not been studied. Willingness to switch formula can enable families to spend less on formula. METHODS Data are from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II, a United States national longitudinal study. Mot...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To identify environmental determinants of six symptoms associated with allergic disease in infancy. DESIGN Infants were participants in a prospective randomised controlled trial of feeding practices in families with a history of atopy. SETTING Infants were recruited in two maternity hospitals in S Wales and followed up in the community for 1 year. PARTICIPANTS Mothers of 5...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is an important factor in infant health and there have been no previous studies of breastfeeding practices in the different ethnic groups of this region of China. We aimed to compare breastfeeding rates and duration between Han, Uygur and other ethnic groups living in Xinjiang, PR China. METHODS A longitudinal study of infant feeding practices was undertaken using a s...

Mothers of 144 preterm infants with varying degrees of neonatal illness were interviewed prior to their infants' discharge from neonatal intensive care. Their major concerns were for the infants' survival rather than their own welfare. Husbands, parents, and, for members, church were seen as the major sources of support.

China has become the largest market of infant formula in the world. The consumption of infant formula is widespread across the country. This study investigated the opinions of Chinese mothers on infant formula. A prospective cohort study (n=695) was undertaken in 2011 in Sichuan province of China two years after the melamine scandal. Infant-feeding practices and mothers' opinions on infant form...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between early discharge from hospital after birth and readmission to hospital for jaundice among term infants, and among infants discharged early, to investigate the perinatal risk factors for readmission for jaundice. METHODS Birth data for 781,074 term live-born infants born in New South Wales, Australia from 2001 to 2010 were linked to hospital admissi...

OBJECTIVES To present current breast-feeding rates for Pacific infants resident in New Zealand. Reasons for the introduction of complementary liquid foods were also explored. DESIGN A longitudinal study using hospital discharge summary records and maternal home interviews undertaken at 6 weeks, 12 and 24 months postpartum. Turnbull's non-parametric survival analysis was used to model exclusiv...

abstract background: infants’ feeding is one of the critical periods in women’s health that can influence their life. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between infants’ feeding patterns and mothers’ physical and psychological dimensions of quality of life. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 189 mothers were selected by convenience sampling (n = 63 ...