BACKGROUND While black mothers initiate human milk (HM) provision at lower rates than non-black mothers in the United States, some neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) report similar initiation rates regardless of race/ethnicity for mothers of very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants. However, racial disparity frequently becomes evident in the proportion of black infants who continue to receive HM...

OBJECTIVE To identify predictors and outcomes of postpartum mothers' perceptions of their readiness for hospital discharge. DESIGN A correlational design with path analyses was used to explore predictive relationships among transition theory-related variables. SETTING Midwestern tertiary perinatal center. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and forty-one mixed-parity postpartum mothers who had exper...

Background: The necessity of professional nursing support to increase the role of families in neonatal care and their empowerment has been a subject of growing attention. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of telenursing on attachment and stress in the mothers of premature infants. Methods: In this clinical trial, 50 mothers with premature infants who were admitted to neonatal i...

OBJECTIVE To examine trends in the prevalence of hospitals and birth centers (hereafter, hospitals) distributing infant formula discharge packs to breastfeeding mothers in the United States from 2007 to 2013. METHODS The Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care survey is administered every 2 years to all hospitals with registered maternity beds in the United States. A Web- or paper-ba...

OBJECTIVE To assess the psychometric properties of a scale measuring mothers' perceptions of readiness for discharge after birth. DESIGN Psychometric analyses including construct validity using factor analysis and known groups comparisons, predictive validity, and reliability. Data were collected at discharge and 6 weeks postdischarge. SETTING Tertiary-level perinatal center in the Midweste...

this one year retrospective study was conducted in mirza kuchak khan maternity hospital, tehran, 1989-1990, to compare complications of pregnancy in adolescent (below 20 years old ) and young adult (20-24 years old) mothers. the results were as follows: 14.4% of all the deliveries during the period of study were adolescent mothers. the proportions of the following complications were higher in t...

conclusions kmc is more effective, and increases exclusive breast feeding successfully. it can be a good substitution for cmc (conventional methods of care). it is a safe, effective, and feasible method of care for lbwi even in the nicu settings. background exclusive breastfeeding is one of the most important essential components of kangaroo mother care. objective this study was performed to ev...

this survey has been conducted to indicate the positive effects of implementing neonates continuous care patterns on their physical health as well as early diagnosis and decrease of complications in 6 weeks after delivery. this quasi-experimental study has been conducted on 118 mothers and their neonates in one maternity hospital in iran. neonates were assigned in control and experimental group...

PURPOSE A quasi-experimental study was performed to investigate the effects of a home visiting discharge education program on the maternal self-esteem, attachment, postpartum depression and family function in 35 mothers of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) infants. METHODS Twenty-three mothers in the intervention group received the home visiting discharge education while 12 mothers in the c...