In Canada, women are earning an increasing number of doctoral degrees; yet, they less likely to secure a tenure-track position. A feminist thematic analysis semi-structured interviews with 20 academic mothers from two Canadian universities reveals the range challenges that encounter in relation care on tenure-track. First, theme “fear post-partum erasure” captured faculty mothers’ experiences f...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relations of sociodemographic factors and infant neurobehaviors to maternal confidence in China. METHODS The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, Family APGAR, and Maternal Confidence in Caring for the Newborn scales were administered to 40 healthy, full-term neonates. RESULTS Range and regulation of state, autonomic stability, and reflex cluster scores w...

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 5 2 0 0 6 infant Infants can present with an enormous variety of conditions (TABLE 1) and despite their age can come from vastly different physiological backgrounds. Expreterm residents and graduates of the neonatal intensive care unit will present with many more challenges than an otherwise healthy term infant with an isolated surgical problem. In addition the practice ...

The current literature regarding the standard and nonstandard therapies for children with autism is reviewed. A long term, comprehensive, individualized, multidisciplinary approach remains the best treatment. Physicians caring for the victims of child abuse are frequently asked to render an opinion regarding soft-tissue bruising. A review of the literature suggests that estimation of the age of...

In an intervention aimed at showing students the amount of responsibility involved in caring for an infant, 353 predominantly ninth-grade and Latino students carried the Baby Think It Over simulation doll in an intervention and completed matched pre- and posttest measures. Statistically significant gains were found on the total score and the impact of having a baby on academics, social life, an...

OBJECTIVE To describe parents' method of adaptation to the problems of caring for a very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infant at home. DESIGN Exploratory, involving three interview sessions, 1 month, 3 months, and 5 months after hospital discharge of a VLBW infant. SETTING A newborn intensive-care unit in a tertiary-care center. PARTICIPANTS Fourteen parents of VLBW (< 1,500 g) infants after ho...

Little is known about the oxygen cost of caring for infants and older adults. Many people perform these activities so it is useful to know the energy cost and if the activities are of sufficient intensity to contribute to meeting physical activity recommendations. The purpose of this study was to assess the oxygen cost of four care-related activities in the Compendium of Physical Activities. Ni...

Parents know the transformative nature of having and caring for a child. Among many mammals, giving birth leads from an aversion to infant stimuli to irresistible attraction. Here, we review the biological mechanisms governing this shift in parental motivation in mammals. Estrogen and progesterone prepare the uterus for embryo implantation and placental development. Prolactin stimulates milk pr...

Immediately at birth, the preterm infant needs support through the transition from the intrauterine environment to the very different extrauterine life.During the first 24 hours after delivery the neonate experiences the most vulnerable period, since major physiological adjustments are required for survival [1]. During this initial phase, the infant may need support in establishing regular brea...

The dominance of technological paradigms within psychiatry creates moral and ethical tensions over how to engage with the interpersonal narratives of those experiencing mental distress. This paper argues that such paradigms are poorly suited for fostering principled responses to human suffering, and proposes an alternative approach that considers a view of relationships based in feminist theori...