introduction: breast milk is a complete food for growing children until 6 months of age, and mothers, as the most important child health care, play a decisive role in their growth. so promoting  their attitude toward the benefits of breastfeeding ensures guarantee child health in the future. this study aimed to assess maternal knowledge and attitude of mashhad toward exclusive bmf in the first ...

background: mothers’ empowerment in breast-feeding is a key motivational and psychological factor for continuous breast-feeding. therefore, this study was designed to examine the effects of family-centered educational-supportive program on mothers’ empowerment in breastfeeding. materials and methods: in this random clinical trial, pregnant women who met inclusion criteria were gradually selecte...

Background & Aims: The purpose of the present study was to compare feeding problems, infant eating behavior, and feeding styles between infants with and without feeding problems according to their mothers’ narratives. Methods: In this casual-comparative study, 50 mother-infant dyads were selected using convenient sampling. The infants’ ages ranged between 6 to...

Background & Aims: The purpose of the present study was to compare feeding problems, infant eating behavior, and feeding styles between infants with and without feeding problems according to their mothers’ narratives. Methods: In this casual-comparative study, 50 mother-infant dyads were selected using convenient sampling. The infants’ ages ranged between 6 to 12 months. After matching, the inf...

introduction: electronic education is there to enhance knowledge of patients especially mothers during postpartum and can provide an efficient way to enhance personnel-patient interaction.  so, this study was conducted to define the effect of electronic education on the awareness of women about post partum breast feeding education. materials and methods: this is a quasi- experimental study cond...

abstract   in this study, three groups of honey [natural honey; honey produced by the supplementary feeding of bees with saccharose syrup (ssh) and heat and acid (88 _ċ 2 h; 0.1% hcl) treated saccharose syrup honey (issh)] were produced and physicochemical (water content, ph, free acidity, ash, hmf, diastase activity, sucrose, protein and viscosity), microbiological and sensory properties of th...

introduction: promoting and maintaining breastfeeding is an important part of the healthcare, nutrition and other social measures required to promote proper growth and development of infants, and a major component of primary healthcare. several factors affect onset and duration of breastfeeding. self-efficacy is one of those factors that can be modified, buthas been less studied. objective:the ...

Lake Skadar on the Balkan Peninsula faces many ecological challenges. The lake is located in border area between Mon-tenegro and Albania its ecosystem interacts with important highly populated urban centres such as Podgorica Bar. Despite crucial role plays sustainability of health population, there a lack environmental quality assessment data-based analysis. Therefore, aim this study to assess ...

high mortality and labor costs are associated with first-feeding sturgeon culture, particularly during the period of dietary transition from live to formulated feed. therefore we investigated the effects of various feeding treatments on the survival and growth of the persian sturgeon ( acipenser persicus ) larvae during a 20-day culture period. three replicate groups (250 fish/replicate) of fir...

The development of ICTs in society results in the emergence of new jobs and changes in existi ng jobs and calls for new curricula at all levels of educati on. Because of changes in society, it is necessary for students to master ICT literacy to become full-fl edged members of society. While the potenti al of ICTs as a medium for teaching and learning is recognized by many, the implementati on o...