OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to determine: 1) whether mothers' perceptions of typical community practice for breast-feeding duration influence their personal practices and 2) whether the mothers' reports of community reasons for terminating breast-feeding identify barriers not elicited through self-report. METHODS The study was conducted in 1997 in a sample of poor neighborhoo...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the effect that age at diagnosis has on fear of breast cancer recurrence and to identify the predictors of fear of recurrence using self-efficacy as a mediator. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Two university cancer centers and one cooperative group in the midwestern United States. SAMPLE 1,128 long-term survivors. METHODS Survivors were eligible if...

QUESTION What modifiable factors positively influence breastfeeding duration to 6 months postpartum? AIM This question was posed in order to be able to develop a midwifery intervention aimed at prolonging breastfeeding. METHOD An online literature search was conducted in Medline, CINAHL, Maternity and Infant Care, and Cochrane Database of systematic reviews. The search strategy included the...

objective: nutrition in childhood has an important role in current and adulthood health. recent studies have shown that the mother’s lifestyle has an important role in the methods used by mother to feed child. this paper aimed to investigate the association between mother’s weight efficacy lifestyle with feeding practices in children aged 3- 6 years. materials and methods: in this cross-section...

conclusions implementing the self-management program plus regular follow-up increased the perception of self-efficacy in patients with ms. similar self-management programs are recommended to be integrated in the regular caring of patients with ms. results no significant difference in mean scores of baseline self-efficacy was found between the control (52.90 ± 8.03) and the intervention groups (...

the present study was conducted to examine the relationship between the self-supervision and the self-efficacy of iranian efl teachers and also the relationship between the self-supervision and the self-efficacy of intermediate adult learners individually. to this end, 40 efl teachers and 55 intermediate adult learners were selected from two branches of kish language institute. in this study, “...

Background: Breastfeeding benefits both mother and newborn plays a significant role in controlling chronic diseases. Fathers' breastfeeding attitude paternal self-efficacy, which means that their ability to help partner breastfeed the newborn, appear be among factors affect women’s breastfeeding. Objectives: This correlational descriptive study investigates self-efficacy its relationship with I...

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) remains a challenge in most resource-limited settings, particularly in Africa. Single-dose and short-course antiretroviral (ARV) regimens are only partially effective and have failed to achieve wide coverage despite their apparent simplicity. More potent ARV combinations are restricted to pregnant w...