Counselling interventions to enable women to initiate and continue breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A McFadden, L Siebelt, JL Marshall, A Gavine… - International …, 2019 - Springer
Background Many infants worldwide are not breastfeeding according to WHO
recommendations and this impacts on the health of women and children. Increasing …

Maternal-focused interventions to improve infant growth and nutritional status in low-middle income countries: A systematic review of reviews

V von Salmuth, E Brennan, M Kerac, M McGrath… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Small and nutritionally at-risk infants under 6 months (< 6m) are a vulnerable
group at increased risk of mortality, morbidity, poor growth and sub-optimal development …

Promoting the practice of exclusive breastfeeding: a philosophic scoping review

TB Amoo, T Popoola, R Lucas - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding
for the first 6 months of an infant's life and continued breastfeeding for 2 years. The global …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of kangaroo mother care on physiological parameters of premature infants in Hamadan City, Iran

P Parsa, S Karimi, B Basiri, G Roshanaei - Pan African Medical Journal, 2018 - ajol.info
Introduction: breast-feeding and being with mother have positive effects on the preterm
infant's health status. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Kangaroo …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to improve interpersonal communication along the continuum of maternal and newborn care: A scoping review and narrative synthesis

KMO Loohuis, BC de Kok, W Bruner… - PLOS global public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Effective interpersonal communication is essential to provide respectful and quality maternal
and newborn care (MNC). This scoping review mapped, categorized, and analysed …

Effectiveness of breastfeeding support packages in low-and middle-income countries for infants under six months: a systematic review

R Rana, M McGrath, E Sharma, P Gupta, M Kerac - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Small and nutritionally at-risk infants under six months, defined as those with wasting,
underweight, or other forms of growth failure, are at high-risk of mortality and morbidity. The …

Newborn weight change and predictors of underweight in the neonatal period in Guinea‐Bissau, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda

VJ Flaherman, AS Ginsburg… - Maternal & child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In low‐and middle‐income countries (LMIC), growth impairment is common; however, the
trajectory of growth over the course of the first month has not been well characterised. To …

Effectiveness of Breastfeeding Skills Training and Support Program among First Time Mothers: A Randomized Control Trial.

P Prasitwattanaseree, N Sinsucksai… - … Journal of Nursing …, 2019 - search.ebscohost.com
Exclusive breastfeeding continuously for six months is difficult for new mothers.
Breastfeeding problems are caused mostly by improper positioning and incorrect latch-on …

Parent-targeted postnatal educational interventions in low and middle-income countries: A scoping review and critical analysis

J Dol, M Campbell-Yeo, GT Murphy, M Aston… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives: To identify and map existing postnatal educational interventions targeting
parents in low and middle-income countries. A secondary objective is to conduct a critical …

Effect of a health-education program based on the BASNEF model of overall sexual health satisfaction and satisfaction with quality of sexual relationship among …

A Shahbazi, Z Behboodi Moghadam… - … Journal of Women's …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Female infertility is increasing in Iran, encompassing all dimensions of women's
lives. One of the most important effects of infertility is on sexual function. All women have the …