Background Skin‐to‐skin care (SSC), often referred to as' kangaroo care'(KC) due to its
similarity with marsupial behaviour of ventral maternal‐infant contact, is one non …

Background Infant acute pain and distress is commonplace. Infancy is a period of
exponential development. Unrelieved pain and distress can have implications across the …

Newborn infants experience acute pain with various medical procedures. Evidence
demonstrates that controlling pain in the newborn period is beneficial, improving …

Despite accumulating evidence that procedural pain experienced by newborn infants may
have acute and even long‐term detrimental effects on their subsequent behaviour and …

Objectives: To investigate whether breast feeding is effective for pain relief during
venepuncture in term neonates and compare any effect with that of oral glucose combined …

Objective To review the (1) reliability, validation, feasibility, and clinical utility and (2) the use
of the Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP) from 1996 to 2009 to determine the effectiveness …

Pain processing and management in neonates, especially preterm neonates, differs from
older populations. In this review, a brief background on pain processing in neonatal life, pain …

BACKGROUND: Sucrose has been demonstrated to provide analgesia for minor painful
procedures in infants. However, results of trials investigating other sweet solutions for …

Objectives: To determine whether family structure (polygamous or monogamous) is
associated with sexual activity among school students in Nigeria. Design: Cross sectional …

Infant survival and the development of secure and cooperative relationships are central to
the future of the species. In humans, this relies heavily on the evolving early parent–infant …