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Filter by:The study aims to establish lysine requirements using the indicator amino acid oxidation (IAAO) method in women exclusively breastfeeding a single infant aged 3-4 months, and how maternal lysine needs change once infant transition to complimentary feeding at a later age of 9-10 months. Each 8-hour study day will have an assigned test lysine intake ranging from deficient to excess. The diets will be provided in a complete protein shake format, meeting all nutrient requirements except for the test lysine intake. Breath samples evaluate the indicator's oxidation to determine protein synthesis in response to lysine intake. Urine and one blood sample will be collected to assess metabolite concentrations.
The goal of this interventional study is to establish a whole food, avocado, as a viable study material to supplement mothers and infants with nutrients that support optimal brain development. Eighty-eight breastfeeding dyads, 3m postnatal, will participate in this study designed to: 1. To document whether lactating mothers will comply in the consumption of 5 avocados a week for 12 weeks. 2. To ascertain the choline, lutein, and fatty acids present in human milk in women who eat avocado. 3. To measure the cognitive advantage conferred to infants whose mothers consume avocados while breastfeeding compared to a non-avocado-eating reference group. To this end, healthy, lactating women who are 13 weeks postpartum and their infants will be enrolled. Mothers will be provided avocados on a bi-weekly basis and will be asked to consume an avocado a day. Infant cognition will be tested when the infants are 4.5 and 6 months of age. Milk samples and diet data will be collected and assayed on a bi-weekly basis.
This study aims to improve maternal, neonatal and infant health outcomes through an integrated community-based intervention package in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.
The percentage of women breastfeeding their newborn babies is very low among minority populations such as African American women in Mississippi. There are good results with initiatives supporting the initiation of breastfeeding after delivery. However, the percentages of continuation of breastfeeding up to 3, 6 or 12 months are still very low in Mississippi. Therefore, this project is proposing to focus on community interventions including social and cultural components to promote and support continuation of breastfeeding. - The social component will include interventions to promote supportive environments in the workplace for lactating mothers, as well as promoting the use of mother's milk to feed infants in daycare centers. - The cultural component will focus on educating and raising awareness of the benefit of BF to prevent absenteeism at work, to reduce child illnesses, and to promote healthy child development. The cultural component will target the mother with her family and spouse/partner, employers, and daycare managers.
The Breastfeeding - a Good Start Together intervention study aims to increase the proportion of women who breastfeed for four and six months, and proportionately more in a group of women who are in risk of early breastfeeding cessation; and thus reduce social inequality of mother and infant health.
Adequate nutrition during infancy and early childhood are fundamental to the development of a child. It is well recognized that the period from birth to two years of age is a "critical window" for the promotion of optimal growth, health, and behavioral development. The World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Association of Pediatric Nursing Practitioners, UNICEF and CDC acknowledge that breastfeeding is the ideal diet for babies and recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life, and continuing breastfeeding until the age of 2. postpartum breastfeeding is widespread in Turkey. According to the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (2018 TDHS) data, 98% of the last-born children in the two years before the study were breastfed. However, 41% of children younger than six months are only fed with breast milk. In many studies, it is stated that the education of both the mother, her relatives and the healthcare personnel plays a key role in breastfeeding success. Postpartum social support is important for the protection of both mother and baby health. Culturally, in Turkish society, the postpartum period, which mothers and grandmothers spend more often together, and the positive support of the mother are very important for both the short and long term maternal and infant health. In the literature, it is emphasized that the most important factors in starting additional food and formula in the early period are the influence of the immediate environment and family and that grandmothers are vital in baby care and feeding In addition, inadequate or misguided grandmothers due to lack of knowledge and traditional attitudes during this period can have a negative effect on the continuation of breastfeeding. Although there are studies in the literature on breastfeeding training given to mothers and healthcare personnel, there are very few studies on inclusive breastfeeding counseling for grandmothers who have a primary support role. However, there is RCT study regarding the application of breastfeeding counseling involving grandmothers who have been followed up in a clinical setting, and no project has been found in our country on this subject. With this planned project, this effect will be investigated for the first time. For this reason, it is thought that the results of this project will have positive effects on the strengthening of breastfeeding and mother-baby health and will have extremely important outputs for its applicability in clinical and public health centers. In this direction, this research aims to increase only breast milk intake in the first 6 months in the short term and to have longer breastfeeding periods in the long term. It was planned for breastfeeding counseling to empower grandmothers who support postnatal mother and baby care, increase their knowledge about breastfeeding, and support mothers by developing a positive attitude. The research was planned as a randomized controlled study. Voluntary postpartum primiparous mothers who have recently given birth and their accompanying grandmothers will be randomly assigned to the intervention and control group. The grandmothers in the intervention group will be given breastfeeding counseling before discharge. Home monitoring will be performed in the 2nd week, 3rd and 6th months after the counseling. In each follow-up, breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes of the grandmothers, breastfeeding success of mothers, attitude towards breastfeeding, perception of postpartum support and newborn growth parameters will be determined. As a result of the research, the effect of breastfeeding training given to grandmothers will be evaluated breastfeeding status of the first 6 months, self-efficacy, attitude, social support perceptions, breastfeeding continuity and newborn growth parameters of primiparous mothers who have just given birth.
About 40% of children under six months are breastfed. However, in adolescent mothers there are greater barriers to making the decision to breastfeed. Counseling on breastfeeding could be a helpful intervention in sustaining this practice. This is a single-blind randomized controlled trial type study, with a control group that will receive routine care, and an intervention group that will additionally receive "Counseling: breastfeeding" through a maternity preparation course, both conducted by trained nurses. 59 pregnant women will be included in each group that attend the prenatal control program, for a total of 118 users. The level of knowledge about breastfeeding, the rate of cessation of breastfeeding and the rate of cessation will be evaluated in three measurements during follow-up.
Purpose: To establish a whole food, egg, as a viable study material to supplement mothers and infants with nutrients that support optimal brain development. There will be 84 breastfeeding dyads, 3 months postnatal. Mothers will be randomized to a whole egg or egg white (due to lack of an appropriate control food). Initial diet intake will be screened using the NDSR. Participants will come to the lab 3 times across 3 months (age 3 months, 4.5 months, and 6 months). Milk, saliva, and plasma will be collected from the mother, while saliva and plasma (heel stick) are collected from the infant. Diet data will be collected at each visit. The infant will complete a recognition memory test using electrophysiology at 6 months as well as the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at 4.5 months. The mother will complete a temperament questionnaire at 3 months and 6 months.