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Preventing Primary Cesarean Sections for First-time Mothers: Use of a Labor Dystocia Checklist
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2023)
for the intervention group without an increase in adverse maternal and newborn complications. The labor dystocia checklist is a safe, evidence-based, quality improvement intervention that can reduce unnecessary primary cesarean sections for first-time mothers....
Collective impact : operationalizing a framework to coordinate community services
(2017)
The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program provides comprehensive early childhood services. Federal agencies emphasize coordination of stakeholders for systems-building. Designing a well-coordinated system is complex...
Maternal and Fetal Outcomes and Early Neuraxial Engagement in Obese Parturients
(2016-05)
neuraxial placement in obese parturients affect maternal and fetal outcomes? Review of 23 studies indicates a higher incidence of hypertension, preeclampsia, shoulder dystocia, hemorrhage, caesarean delivery, and failed intubations in the obese parturient. A...
Provision of Telelactation Support to Improve Breastfeeding Outcome
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Breastfeeding is a valuable infant feeding method that offers many preventative health benefits
to mothers and infants. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization
provide recommendations ...
Is breastfeeding related to maternal warmth and acceptance among Saudi mothers?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
warmth and acceptance. A total of 399 middle income Saudi mothers participated in the study to explore the differences of maternal warmth and acceptance based on the infants' feeding methods. The study also examined the association between breastfeeding...
The roles of attachment style and maternal depression in the development of childhood depression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
and externalizing behaviors originating with maternal depression or insecure attachment styles between the infant and their mothers. The data for this study was collected as part of a multisite, randomized trial of Hawaii's Healthy Start Program (HSP) (Duggan et al...
Individual variability in maternal infant-directed speech
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
variability in the degree of pitch enhancement done by mothers in IDS as compared to their own ADS. Finally, this study investigated the potential relation between individual difference in maternal sensitivity and differences in maternal IDS. The results...
I, Mothership : exploring the maternal gaze, intersubjectivity, and maternal ambivalence through vernacular technology, provisional craft and painting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
". These ideas are rooted in maternal theory, which works relationally across disciplines, and takes up residence in practices of visual and critical studies, psychoanalysis, and philosophy. Facets of this research address domestic space as the site of my work...
Risk of Expectant Management and Optimal Timing of Delivery in Low-risk Term Pregnancies: A Population-based Study
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Introduction
The benefits of the current obstetric recommendation to avoid elective deliveries
before 39 weeks of gestation in pregnant women have been questioned by several authors.1
5 Multiple concerns such as ...
Online Breastfeeding Training for Increasing Staff Knowledge and Breastfeeding Initiation Rates on a Mother/Infant Unit
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
of this quality improvement project was to retrospectively evaluate an evidence-based, online breastfeeding education series for staff on a mother/infant unit at a Missouri hospital. The outcomes measured were staff knowledge and hospital breastfeeding rates. A...
Using Telemedicine to Improve Breastfeeding Outcomes in the Primary Care Setting
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Breastmilk is the most complete form of nutrition for most infants, and it is recommended that
infants are exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. Nationally, breastfeeding rates
fall short of the goals ...
An Empowerment Program to Reduce Parental Distress and Neonatal Length of Stay
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Over 400,000 preterm infants are born each year and taken to the neonatal intensive care unit
which presents a caustic and intimidating environment for parents who struggle to adapt to the
parenting role in a roller ...
Mother adolescent relationships and mental health five years later : the moderating effect of chronic medical conditions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
"The transition to adulthood is a time of development and growth, but can also involve some degree of stress. Young adulthood is associated with greater risk of mental health problems, as evidenced by a higher rate of ...
Individual, relational, and cultural correlates of U.S. Latino/a college students' prosocial behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
-level considerations, and culture-specific values. Socioemotive, sociocognitive, and cultural variables have all been studied as important correlates of prosocial behaviors. In addition, maternal and paternal support may play a role in the internalization...
Improving Early Infant Feeding Practices with an Evidence Based Education Handout
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Nearly half of all infants are introduced to solid food before the recommended age. The World
Health Organization and American Academy of Pediatrics have established guidelines
encouraging parents to delay solid food ...
Enhance Transition Care for Medically Complex Adolescents
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2020)
Medically complex adolescents with spina bifida and shunted hydrocephalus are living into
adulthood and requiring healthcare as adults. For effective neurosurgical care to continue from a
pediatric practice to an adult ...
Parental psychological factors of mother-child and father-child reminiscing about negative and positive emotional past experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
advance knowledge of the significance of parent factors for their elaboration styles, by indicating that maternal elaboration might be more nuanced to child and contextual cues, whereas paternal elaboration, by contrast, might be more heavily influenced...
Does geography matter? comparing maternal stressors to birth outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Background: The US continues to see rising trends in the incidence of maternal morbidity and mortality, which contributes to poor infant birth outcomes of preterm birth and low birth weight. The purpose of this dissertation study was to examine...
Men and maternal care: how men make sense of their experiences with a partner's pregnancy, labor, and delivery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
their partner's pregnancy, labor, and delivery, most told incomplete or incoherent stories. This could be due to their lack of practice telling the story or an expectation that men are not supposed to talk about maternal health. Additionally, participants...
Breastfeeding Support Through Social Media Groups
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2022)
Breastfeeding is the most influential behavior to reduce infant and maternal morbidity and mortality
rates. Despite the health benefits, only a quarter of infants in the United States are exclusively
breastfeed to six ...