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Öztürk Dönmez, Renginar; Bayik Temel, Ayla – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The aim of this review is to identify the behavioural soothing interventions (BSIs) used for reducing infant crying and to determine their effect. Studies had to describe an experimental study addressing infant crying and BSIs in the first six months after birth. Searches were performed in Web of Science, Pubmed, Science Direct, EBSCOhost,…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Intervention, Infant Behavior, Infants
Davis, Elysia Poggi; Thompson, Ross A. – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
The fetal programming and developmental origins of disease models suggest that experiences that occur before birth can have consequences for physical and mental health that persist across the lifespan. Development is more rapid during the prenatal period as compared to any other stage of life. This introductory article considers evidence that…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Child Health, Stress Variables, Stress Management
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Dera de Bie, Eveliene; Jansen, Maria; Gerver, Willem Jan – Child Care in Practice, 2012
The aim of this study was to explore inhibiting factors in the prevention of overweight in infants younger than one year, among practitioners working for municipal child healthcare organisations in the Netherlands. Twelve in-depth interviews with child healthcare physicians and nurses were conducted. All interviews were tape-recorded, after which…
Descriptors: Obesity, Prevention, Physicians, Identification
Hanrahan, Marian, Ed.; Prinsen, Bert, Ed. – 1997
The development of community-based programs to support inexperienced parents through home visits by experienced mothers, who are in turned facilitated by child health and development professionals, has become an increasingly common approach in Europe and the United States. This edited volume presents proceedings from an invitational conference on…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Programs, Community Support, Family Programs
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Kools, Els J.; Thijs, Carel; de Vries, Hein – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
The aim of this study was to evaluate the behavioral determinants of the initiation of breast-feeding at birth. The prospective cohort study used the attitude, social influence, self-efficacy (ASE) model in 373 pregnant women in five child health care centers. Prenatally, 72% of the women had the intention to breast-feed, and 73% actually started…
Descriptors: Mothers, Self Efficacy, Child Health, Pregnancy
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Drewett, R. F.; Corbett, S. S.; Wright, C. M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Previous studies suggest that failure to thrive in infancy may be associated with adverse sequelae in childhood. Although cognitive abilities have been extensively investigated, little systematic research is available on other aspects of development. Methods: Eighty-nine children who failed to thrive as infants and 91 controls were…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Self Concept, Child Health, Infants