Flinders Academic Commons :: Browsing 1114 - Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine by Title

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Acute and chronic otitis media

( 2009) Morris, Peter Stanley ; Leach, Amanda J

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Assessing health status in neurology

(Taylor & Francis, 2005) Taylor, Nik ; Story, L ; McVeigh, E ; Jenkinson, C ; Kennedy, S

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Assisted reproductive technology and the risk of poor pregnancy outcome

(Cambridge University Press, 2010) Keirse, Marc Jozef ; Helmerhorst, F M

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Association between birth weight and adolescent systolic blood pressure in a caucasian birth cohort differs according to skin type, CRH promoter or 11{beta}-HSD2 genotype

( 2008) Dwyer, Terence ; Blizzard, Leigh B ; Patterson, Briony ; Ponsonby, Anne Louise ; Martin, Kara L ; Quinn, Stephen John ; Sale, Michele M ; Richards, Stephen M ; Morley, Ruth M ; Rich, Stephen S ; Dickinson, Joanne L

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Barriers that inhibit nurses reporting suspected cases of child abuse and neglect

( 2009) Piltz, Anne ; Wachtel, Tracey Michelle

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Breast-feeding mothers can exercise: results of a cohort study

( 2007) Scott, Jane Anne ; Su, D ; Zhao, Y ; Binns, Colin W ; Oddy, Wendy H

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Breastfeeding by Aboriginal mothers in Perth

( 2006) Woods, Beth ; Binns, Colin W ; Gilchrist, Dawn ; Gracey, Michael ; Scott, Jane Anne ; Smith, Hannah ; Zhang, Min ; Roberman, Brian

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Breastfeeding influences on growth and health at one year of age

( 2006) Oddy, Wendy H ; Scott, Jane Anne ; Graham, Kathleen I ; Binns, Colin W

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Carbohydrate intake is the main determinant of growth in infants born <33 weeks' gestation when protein intake is adequate

( 2008) Smithers, Lisa Gaye ; Collins, Carmel T ; Makrides, Maria ; Miller, Jacqueline ; McPhee, Andrew ; Willson, Kristyn ; Gibson, Robert Alan

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Defining exclusive breastfeeding in Australia

( 2009) Scott, Jane Anne ; Lee, Andy H ; Binns, Colin W ; Fraser, Michelle L

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Determinants of breastfeeding initiation among mothers in Kuwait

( 2010) Edwards, Christine A ; Dashti, Manal ; Al-Sughayer, Mona ; Scott, Jane Anne

Background Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended as the optimal way to feed infants for the first six months of life. While overall breastfeeding rates are high, exclusive breastfeeding is relatively uncommon among Middle Eastern women. The objective of this study was to identify the incidence of breastfeeding amongst women in the six governorates of Kuwait and the factors associated with the initiation of breastfeeding. Methods A sample of 373 women (aged 17-47 years), recruited shortly after delivery from four hospitals in Kuwait, completed a structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify those factors independently associated with the initiation of breastfeeding. Results In total, 92.5% of mothers initiated breastfeeding and at discharge from hospital the majority of mothers were partially breastfeeding (55%), with only 30% of mothers fully breastfeeding. Prelacteal feeding was the norm (81.8%) and less than 1 in 5 infants (18.2%) received colostrum as their first feed. Only 10.5% of infants had been exclusively breastfed since birth, the remainder of the breastfed infants having received either prelacteal or supplementary infant formula feeds at some time during their hospital stay. Of the mothers who attempted to breastfeed, the majority of women (55.4%) delayed their first attempt to breastfeed until 24 hours or more after delivery. Breastfeeding at discharge from hospital was positively associated with paternal support for breastfeeding and negatively associated with delivery by caesarean section and with the infant having spent time in the Special Care Nursery. Conclusions The reasons for the high use of prelacteal and supplementary formula feeding warrant investigation. Hospital policies and staff training are needed to promote the early initiation of breastfeeding and to discourage the unnecessary use of infant formula in hospital, in order to support the establishment of exclusive breastfeeding by mothers in Kuwait.

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The development and evaluation of a simple method of gestational age estimation