Premise: Providing postpartum rooming-in increases theGomes-Pedro, J., Bento de Almeida, J., Silveira da Costa, C., & amount of maternal-child contact. The extended interaction Barbosa, A. (1984). Influence of early mother-infant contact on dyadic behaviour during the first month of life. Developmental leads to intimate touching and helps to foster the maternal Medicine & Child Neurology, 26(5), 657-664. child affection. Premise:To study the behavior of infants by using the Research Hypothesis: Mothers who delivered in the hospiBrazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale (BNBAS) tal that provided early and extended infant contact in a between two similar groups of women. To determine rooming-in setting would have more positive mother-infant whether or not early contact between infants and mothers interactions than mothers who delivered at a facility that in the first few hours postpartum affects attachment. offered early, but minimal, contact.Research Question: Does early contact have an additional Subjects: A total of 31 unmarried first-time mothers who effect on the mother's affectionate behavior and on the were between the ages of 16-22 years. Predominantly Afriinfant's performance on the BNBAS? can American with low socioeconomic status. Experienced uncomplicated pregnancy and delivered healthy full-term Background: The focus of this study was in regard to addiinfants.tional and early contact between the mother and infant. Half of the group followed the usual hospital routine of Study Design: Fifteen mothers roomed in with their infant separation for clinical observation and tasks; half of the while 16 only had minimal contact. The two groups were group was provided early contact following birth. Both equal in regards to substance use and in factors such as groups had permanent rooming-in beginning at 6 hours prenatal and postpartum plan of care. Both groups bottlepostpartum. fed their infants. Mothers entered the study during hospitalization. The mothers were told that they were being obSubjects: A total of 60 primiparous women, with selection served interacting with their infants. Mothers were criteria of intention to breastfeed: white, Portuguese nationobserved for 15 minutes after a morning feeding, approxiality, ages 18 to 35 years, living with baby's father for mately 18 hours after delivery. The observer monitored 13 at least one year, low/medium social class, uncomplicated items such as holding, talking, touching, and attentiveness pregnancy, 38 to 42 weeks pregnancy, and labor not lasting and completed a Maternal Touching Checklist. more than 24 hours. All had identical labor analgesics (50-mg. pethidine, 100-mg. promethazine), vaginal delivery, Findings: Rooming-in mothers looked at and talked more minimum Apgar score of 8 at one minute, 10 at five minutes, to their infants. They talked less with others, watched less and infant weight between 10th and 90th percentile. Sex television, and spent less time on the phone. Rooming-in distribution of infants was equal (although this was only mothers a...
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