Teaching Chilean Mothers to Massage Their Full-Term Infants

Serrano, Maria Sylvia Campos; Doren, Francisca Márquez; Wilson, Lynda

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“…Another study in Chile assessed infant massage provided by mothers as another way to have skin-to-skin stimulation and reported improvements in early weight gain, but no improvements in later weight gain (Serrano, Doren, & Wilson, 2010). …”

Section: Developmental Periods: Perinatal Infant/toddler Young Childmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and Evaluation of the Korean Health Literacy Instrument

Kang

Lee

Kim

et al. 2014

Journal of Health Communication

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In June of 2012, representatives from more than 80 countries promulgated a Child Survival Call to Action, which called for reducing child mortality to 20 or fewer child deaths per 1,000 live births in every country by 2035. To address the problem of ending preventable child deaths, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the United Nations Children's Fund convened, on June 3–4, 2013, an Evidence Summit on Enhancing Child Survival and Development in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries by Achieving Population-Level Behavior Change. Six evidence review teams were established on different topics related to child survival and healthy development to identify the relevant evidence-based interventions and to prepare reports. This article was developed by the evidence review team responsible for identifying the research literature on caregiver change for child survival and development. This article is organized into childhood developmental periods and cross-cutting issues that affect child survival and healthy early development across all these periods. On the basis of this review, the authors present evidence-based recommendations for programs focused on caregivers to increase child survival and promote healthy development. Last, promising directions for future research to change caregivers' behaviors are given.

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Section: Developmental Periods: Perinatal Infant/toddler Young Childmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and Evaluation of the Korean Health Literacy Instrument

Kang

Lee

Kim

et al. 2014

Journal of Health Communication

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“…Also, Roosbahani and Narenji compared the effects of massaging with sesame oil with no massaging on term infants, and found no statistically significant difference between the groups [21]. In this study, no relationship was found between infant weight (height) gain and gender likewise [5] [18] [31].…”

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“…However, the difference of average height increase between the participants of sesame oil and sunflower oil groups was not statistically significant. According to Soriano et al, significant height gain was observed in preterm infants after 30 days of oil massage [5]. Agarwal et al, reported significant increase in height among term infants after a 6 week massage [18].…”

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“…The sense of touch is one of the first senses to develop, and parent-infant touch provides numerous benefits including regulation of heartbeat and temperature for babies as well as protection against infections. It also promotes parent-infant bonding and early social development [4] [5]. Teaching mothers to massage their infants may strengthen attachment by helping the mother to become more sensitive to her infant's cues and positive mother-infant interaction patterns.…”

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“…Teaching mothers to massage their infants may strengthen attachment by helping the mother to become more sensitive to her infant's cues and positive mother-infant interaction patterns. Furthermore, mothers who massage their neonates have lower depression and anxiety symptoms [5]- [7]. In many studies, infant massage was provided by researchers, nurses or other care providers; yet in several others, parents were taught to massage their infants at home [8].…”

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The Effect of Massage with Oils on the Growth of Term Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Mirmohammadali¹,

Hosseini-Baharanchi²,

Dehkordi³

et al. 2015

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Background and Aims: Infant massage could potentially benefit both physiological and psychological health. This study aims to determine the effect of massage with oils on the growth of full-term infants, which is given by their mothers. Study Design: This is a double-blind randomized controlled trial which was conducted on full term infants visited in the nine Public Health Centers of Shahrekord, Iran in 2010. Material and Methods: This study included 217 infants. Inclusion criteria for the infants were age scale between 10 to 15 days, full term gestation, birth weight of 2500 grams at least, Apgar score of 7 or above, no resuscitation after the birth, exclusive breastfeeding during the study, medically stable condition without any need for drugs, nulliparous. The infants were randomized into four groups: massage with sunflower oil, massage with sesame oil, massage without oil, and no massage (control group). Massage was given by mothers twice a day for 4 weeks, starting from the 10-15 th day of life. Weight and height were measured weekly. At last, Repeated Measures Analysis of Covariance was employed to analyze the data. Birth weight (height) as well as mean frequency of breastfeeding during the study was deemed as covariates. Results: The findings showed that the mean of weight and height was significantly different between groups over time, respectively (P = 0.005, P < 0.001). The infants' mean weight in sunflower oil massage group increased significantly compared with other three groups (P = 0.005). In addition, * Corresponding author. M. Mirmohammadali et al. 224 infants' height gain in sunflower and sesame oil massage group were significantly higher than message-only and control groups (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Massage with oil, especially sunflower oil is an inexpensive, simple, and effective intervention which improved weight and height gain in selected samples. Further studies are needed to evaluate the serious adverse effects, if any, to notify midwives and health care staff.

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Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies

McFadden

Gavine

Renfrew

et al. 2012

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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354

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Background There is extensive evidence of important health risks for infants and mothers related to not breastfeeding. In 2003, the World Health Organization recommended infants be exclusively breastfed until six months of age, with breastfeeding continuing as an important part of the infant’s diet till at least two years of age. However, breastfeeding rates in many countries currently do not reflect this recommendation. Objectives To assess the effectiveness of support for breastfeeding mothers. Search methods We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group’s Trials Register (3 October 2011). Selection criteria Randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials comparing extra support for healthy breastfeeding mothers of healthy term babies with usual maternity care. Data collection and analysis Two review authors independently assessed trial quality and extracted data. Main results Of the 67 studies that we assessed as eligible for inclusion, 52 contributed outcome data to the review (56,451 mother-infant pairs) from 21 countries. All forms of extra support analysed together showed an increase in duration of ‘any breastfeeding’ (includes partial and exclusive breastfeeding) (risk ratio (RR) for stopping any breastfeeding before six months 0.91, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.88 to 0.96). All forms of extra support together also had a positive effect on duration of exclusive breastfeeding (RR at six months 0.86, 95% CI 0.82 to 0.91; RR at four to six weeks 0.74, 95% CI 0.61 to 0.89). Extra support by both lay and professionals had a positive impact on breastfeeding outcomes. Maternal satisfaction was poorly reported. Authors’ conclusions All women should be offered support to breastfeed their babies to increase the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding. Support is likely to be more effective in settings with high initiation rates, so efforts to increase the uptake of breastfeeding should be in place. Support may be offered either by professional or lay/peer supporters, or a combination of both. Strategies that rely mainly on face-to-face support are more likely to succeed. Support that is only offered reactively, in which women are expected to initiate the contact, is unlikely to be effective; women should be offered ongoing visits on a scheduled basis so they can predict that support will be available. Support should be tailored to the needs of the setting and the population group.

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Teaching Chilean Mothers to Massage Their Full-Term Infants

Cited by 33 publications

References 8 publications

Development and Evaluation of the Korean Health Literacy Instrument

Development and Evaluation of the Korean Health Literacy Instrument

The Effect of Massage with Oils on the Growth of Term Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies

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