scholarly journals The impact of COVID‐19 on experiences of pregnancy and/or early parenting in Chile

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Olhaberry ◽  
Catalina Sieverson ◽  
Pamela Franco ◽  
Macarena Romero ◽  
Trinidad Tagle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Parenting ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals A Universal Early Parenting Education Intervention in Community-Based Primary Care Settings: Development and Installation Challenges

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grainne Hickey ◽  
Sinead McGilloway ◽  
Yvonne Leckey ◽  
Ann Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
Parenting Education ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Programme Implementation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Early Parenting ◽  
The Impact

Prevention and early intervention programmes, which aim to educate and support parents and young children in the earliest stages of the family lifecycle, have become an increasingly popular policy strategy for tackling intergenerational disadvantage and developmental inequality. Evidence-based, joined-up services are recommended as best practice for achieving optimal outcomes for parents and their children; however, there are persistent challenges to the development, adoption and installation of these kinds of initiatives in community-based primary health care settings. In this paper, we present a description of the design and installation of a multi-stakeholder early parenting education and intervention service model called the Parent and Infant (PIN) programme. This new programme is delivered collaboratively on a universal, area-wide basis through routine primary care services and combines standardised parent-training with other group-based supports designed to educate parents, strengthen parenting skills and wellbeing and enhance developmental outcomes in children aged 0–2 years. The programme design was informed by local needs analysis and piloting to establish an in-depth understanding of the local context. The findings demonstrate that a hospitable environment is central to establishing interagency parenting education and supports. Partnership, relationship-building and strategic leadership are vital to building commitment and buy-in for this kind of innovation and programme implementation. A graduated approach to implementation which provides training/education and coaching as well as organisational and administrative supports for practice change, are also important in creating an environment conducive to collaboration. Further research into the impact, implementation and cost-effectiveness of the PIN programme will help to build an understanding of what works for parents and infants, as well as identifying lessons for the development and implementation of other similar complex prevention and intervention programmes elsewhere. This kind of research coupled with the establishment of effective partnerships involving service providers, parents, researchers and policy makers, is necessary to meeting the challenge of improving family education and enhancing the capacity of family services to help promote positive outcomes for children.

The impact of maternal perinatal depression on exposure to reading and screen time for their infants: pilot findings from the MPEWS Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-562
Author(s):  
Grace Cowderoy ◽  
Josephine Power ◽  
Andrew Lewis ◽  
Stuart Watson ◽  
Megan Galbally
Keyword(s):  
Screen Time ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Perinatal Depression ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Early Parenting ◽  
Causal Pathway ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
The Impact

Objective: To explore the association between maternal depression and the screen and reading time experienced by their infants. Methods: This study utilises data on 158 women and infants, collected within the Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Wellbeing Study. Women less than 20 weeks gestation were diagnosed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders. Six months postpartum they completed questionnaires about themselves, their infant and early parenting practices. Results: Children of women with a past diagnosis of depression were exposed to fewer days of 15-minute reading time per week compared to the children of women with no diagnosis. While the current depression group showed a lower average reading time, this difference was not statistically significant. There were no significant differences in infant screen time between groups. Conclusions: A maternal past diagnosis of depression is correlated with decreased reading time in infants. This may present a practical point for screening and intervention or suggest a causal pathway for poorer outcomes in children of those with depression.

Parenting ideologies, infant feeding and popular culture

2018 ◽  
pp. 147-162
Author(s):  
Abigail Locke
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Infant Feeding ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Early Parenting ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The Social ◽  
Feeding Methods ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
The Impact

This chapter takes a critical social and health psychological perspective to bring together different strands of the contemporary debate around infant feeding, drawing on ideas across the social and health sciences to explore key points of tension. These include media representation of infant feeding, health promotion discourse in a ‘neoliberal’ society, and the impact of contemporary parenting ideologies on parenting practices and parenting subjectivities. It argues that some of the complexities and nuances of the infant feeding debates may be one way of explaining discrepancies in rates and the difficulties inherent in breastfeeding promotion strategies. Some of this stems from the ways in which it is approached — as a topic in its own right or as part of a larger jigsaw of early parenting. The former approach runs the risk of ignoring wider issues that are impacting on infant feeding; the latter runs the risk of downplaying infant feeding methods. The chapter aims to reach a deeper understanding of the ways that competing discourses about what it means to be a ‘good parent’, and how we feed our infants, become operationalised in these different standpoints, using contemporary examples to illustrate these points of tension.

Title: New Parents’ Idealistic Expectations of Parenthood: The Impact of Preconceived Ideas

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110551
Author(s):  
Rachael E. Sanders ◽  
Jennifer Lehmann ◽  
Fiona Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Life Transition ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Early Parenting ◽  
Significant Life ◽  
Cultural Pressures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Unrealistic Expectations

Parenthood is a significant life transition with considerable impacts on parent, child and family wellbeing. While life-enhancing, it is also stressful. New parents’ often hold unrealistic expectations and do not prepare adequately for the new role. Applying a critical exploratory Grounded Theory approach, this study explores the reasons for expectant parents’ unrealistic expectations. Thirty parents were interviewed about their preconceptions of parenthood, how they impacted on early parenting experiences and what, if anything, might help better prepare parents for this role. Participants reported unrealistic expectations, a lack of preparation, and recommended that parenting information be provided by professionals prenatally to help prevent adverse effects. In addition, we advocate promoting critical thinking to help parents identify and grapple with facets of social life that support and impede the way they experience and cope with parenthood, leading to the capacity to challenge cultural pressures that may make parenting even more difficult.

Childbirth Education in a World of Challenges

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Sharron S. Humenick
Keyword(s):  
Childbirth Education ◽  
Early Parenting ◽  
The Impact

In this column, the author considers the impact of widespread crises and global tensions on pregnancy and early parenting. Childbirth educators can help alleviate the impact of societal stress on expectant families.

scholarly journals “Walking into the unknown…” key challenges of pregnancy and early parenting with inflammatory arthritis: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nevena Rebić ◽  
Ria Garg ◽  
Ursula Ellis ◽  
Vanessa Kitchin ◽  
Sarah Munro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Care Coordination ◽  
Inflammatory Arthritis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Thematic Synthesis ◽  
Early Parenting ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background To conduct a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies on the pregnancy and early parenting experiences of patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA). Methods We searched online databases for English-language, qualitative studies capturing the experiences of females with IA or their healthcare providers with pregnancy and/or early parenthood. We extracted findings from included studies and used thematic synthesis to develop descriptive and higher-order analytical themes. Results Of 20 included studies, our analysis identified 5 analytical themes among patients and 3 among providers. Patients’ reproductive desires, the impact of IA on their ability to experience pregnancy, and the availability of information to guide preparedness informed their pregnancy decisions. Patients’ IA management, pregnancy expectations, and access to support influenced their reproductive experiences. Patients’ experiences seeking information and care revealed substantial gaps in reproductive care provision to patients with IA. Reproductive uncertainty related to IA placed a heavy burden on patients’ emotional and psychological wellbeing. Reproductive care provision was influenced by providers’ perceived professional responsibility to address patients’ reproductive goals, fears of negative outcomes, and capacity to harness patient trust, incorporate reproductive care into rheumatology practice and facilitate multi-disciplinary care coordination. Conclusions Our review illuminated several barriers to experiencing pregnancy among patients with IA, particularly related to pregnancy planning support, availability of information, and care coordination among the patient’s healthcare team. To improve care, these barriers may be mitigated through the provision of relevant, practical, and consistent information as well as patient-centred multi-disciplinary approaches for managing pregnancy among patients with IA.

Formation of Lunar Craters and Bright Rays as a Result of Meteorite Impacts

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 415-418
Author(s):  
K. P. Stanyukovich ◽  
V. A. Bronshten
Keyword(s):  
Explosive Charge ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Meteorite Impacts ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Lunar Craters ◽  
The Impact

The phenomena accompanying the impact of large meteorites on the surface of the Moon or of the Earth can be examined on the basis of the theory of explosive phenomena if we assume that, instead of an exploding meteorite moving inside the rock, we have an explosive charge (equivalent in energy), situated at a certain distance under the surface.

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