Restoring Human Connections to Health Care at the Pregnancy Aid Center

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Amanda Pike
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Postnatal Period ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
World Health ◽  
Maternal Child Health ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Child Health

Health seeking practices of the mother in the pre/postnatal period can serve as an indicator of future maternal child health, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO 2013) 11 indicators of maternal, newborn, and child health. Postnatal care and the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding are important to the immediate health and well-being of both mother and child for many reasons, yet these findings are unconnected to the health seeking practices of women of reproductive age.

Perceived partner responsiveness, responsive parenting and child health and well-being

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Kane ◽  
Erin T. Tobin ◽  
Daniel J. Saleh ◽  
Sylvie Naar-King ◽  
Wayne Pierantoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Responsive Parenting ◽  
Perceived Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Child Health

Complexity of Breastfeeding on Child/Maternal Health and Counseling Intervention

2020 ◽  
pp. 395-402
Author(s):  
Ogunlade Joseph Olurotimi
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Maternal Behaviour ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Counseling Intervention ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
And Child Health ◽  
Counseling Approach

This chapter is a critical review of the complexities of breastfeeding and its attending effects on the health of the Mother and Child. The researcher employs a historical research approach to gather both theoretical and empirical facts on this issue. It was discovered that in spite of the pragmatic and frantic efforts by different individuals, organizations, governments and non-governmental bodies in establishing a universal, healthy and safest method of breastfeeding through research, publications, workshops and so on, based on the unavoidable and uncompromising importance and benefits to maternal and child health, it is on record that the maternal behaviour is still obviously at variance to the acceptability of full breastfeeding as promulgated and declared by World Health Organization (WHO). A serious, dedicated, pragmatic and coordinated counseling approach is therefore recommended to be adopted to revive and strengthening a positive behaviour in women to foster positive attitude towards breastfeeding to guarantee 100% morbidity and mortality rate in Maternal and Child health.

Maternal and Child Health

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valire Carr Copeland ◽  
Daniel Hyung Jik Lee
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Child Health

Social reform efforts of the settlement-house movement have provided, in part, the foundation for today’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s policies, programs, and services. Planning, implementing, and evaluating policies and programs that affect the health and well-being of mothers and children require a multidisciplinary approach. Social workers, whose skills encompass direct services, advocacy, planning and research, community development, and administration, have a critical role to play in improving the health outcomes of maternal and child populations.

scholarly journals Socio-cultural practices related to mother and child health in Mewat, Haryana, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3959
Author(s):  
Pooja Akshay ◽  
Sarita Anand
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Pregnancy Outcomes ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Child Birth ◽  
Mother And Child Health ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
And Child Health

Background: Mothers and young children bear the burden of high morbidity and high mortality due to various socio-economic and cultural reasons complicated by illiteracy, unawareness, ignorance, and lack of access to health care services. Objective of this study was to discuss the perspectives of women from villages of Mewat, Haryana in India on mother and child health in the context of their socio-cultural norms, practices and assess their information needs related to pregnancy, child birth and child care.Methods: The study design was qualitative and descriptive in nature. FGDs were conducted in four villages in Mewat district of Haryana with approximately 100 community women who were either pregnant or mothers of at least one child in 0-2 years. Through these FGDs, their responses were documented on prevalent socio-cultural norms and practices about antenatal care, institutional delivery, diet during pregnancy and post-partum, breastfeeding, immunization, family planning etc.Results: Majority of women were unaware of the healthy behaviours and desired practices for optimal pregnancy outcomes due to their limited exposure and unavailability of authentic sources of information. They seemed to be unable to follow the right practices because of poor socio-economic status, patriarchal structure with resultant gender dynamics and religious norms, overwork and pre-conceived socio-cultural norms which impede their health seeking behaviour.Conclusions: Knowledge on healthy practices during pregnancy, child birth and child care can promote health seeking behaviour amongst women along with optimal pregnancy outcomes. However, majority of women were unaware about such healthy practices. Hence, it is important to raise awareness amongst women to ensure mother and child health.

scholarly journals Child health in Latin America: historiographic perspectives and challenges

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 677-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Emanuelle Birn
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Infant And Child Health ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Child Health

Patterns of child health and well-being in Latin America's past - have been assumed to be delayed and derivative of European and North Americanexperiences. Through an examination of recent historiography, this essay traces a more complex reality: interest in infant and child health in Latin America arose from a range of domestic and regional prerogatives. This attention was rooted in preColumbian cultures, then relegated to the private sphere during the colonial period, except for young public wards. Starting in the 19th century, professionals, reformers, and policy-makers throughout the region regarded child health as a matter central to building modern societies. Burgeoning initiatives were also linked to international priorities and developments, not through one-way diffusion but via ongoing interaction of ideas and experts. Despite pioneering approaches to children's rights and health in Latin America, commitment to child well-being has remained uneven, constrained in many settings by problematic political and economic conditions uch.

scholarly journals Educational Strategy for Motherhood and Fatherhood: an Experience of Implementation in Soraca, Colombia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Paola Arocha Zuluaga ◽  
Paula Andrea Castro Prieto ◽  
Nancy Haydeé Millán Echeverría ◽  
Ana María Cárdenas ◽  
Zulma Yanira Fonseca Centeno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Child Health

Abstract Background Preconception education is one of the challenges in maternal and child health in Latin America, in countries such as Colombia. That is why the objective of the following research was to develop a pilot educational intervention aimed at pregnant and breastfeeding women, and their support network, to strengthen practices, skills and knowledge, for informed decision-making and the strengthening of self-care behaviors of women and childcare, beyond childbirth preparation in the municipality of Soraca, located in Boyacá, Colombia in 2017. Methods Quasi-experimental study with an intervention group (municipality of Soraca) and a control group (municipalities of Oicata and Sotaquira) which linked a process and impact evaluation to assess prioritized indicators in terms of maternal and child health and nutrition, before, during and after an educational intervention. Results The main results found that women considered the methodologies used in the educational sessions to be appropriate and relevant and recognized the importance of the call and home visit postpartum nurse. The strategy increased the involvement of the support network in training processes. In turn, the proportion of children who were breastfed was higher in the intervention group than in the control group (88% vs. 60% p = 0.037). The proportion of children who received a bottle was higher in the control group compared to the intervention group (57.1% vs. 16% p = 0.006). Conclusion Strategies such as the one developed in Soraca allow for improved health outcomes for the mother and child and their support network. The strategy 123 in Soraca was a clear example of how a prenatal educational intervention generates positive outcomes for mothers, infants, and their support networks in the areas of food and nutrition, emotional well-being, and physical health.

scholarly journals Management of Change Delivery Decision Making Through the Force Field Analysis in Georgia

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 411
Author(s):  
Jilda Cheishvili ◽  
Irene Zarnadze ◽  
Shalva Zarnadze
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Field Analysis ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Project Outcome ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Child Health

<div><p><em>Children’s generation of Georgia recovers parent’s generations only for 70-80%. According to same data, there are only 14 countries with the similar low indicators. The increase of C-section can cause the decrease of birthdates.</em></p><p><em>WHO recommended The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health - </em><em>through the creation of an <strong>Advocacy Team.</strong></em><em> (WHO, 2005).</em><em> This model ensures the relaxed environment where the mothers can receive information delivered by qualified health workers, who teach pregnant women and family members about health and well-being.  </em><em>Advocacy Team comprises - nurses, medical students, and volunteer.</em><em></em></p><p><em>Project benefit will be </em><em>increased antenatal and postnatal care services through  the country, in the lead the better attitude and knowledge about health and well-being  across all Social levels .  Further families will save money because they couldn't pay for C-section  </em><em></em></p><p><em>Evaluation of the project –</em><em>annual statistical analysis by </em><em>NCDC (National Center for Disease Control and Public Health) </em><em>decrease C-section rate for mother request.</em><em></em></p><p><em>Project outcome</em><em> will be increased maternal and Child health and well-being,</em><em> </em><em>Increase right participation from the community, Support of pregnant women and her family economically.</em><em></em></p></div>

scholarly journals Finding alternative roles for Traditional Birth Attendants: an experience from the south of Angola

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Fattorini ◽  
G Raguzzoni ◽  
C Cuccaro ◽  
N Nante ◽  
C Quercioli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Traditional Birth Attendants ◽  
World Health ◽  
Skilled Birth Attendants ◽  
Birth Attendants ◽  
Mother And Child Health ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
And Child Health

Abstract Background Reduction of maternal mortality ratio (MMR), a key indicator contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is strictly related to maternal empowerment and to an increasing access to skilled care in pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. The WHO recommends to define alternative roles for Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) in the transition from birth with TBAs to birth with Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs), in particular in countries where maternal care services still do not meet recommended standards. Objectives In 2018, the Italian Non-Governmental Organization Doctors with Africa CUAMM and the District Health Department of Ombadja (a 350000 inhabitants district in Cunene province, south of Angola) started a three-year multifaceted project to support and strengthen local health services. Aim of this work is to describe the first six months of an implemented activity involving 120 local TBAs, identified and trained to perform basic educational talks in the district territory regarding topical issues of mother and child health. TBAs were also engaged in the referral of pregnant women to health facilities with SBAs. Results From June to November 2018, TBAs performed 2272 talks about maternal and child health issues: healthy pregnancy (551 talks, 24.3%), nutrition (404, 17.8%) and malaria (370, 16.3%) were the most debated topics. The total of women’s presences during these educational talks was 57504, and 15379 of them (26.7%) were pregnant. TBAs referred to health facilities 226 pregnant women for a delivery assisted by SBAs. Conclusions Angolan estimated MMR in 2015 was 477/100000 live births: therefore, more efforts should be made to contribute to the achievement of 2030 SDGs target of 70/100000 globally. Moreover, the country percentage of deliveries assisted by SBAs is less than 50%. Promoting alternative roles for TBAs into the mother and child health framework could represent an effective way to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. Key messages According to the World Health Organization, defining alternative roles for traditional birth attendants could represent an effective way to support the health of women and children. Traditional Birth Attendants can play an important role in providing basic health education and in the “referral chain” of pregnant women to health facilities with skilled birth attendants.

scholarly journals Maternal and child health in the context of COVID-19 pandemic: evidence, recommendations and challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 213-220
Author(s):  
Pollyanna Costa Cardoso ◽  
Taciana Maia de Sousa ◽  
Daniela da Silva Rocha ◽  
Laura Rangel Drummond de Menezes ◽  
Luana Caroline dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Clinical Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Asymptomatic Group ◽  
Natural Childbirth ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
The Moment ◽  
And Child Health

Abstract Objectives: to present the main evidence, recommendations and challenges for maternal and child health in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: narrative review of national and international documents and reflections on the theme. Results: the coexistence ofpregnancy/puerperium and COVID-19 infection establishes many challenges. It is extremely important that the conduct should be individually adopted, covering all aspects of health in the mother-child binomial, estimating risks and benefits of each decision. Until now, it is recognized that natural childbirth should be encouraged and breastfeeding maintained, if adequate hygienic-sanitary care is ensured. Cesarean delivery and the isolation and separation of the mother-child contact without breastfeeding, will only be eligible when the clinical status of the mother or child is critical. The child must be included in all stages of health care, as this commonly asymptomatic group plays an important role in the family's transmissibility of the disease. Routine immunization should be provided, as well as clinical assistance when necessary, and families must be assisted in favor of their well-being. Conclusion: at the moment, it is not possible to measure the consequences of this new pandemic on maternal and child health, demanding attention to its evolution and new evidences about the implications in mother and child care.

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