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Infant feeding choices and practices of HIV-positive mothers at Lower Umfolozi District War Memorial Hospital, Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal Province [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction: KwaZulu-Natal is one of the provinces most affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The estimated HIV prevalence among pregnant women attending ante-natal clinic at LUDWMH in Empangeni is high (40%).
Abusomwan, Osaigbovo Ebenezer
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Shame if you do, Shame if you don't: Women's experiences of infant feeding [PDF]

, 2014
Emotions such as guilt and blame are frequently reported by non-breastfeeding mothers, and fear and humiliation is experienced by breastfeeding mothers when feeding in a public context. In this paper we present new insights into how shame-related affects,
American Academy of Pediatrics, Barbalet, Blum, Burns, Dykes, Dykes, Dykes, Dykes, Dykes, Flacking, Gale, Gilbert, Gilbert, Gribble, Hauck, Hoddinott, Kaufman, Lakshman, Lazare, Lee, Lewis, Lynd, Murphy, Murray, Niedenthal, Ritchie, Rubin, Rubin, Scheff, Schmied, Schmied, Stockdale, Tangney, Tantam, Taylor, Thomson, Thomson, World Health Organization   +37 more
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Nanozymes for Advanced Hemoglobin‐Based Oxygen Carriers: Applications in Blood Substitution, Wound Healing, Antitumor Therapy, and Beyond

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review explores how hemoglobin‐based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) combined with nanozymes create multifunctional materials that deliver oxygen while maintaining redox homeostasis. Beyond artificial blood substitutes, these constructs enable wound healing with light‐triggered oxygen release, cancer therapy through enhanced oxygenation and reactive ...
Despoina Douka, Ana María Pablo‐Sainz‐Ezquerra, Eva Jakljevič, Niki Ktena, Leticia Hosta‐Rigau   +4 more
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Parents' beliefs about appropriate infant size, growth and feeding behaviour: implications for the prevention of childhood obesity [PDF]

, 2010
Background A number of risk factors are associated with the development of childhood obesity which can be identified during infancy. These include infant feeding practices, parental response to infant temperament and parental perception of infant growth ...
A Niroshan Siriwardena, Cris Glazebrook, Dilip Nathan, Judy A Swift, Philippa Atkinson, Sarah A Redsell   +5 more
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“I beg you…breastfeed the baby, things changed”: infant feeding experiences among Ugandan mothers living with HIV in the context of evolving guidelines to prevent postnatal transmission

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background For women living with HIV (WLWH) in low- and middle-income countries, World Health Organization (WHO) infant feeding guidelines now recommend exclusive breastfeeding until six months followed by mixed feeding until 24 months, alongside ...
Emma Dunkley, Scholastic Ashaba, Bridget Burns, Kasey O’Neil, Naomi Sanyu, Cecilia Akatukwasa, Jasmine Kastner, Nicole S. Berry, Christina Psaros, Lynn T. Matthews, Angela Kaida   +10 more
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Multidimensional and Multifunctional Laser‐Induced Graphene (LIG) for Point‐of‐Care and Wearable Biosensing, Theranostics, and Bioactive Interfaces Toward Personalized Healthcare and Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multidimensional laser‐induced graphene (LIG) spanning from 0D to 3D architectures is comprehensively reviewed for multifunctional biomedical platforms, including biosensing, theranostics, and bioactive interface applications, which highlights its potentials for point‐of‐care diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, smart drug delivery, and tissue ...
Li Zhang, Yurou Yuan, Xiaohong Ding, Wing Cheung Mak   +3 more
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Alive & Thrive Evaluation in Burkina Faso: endline data [PDF]

, 2018
The data are the endline survey of a before-after cluster-randomised trial evaluating the Alive & Thrive programme in Burkina Faso. This was a cross-sectional household survey (N=3,367), designed to select a population-representative sample of women of ...
Cresswell, Jenny, Diallo, Hama Abdoulaye, Filippi, Veronique, Ganaba, Rasmané, Sarrassat, Sophie, Somé, Henri   +5 more
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Infant-feeding Practices [PDF]

BMJ, 1973
A survey of mothers attending infant welfare clinics showed that 26% changed their infant's milk in the first two weeks after birth and that multiple changes were common. Twenty-two per cent. were preparing a milk formula more concentrated than the recommended strength by using either heaped or packed scoops instead of level scoops of powder or by ...
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Lactoferrin Deficiency During Lactation Causes Adult Obesity‐Related Metabolic Disease Through Persistent Adipose Dysfunction Driven by Impaired Adipocyte Development

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Lactational lactoferrin deficiency exerts lasting effects on epididymal adipose tissue development from lactation into adulthood: it impairs adipocyte hyperplasia and induces pathological hypertrophy, resulting in lower body weight yet exacerbated metabolic dysfunction under a high‐fat diet in adulthood.
Qin An, Yunxia Zou, Wenli Wang, Zhimei Cheng, Zhuoxing Zhang, Ruwei Liu, Xiong Wang, Kunlun Huang, Fangrong Ding, Yunping Dai, Qingyong Meng, Yali Zhang   +11 more
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HIV and infant feeding counselling: challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern Tanzania [PDF]

, 2007
Background: Infant feeding is a subject of worry in prevention of mother to child transmission (pMTCT) programmes in settings where breastfeeding is normative.
Leshabari, Sebalda Charles, Blystad, Astrid, De Paoli, Marina M., Moland, Karen Marie   +3 more
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