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Effectiveness Of Individualized Counseling On The Duration Of Exclusive Breastfeeding: Study Protocol For A Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel, And Open Clinical Trial., Mariana Torreglosa Ruiz, Elisa Da Conceição Rodrigues, Karine Emanuelle Peixoto Oliveira Da Silva, Cynthya Viana De Resende, Michele Curcino Cavalcanti, Luciano Marques Dos Santos, Monika Wernet, Ana Letícia Monteiro Gomes, Marialda Moreira Christoffel, Maria Beatriz Guimarães Raponi, Jéssica Aparecida Da Silva, Jacqueline Faria De Oliveira, Divanice Contim, Ana Linares
Effectiveness Of Individualized Counseling On The Duration Of Exclusive Breastfeeding: Study Protocol For A Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel, And Open Clinical Trial., Mariana Torreglosa Ruiz, Elisa Da Conceição Rodrigues, Karine Emanuelle Peixoto Oliveira Da Silva, Cynthya Viana De Resende, Michele Curcino Cavalcanti, Luciano Marques Dos Santos, Monika Wernet, Ana Letícia Monteiro Gomes, Marialda Moreira Christoffel, Maria Beatriz Guimarães Raponi, Jéssica Aparecida Da Silva, Jacqueline Faria De Oliveira, Divanice Contim, Ana Linares
Nursing Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, early weaning is a reality, so less than 50% of children worldwide and in Brazil are on exclusive breastfeeding in the sixth month of life. A strategy to counteract this scenario is breastfeeding counseling. This study aims to verify the effectiveness of individualized counseling by nurses trained in breastfeeding counseling, on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding, compared to standard care.
METHODS: Multicenter, randomized, parallel, and open clinical trial, with primiparous women aged over 18 years, hospitalized in rooming-in wards at participating centers and hemodynamically stable, aware, and oriented, who had a single-fetus pregnancy and …
Examining The Relationship Between Type And Extent Of After-School Care Use And High Bmi In Children Ages 5-17, Morgan E.B. Chojnacki
Examining The Relationship Between Type And Extent Of After-School Care Use And High Bmi In Children Ages 5-17, Morgan E.B. Chojnacki
DNP Projects
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and after-school care use in school age children and adolescents in Kentucky. The specific aims of this study were to examine differences in BMI groups (high versus normal/low) by: a) type and b) extent of after-school care use.
Methods: Parents of children age 5-17 years were administered a 21-item survey which assessed the amount of time their children spent in specific types of after-school care. BMI of the child/adolescent participants were obtained at the time of the survey. High BMI was defined …
Tractor Driving Among Kentucky Farm Youth: Results From The Farm Family Health And Hazard Surveillance Project, Steven R. Browning, Susan C. Westneat, Raeanne Szeluga
Tractor Driving Among Kentucky Farm Youth: Results From The Farm Family Health And Hazard Surveillance Project, Steven R. Browning, Susan C. Westneat, Raeanne Szeluga
Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications
This article documents the extent of children's involvement in tractor operations among a representative sample of Kentucky children living and working on family farms. Specifically, we describe children's exposures to tractor-related work activities, profile their use of the tractor (number of days worked), and assess compliance with generally recommended safety measures, such as using tractors equipped with ROPS (rollover protective structures), avoiding riding as passengers on tractors, and operating tractors on public roadways. Data for this study were collected in 1994 and 1995 as part of the NIOSH-sponsored Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Project (FFHHSP). Despite recognition in the …