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The Effect Of An Educational Hunger Cues Intervention On Awareness In Mothers With Infants, Juliana F. Gill, Ellen A. Vierheller
The Effect Of An Educational Hunger Cues Intervention On Awareness In Mothers With Infants, Juliana F. Gill, Ellen A. Vierheller
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Stress to an infant can inhibit the ability to properly feed and gain the nutrients that are essential for efficient growth. Mothers who are unaware of early hunger cues from their infant have the potential to stress the infant if their early hunger cues are not attended to. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an educational hunger cues intervention on awareness in mothers with an infant. The following research question will be answered: Will new mothers who complete an educational intervention show increased awareness of hunger cues in their infants, in comparison to before the …