Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1988.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-65).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1988.

In this mini-dissertation the aim was to explore and describe the safety of infant feeding practices. It is argued that safe infant feeding practices can have a positive and long term effect on the health status and growth development of all infants. World wide, countries but more specific developing countries, are faced with the growing dilemma of high mortality and morbidity rates among infants. The need to find a way to eliminate and prevent the causing factors of life-threatening infectious diseases like diarrhoea and HIV/AIDS is now more important than ever before. A sound nutritional foundation together with safe infant feeding methods play a predominant role in ensuring the very survival of the infant. A cross-sectional, descriptive research design was used in this study. Non-probability sampling was used to identify the sample who complied with the set selection criteria. The research took place in a semi-urban community as the community serves a large group of mothers and infants as well as being accessible to the researcher. The semi-urban community was also identified as an area with health care needs that could be addressed in the research project. A questionnaire was adapted from an existing WHO assessment tool. A pilot study was conducted after which the questionnaire was finalised and the questionnaires were completed with the aid of three fieldworkers. Data collection took place until the sample size (n=155) was achieved according to the calculation of the statistician. The data analysis was done by means of descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation by using the STATISTICA data analysis software system programme. The results of the research study indicated that the majority of participants practice mixed feeding methods which do not comply with safe infant feeding standards. Infant feeding methods are not changed during illness or disease experienced by either the mother or infant, which again may greatly compromise their health status. The uptake of HIV testing and disclosure were relatively high. Recommendations are made for nursing education, nursing research and nursing practice with special focus on establishing safe infant feeding practices. / Thesis (M.Cur.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

In this mini-dissertation the aim was to explore and describe the safety of infant feeding practices. It is argued that safe infant feeding practices can have a positive and long term effect on the health status and growth development of all infants. World wide, countries but more specific developing countries, are faced with the growing dilemma of high mortality and morbidity rates among infants. The need to find a way to eliminate and prevent the causing factors of life-threatening infectious diseases like diarrhoea and HIV/AIDS is now more important than ever before. A sound nutritional foundation together with safe infant feeding methods play a predominant role in ensuring the very survival of the infant. A cross-sectional, descriptive research design was used in this study. Non-probability sampling was used to identify the sample who complied with the set selection criteria. The research took place in a semi-urban community as the community serves a large group of mothers and infants as well as being accessible to the researcher. The semi-urban community was also identified as an area with health care needs that could be addressed in the research project. A questionnaire was adapted from an existing WHO assessment tool. A pilot study was conducted after which the questionnaire was finalised and the questionnaires were completed with the aid of three fieldworkers. Data collection took place until the sample size (n=155) was achieved according to the calculation of the statistician. The data analysis was done by means of descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation by using the STATISTICA data analysis software system programme. The results of the research study indicated that the majority of participants practice mixed feeding methods which do not comply with safe infant feeding standards. Infant feeding methods are not changed during illness or disease experienced by either the mother or infant, which again may greatly compromise their health status. The uptake of HIV testing and disclosure were relatively high. Recommendations are made for nursing education, nursing research and nursing practice with special focus on establishing safe infant feeding practices. / Thesis (M.Cur.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1981. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-115).

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2017-04-07T19:37:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ELIZABETH BROWN VALLIM BRISOLA.pdf: 1755411 bytes, checksum: 14e7e25a069f401ef775a5d9ce3844f5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-07T19:37:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ELIZABETH BROWN VALLIM BRISOLA.pdf: 1755411 bytes, checksum: 14e7e25a069f401ef775a5d9ce3844f5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-14 / Research studies that address mothers singing focus on investigating how and why songs facilitate mother-infant communication considering, especially, the acoustical and sociocultural aspects involved. This qualitative and exploratory research study was developed based on Edmund Husserl?s phenomenology and guided by principles of Humanistic psychology, specifically Carl Roger?s Person Centered Approach. It aimed to apprehend the experience of 13 mothers who gave birth to their first child during the past 18 months, about the meaning of singing to their infants. The researcher spoke to each of the participants, all with a college education, during a dialogical encounter, and immediately afterwards wrote a comprehensive narrative to register her comprehension regarding that mother?s experience, based on her own impressions. A narrative-synthesis and a creative synthesis were constructed based on the narratives to enable a phenomenological process of analysis that presupposes three phases: description, comprehension and interpretation of the experience. The structural elements that emerged from the mothers' experience of singing to their infants are: (a) a means of communication hugging their infant with their song; (b) the establishment of an emotional bond with their infant; (c) a way to better know their infant as it develops; (d) a means of recognizing themselves as mothers; (e) a form of sharing personal values and family customs; (f) a creative way of expressing themselves, and (g) a possibility of personal growth. The meaning of this experience enables further reflections regarding human relationships from a psychological viewpoint and can stimulate dialogues with other areas of knowledge. / Las pesquisas que abordan el canto materno se preocupan en investigar c?mo y por qu? las canciones son facilitadoras de la comunicaci?n madre-beb?, dando atenci?n principalmente a los aspectos ac?sticos y socioculturales. Esta pesquisa, cualitativa y de naturaleza exploratoria, fue desarrollada con base en la fenomenolog?a de Edmund Husserl y en orientaciones te?ricas de la psicolog?a humanista, m?s espec?ficamente del Enfoque Centrado en la Persona, de Carl Rogers. Su foco fue aprender de la experiencia de 13 madres que tuvieron su primer hijo en los ?ltimos 18 meses sobre el sentido de cantarle a su beb?. La investigadora convers? com cada participante, mujeres universitarias, durante un encuentro dial?gico, y escribi?, de inmediato, una narrativa comprensiva para registrar su comprensi?n sobre la experiencia de aquella madre a partir de sus propias impresiones. Una s?ntesisnarrativa y una s?ntesis creativa fueron construidas a partir del conjunto de narrativas de manera que sea posible concluir el proceso de an?lisis fenomenol?gico que supone tres fases: descripci?n, comprensi?n e interpretaci?n de la experiencia. Los elementos estructurales que emergieron de las vivencias de las madres sobre cantarles a sus beb?s son: (a) un modo de comunicarse abrazando al beb? con sus sonidos; (b) la construcci?n de un v?nculo; (c) una forma de conocer mejor a su beb? a medida que ?ste se desarrolla; (d) un reconocimiento de s? misma como madre; (e) una manera de transmitir valores personales y costumbres familiares; (f) un modo creativo de expresarse; e (g) la posibilidad de crecimiento personal. El sentido de esta experiencia posibilita nuevas reflexiones sobre el tema de la relaci?n humana en t?rminos psicol?gicos y puede estimular interlocuciones con otras ?reas de conocimiento. / As pesquisas que abordam o cantar materno preocupam-se em investigar como e por que as can??es s?o facilitadoras da comunica??o m?e-beb?, dando aten??o principalmente aos aspectos ac?sticos e socioculturais. Esta pesquisa, qualitativa e de natureza explorat?ria, foi desenvolvida com base na fenomenologia de Edmund Husserl e em norteadores te?ricos da psicologia humanista, mais especificamente da Abordagem Centrada na Pessoa, de Carl Rogers. Objetivou apreender a experi?ncia de 13 m?es que tiveram seu primeiro filho nos ?ltimos 18 meses sobre o sentido de cantar para seu beb?. A pesquisadora conversou com cada uma das participantes, todas com forma??o universit?ria, durante um encontro dial?gico, e escreveu, em seguida, uma narrativa compreensiva para registrar sua compreens?o sobre a experi?ncia daquela m?e a partir de suas pr?prias impress?es. Uma narrativa-s?ntese e uma s?ntese criativa foram constru?das a partir do conjunto de narrativas de forma a possibilitar concluir o processo de an?lise fenomenol?gica que sup?e tr?s fases: descri??o, compreens?o e interpreta??o da experi?ncia. Os elementos estruturais que emergiram das viv?ncias das m?es sobre cantar para seu beb? s?o: (a) um modo de comunicar-se abra?ando o beb? com seus sons; (b) a constru??o de um v?nculo; (c) uma forma de conhecer melhor seu beb? ? medida que ele se desenvolve; (d) um meio de reconhecer a si mesma como m?e; (e) uma maneira de transmitir valores pessoais e costumes familiares; (f) um modo criativo de expressar-se; e (g) a possibilidade de crescimento pessoal. O sentido desta experi?ncia possibilita novas reflex?es sobre o tema do relacionamento humano em termos psicol?gicos e pode estimular interlocu??es com outras ?reas de conhecimento.