Journal of mother and childPub Date : 2022-09-02eCollection Date: 2021-12-01DOI: 10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212504.edit.2021_25_04
Aleksandra Jezela-Stanek
{"title":"Editorial.","authors":"Aleksandra Jezela-Stanek","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212504.edit.2021_25_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212504.edit.2021_25_04","url":null,"abstract":"The last article, contributed by Claudia Patricia Gutiérrez (Universidad de Antioquia), is Colombia’s final representative. The author depicts the journey of preservice language teachers from a critical an intercultural perspective through the implementation of an English course containing these elements with first semester preservice students. The results indicate that this approach to language teaching allowed preservice teachers to affirm their multiple identities as they developed and strengthened their language skills in English.","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":" ","pages":"243"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9444196/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40336912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The child-to-family education program regarding self-medication: A theory-based interventional study.","authors":"Fakhreddin Chaboksavar, Gholamreza Sharifirad, Razieh Pirouzeh, Farzad Jalilian, Narges Rafiei, Morteza Mansourian","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00009","DOIUrl":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objective: </strong>Self-medication is considered one of the largest social, economic, and health problems in developing communities, including Iran. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a child to family communication approach to self-medication based on the Health Belief Model [HBM].</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This study is a quasi-experimental study that was conducted on 124 students in the fourth grade and their mothers in the intervention and control groups in Isfahan city, Iran. Using multi-stage simple random sampling, two primary schools were selected from each group, and then one class was selected from each primary school. Students in the intervention group attended the educational sessions. Then, the students were required to transfer their education to their families. The impact of education on mothers was evaluated two months after the last session. Data were collected before and after the intervention with a researcher-created questionnaire based on the HBM and were analysed using the SPSS 17 software package, with chi-square, Mann-Whitney U, and Wilcoxon tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Before training, there was not a significant difference in the mean scores of the HBM constructs in terms of the demographic characteristics between the two groups. After the educational intervention, the mean of knowledge and HBM constructs were increased significantly, and the mean of perceived barriers decreased significantly in the experimental group [<i>P</i> < 0.001].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>According to the present study, the child-to-family education based on the HBM was effective. It is suggested that educational interventions based on the HBM be designed and implemented to decrease self-medication in Iranian families.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"26 1","pages":"10-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10032315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9226075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of mother and childPub Date : 2022-07-20eCollection Date: 2022-03-01DOI: 10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00006
Mishu Mangla
{"title":"Occupational risks to pregnant obstetrics and gynaecology trainees and physicians: Is it time to think about this?","authors":"Mishu Mangla","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00006","DOIUrl":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20222601.d-22-00006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The proportion of women in the workforce has been steadily increasing worldwide. Women now constitute approximately 75% of the global health workforce and almost 90% in nursing and midwifery professions. The present times have witnessed a dramatic gender shift in the speciality of obstetrics and gynaecology. Women now comprise a significant proportion of practicing obstetrics and gynaecology specialists all over the world. In 2018, more than 80% of resident doctors and nearly 60% of physicians in the speciality were female, far exceeding any other surgical speciality. Most resident doctors and a significant proportion of practising physicians in obstetrics and gynaecology are in the reproductive age group. They will become pregnant at some point in their training program or career. The present review focuses on all work-related exposure risks for pregnant obstetrics and gynaecology professionals. It discusses the risks of infectious diseases, radiation, stress, violence against doctors, and even peer support (or lack of it) that can have deleterious effects on the health of pregnant physicians and the health of their unborn foetuses.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"26 1","pages":"111-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10032316/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9226081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adolescent risk behaviours and family settings in Bulgaria: An evidence-based approach to effective family support policies.","authors":"Elitsa Dimitrova, Tatyana Kotzeva","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212503SI.d-21-00013","DOIUrl":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212503SI.d-21-00013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The paper focuses on Bulgarian adolescents' behaviours that put their health at risk and their relationship to family-related characteristics: structure of family and material status, family support, communication with parents, parental monitoring and school-related parental support. It also discusses intervention programs with a focus on parent support gradient.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The analysis is based on the Bulgarian sample of Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey, the 2018 round. Logistic regression models of current cigarette smoking, regular alcohol consumption, sexual debut and current cannabis use are applied. Main national programs on adolescent health and the parental involvement component in them are also discussed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The statistical analyses reveal significant gender and age differences in Bulgarian adolescents' health risk behaviours. Girls have significantly higher odds of smoking and are less likely to report an early start of sexual life. Odds of cigarette smoking and regular alcohol consumption increase with age. Children living with one parent have significantly higher odds of smoking, regular alcohol consumption and current cannabis use. Interactions between FAS and family support reveal that students who report low family support, regardless of the material status of the family, have significantly higher odds of health risk behaviours.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The main contribution of the analysis reveals the alleviating effect of family support on socio-economic inequalities between families. An evidence-based approach delineating a preventive potential of family support on Bulgarian adolescents' health risk behaviours despite the level of family affluence provides solid arguments for increasing national family support programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 3","pages":"139-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9097663/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10384758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mikołaj Kamiński, Aleksandra Borys, Jan Nowak, Jarosław Walkowiak
{"title":"Crowdfunding campaigns for paediatric patients: A cross-sectional analysis of success determinants.","authors":"Mikołaj Kamiński, Aleksandra Borys, Jan Nowak, Jarosław Walkowiak","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212503SI.d-21-00022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212503SI.d-21-00022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We aimed to identify factors of success in medical crowdfunding campaigns on the largest Polish platform: siepomaga.pl.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>All campaigns initialised by patients in the years 2009-2017 were included. The data comprised characteristics of the collections: financial target, raised sum, aim, type of disease, Facebook shares, age category, and the exact collection period. Campaign success was defined as collecting the target sum. Emotional expression on the main photograph was analysed using the Azure Cognitive Service. Logistic regression analysis was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From a total of 2,656 collections, 1,725 (65%) were successful and 42.4 million EUR were raised in total. 2,024 (76.2%) of campaigns were dedicated to children. Successful collections not only received more donations, but were also supported, on average, with larger payments. Fortunate campaigns asked for less money and ended earlier (all p < 0.001). The odds of success were increased by: at least 50 Facebook shares (OR, 95% CI: 1.75, 1.46-2.10), the receiver being a child (1.46, 1.18-1.80), aim: dream come true (1.53, 1.06-2.20) or suffering from a congenital disease (1.34, 1.08-1.67), whereas financial target of no less than 4000 EUR (0.41, 0.34-0.52), aim: rehabilitation (0.51, 0.41-0.64), psychiatric disease (0.52, 0.38-0.71), and maladies of the eye or the ear (0.56, 0.39-0.81) were associated with campaign failure. After adjustment, dominance of happiness on the main photograph decreased the odds of success (0.71, 0.59-0.86).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Younger age, lower financial goal, greater exposure on Facebook, aim, disease and emotional expression were associated with success of medical crowdfunding.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 3","pages":"209-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9097654/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10391621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations between the self-reported happy home lives and health of Canadian school-aged children: An exploratory analysis with stratification by level of relative family wealth.","authors":"Emilie Pianarosa, Colleen M Davison","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212503SI.d-21-00015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212503SI.d-21-00015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Connections between home life, level of family wealth, happiness and health are strong, yet these relationships are complex and for Canadian adolescents not well studied. The objective of this investigation was to explore associations between aspects of health and self-reported happy home life among Canadian adolescents aged 10-16 years and to determine if level of self-reported relative family wealth modified associations.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This was a secondary analysis of Canadian data from the 2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study (n=21,745). Theory drove the selection of 26 health-related HBSC variables. Bivariate analyses and calculation of adjusted odds ratios, considering level of self-reported relative family wealth in a stratified analysis, were undertaken.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, proximal, micro-level factors were most strongly associated with reports of a happy home life, with distal, macro-level factors less strongly associated. Differences existed between the health and home-life associations for adolescents of different levels of self-reported relative family wealth indicating effect modification. Family support and levels of adolescent self-reported overall health and mental health were common factors that were strongly associated with reporting a happy home life.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We believe happy home lives are central and critical for thriving youth and families. This was an exploratory analysis. Many of the factors and relationships in this study are potentially modifiable and represent important possible areas of future focus for adolescent and family health improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 3","pages":"151-169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9097661/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10397605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ricardo Barreto Mota, Paulo Soares, Hercília Guimarães
{"title":"Assessment of a score's performance in predicting positive culture studies in preterm neonates with clinical suspicion of sepsis.","authors":"Ricardo Barreto Mota, Paulo Soares, Hercília Guimarães","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212502.d-21-00019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212502.d-21-00019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The goal of this study is to assess the use of a score composed of markers of inflammation and organ failure to predict positive cultures for preterm newborns with clinical suspicion of late-onset sepsis. The score was calculated at the first suspicion and 24-48 hours later. We retrospectively compared score results between neonates with positive and negative cultures. Neonates with positive cultures had a significantly higher score at the second instance; the receiver operator characteristics curve presented an area under the curve of 0.798 (<i>p</i>=0.007). A score for early prediction of sepsis could be an important tool for prognostic improvement in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 2","pages":"119-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976589/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39631394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The COVID-19 pandemic in a paediatric population: A health care perspective.","authors":"Viral P Maru, Salil Bapat","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212502.d-21-00008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212502.d-21-00008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>SARS-CoV-2, a member of the coronaviridae family, has caused a deadly pandemic known as the Coronavirus disease 2019, (COVID-19). Paediatric patients get infected by direct exposures or airborne droplets, mostly from households with a cluster of infection or a history of exposure to outbreak areas. COVID-19 is contagious in children (those under the age of 18), with an average incubation time of around 6.5 days. Paediatric patients account for less than 5% of total COVID-19 patients worldwide, and hence studies involving such subjects are unlikely in the near future. As a result, there are inadequate data about COVID-19 infection in children. Therefore, we present this systematic review to understand the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostic outcomes, and available options for the management of COVID-19 in paediatric populations in order to advise clinical and public health policy choices for safety of children worldwide.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 2","pages":"102-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976585/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39631395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wojciech Walas, Julita Latka-Grot, Tomasz Szczapa, Iwona Maroszyńska, Magdalena Rutkowska, Alicja Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Andrzej Piotrowski
{"title":"Usefulness of two types of pain monitors in newborns treated in NICU, in the opinion of experts: Results of the survey.","authors":"Wojciech Walas, Julita Latka-Grot, Tomasz Szczapa, Iwona Maroszyńska, Magdalena Rutkowska, Alicja Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Andrzej Piotrowski","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212502.d-21-00018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212502.d-21-00018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pain experienced in the neonatal period has been shown to have serious short- and long-term consequences. It is also known that painkillers have side effects and should not be abused. The basis of proper pain management is assessment of pain, which in newborns is very difficult due to the lack of verbal communication. In these patients, behavioural scales are used to assess pain, but they have numerous shortcomings. For this reason, many newborns treated in the ICU are at risk of pain, so instrumental methods of detecting and assessing the severity of pain are being sought. During three months, seven Polish NICUs conducted research with the use of NIPE and SCA monitors. After this time, the heads of these departments filled in questionnaires regarding their individual opinions on the usefulness of these devices. All respondents found pain monitors useful in the NICU. The NIPE monitor was rated slightly higher, as its usefulness in assessing the effectiveness of analgosedation and in the management of patients in the postoperative period was better rated. The high acceptance of both devices by legal guardians of newborns is noteworthy. It should be stated that in newborns, any way to improve pain monitoring is valuable. In the opinion of Polish experts, pain monitors are useful in NICU. The NIPE monitor was assessed a little higher and was considered useful in the assessment of analgosedation and in postoperative treatment. Pain monitors can provide valuable support for pain assessment in newborns treated in the NICU.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 2","pages":"72-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976587/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39675673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neha Mantri, Akhil D Goel, Nitin K Joshi, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Vaishali Gautam, Manoj K Gupta
{"title":"Challenges in implementation of mother milk banks in Rajasthan: A situational analysis.","authors":"Neha Mantri, Akhil D Goel, Nitin K Joshi, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Vaishali Gautam, Manoj K Gupta","doi":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212502.d-21-00009","DOIUrl":"10.34763/jmotherandchild.20212502.d-21-00009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Breastmilk is the baby's \"first vaccine\". Donated human milk (DHM) is the next best alternative when a mother's milk is not available, as recommended by WHO- UNICEF. DHM as a nutritional source provides similar immune protection and may prove revolutionary in reducing neonatal morbidity and mortality. The study aimed to explore the challenges in the implementation of selected Mother Milk Banks (MMBs) of Rajasthan.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A qualitative in-depth interview of key stakeholders was conducted to know the various facets of the challenges in milk banking practices using the Root Cause Analysis framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The system challenges identified in the functioning of AMMBs were lack of recurring funds, dedicated lactational counselors, and trained technicians. Databases for demand-supply estimates were also lacking. The community challenges were low acceptance of DHM due to safety concerns, risk of disease transmission, and quality of donated milk. Moreover, the religious stigma and cultural beliefs regarding the transfer of heredity traits and decrease in mother-child affection act as barriers in donating milk.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>For acceptance and availability of DHM, Social Behavior Communication Change (SBCC) interventions must be incorporated early during the antenatal check-up period. Our study highlighted the role of education; motivation by healthcare providers has a major influence on infant feeding choices. In a developing country such as India, where the frameworks concerning the development of mother milk banks are still maturing, our study findings provide baseline information to address the barriers in the implementation of mother milk banks in India.</p>","PeriodicalId":73842,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mother and child","volume":"25 2","pages":"86-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976586/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39675672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}