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The international breastfeeding symbol is a symbol that depicts a woman breastfeeding a baby. It was designed by Matt Daigle, a graphic artist and father, in response to a contest hosted by Mothering magazine. [1] The winner was chosen in November 2006 out of a total of more than 500 entries. [2] Daigle, who says his wife and son were the ...
The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) Scale is a psychometric screening tool to assess difficulty with self-feeding in older people with dementia. It was developed at The University of Edinburgh by Roger Watson and Ian Deary . The original EdFED was composed of 11 items and was validated using Guttman scaling [1] but a subsequent ...
Kangaroo mother care (KMC), [1] which involves skin-to-skin contact (SSC), is an intervention to care for premature or low birth weight (LBW) infants. The technique and intervention is the recommended evidence-based care for LBW infants by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2003. [1][2] In the 2003 WHO Kangaroo Mother Care practical ...
Video summary of article with script. Breastfeeding, variously known as chestfeeding or nursing, is the process where breast milk is fed to a child. [1] Breast milk may be from the breast, or may be pumped and fed to the infant. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommend that breastfeeding begin within the first hour of a baby's birth and ...
Parenting. A father and a mother holding their infant child. Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and educational development from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a biological relationship. [1]
t. e. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a chronic upper gastrointestinal disease in which stomach content persistently and regularly flows up into the esophagus, resulting in symptoms and/or complications. [ 6 ][ 7 ][ 10 ] Symptoms include dental corrosion, dysphagia, heartburn, odynophagia ...
The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) was introduced in 1967 to identify young children, up to age six, with developmental problems. A revised version, Denver II, was released in 1992 to provide needed improvements. These screening tests provide information about a range of ages during which normally developing children acquire certain ...
1.5 per 1,000 babies [1] Pyloric stenosis is a narrowing of the opening from the stomach to the first part of the small intestine (the pylorus). [1] Symptoms include projectile vomiting without the presence of bile. [1] This most often occurs after the baby is fed. [1] The typical age that symptoms become obvious is two to twelve weeks old.