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A Common Marmoset Model of Mother-Infant Intervention for Breastfeeding Disorders in the Presence of Paternal Inhibition and Maternal Neglect
Published on: September 22, 2023
The mother-infant feeding tool
Lisa F Brown1, Suzanne Thoyre, Karen Pridham
1School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 980567, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. lfbrown2@vcu.edu
Objective:
To describe the development and evaluation of an observation system to assess the process of mother-infant feeding interaction relevant to infant neuro-behavioral regulation: the Mother-Infant Feeding Tool.
Design:
Secondary analysis.
Setting:
Special care nursery just before discharge and in the home at 1 and 4 months postterm age.
Participants:
Forty-three mother-infant dyads.
Methods:
Videotaped feeding interactions were examined to assess regulatory processes of mother-infant interaction. Data were collected at three times over the infant's first 4 postterm months: before the infant's discharge from the special care nursery and at 1 and 4 months postterm age in the home.
Results:
Across all three data points mothers rarely talked to their infants.
Conclusion:
Further testing is needed, but the Mother-Infant Feeding Tool shows promise in assessing very early mother-infant feeding interactions.
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