Publications by authors named "Ann Kellams"
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- Approximately 28.2% of mothers reported falling asleep while feeding their infants, with most cases being unplanned.
- The study found no significant differences in FAF based on sociodemographic factors, but feeding location played a role—mothers feeding in a chair were less likely to FAF compared to those feeding in bed.
- Mothers who received education on safe sleep practices reported notably lower rates of FAF, suggesting the importance of providing guidance to new parents on safe infant feeding practices.
Research indicates gaps in postpartum care that negatively impact maternal and infant health. Prior research exploring clinicians' perspectives on these gaps is limited to those of maternal providers. We explored the views and experiences of maternal and infant health-care providers on the care of mothers and infants in the postpartum period.
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- The study focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the mental health of kindergarteners from low-income families, based on interviews with 22 U.S. mothers.
- Most mothers reported negative impacts on their children's social, behavioral, and emotional health, though some noted improvements in family relationships.
- The findings highlight the need for better access to mental health screening and treatment to help children cope with pandemic-related challenges and prepare for future disruptions.
Breastfeeding is critically important for optimal health of both birthing people and their infants. Shared, patient-centered goals of how health care team members, community groups, and families can help facilitate breastfeeding success are needed, as are ways to define and measure what breastfeeding success looks like from the patient's perspective. The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere's collaborated in a multi-methods approach to identify breastfeeding priorities most important to parents.
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- The study investigates how maternal responsiveness and self-regulation mediate the link between a mother's education level and her child's self-regulation skills.
- It involved 189 mother-child pairs and used various scales to assess maternal emotional regulation, responsiveness, and child self-regulation.
- Results showed that higher maternal education correlated with better child self-regulation, largely due to increased maternal responsiveness, which accounted for 29% of the effect.
The use of cannabis and its perceived safety among pregnant and breastfeeding women has increased in the context of expanding legalization. Current guidelines recommend abstaining from the use of cannabis while pregnant or breastfeeding due to the potential for harm, although there is still much that is unknown in this field. A 5-week-old infant presented with recurrent apneic episodes and a positive urine delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) screening test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Breastfeeding has long-lasting effects on children's cognition, behavioral, mental and physical health. Previous research shows parental characteristics (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Current understanding of the linkage between maternal education and parenting practices has largely been informed using a narrow definition of educational attainment-the highest level of education an individual has completed. However, the proximal processes that shape parenting, including informal learning experiences, are also important to understand. Less is known about the informal learning experiences that shape parenting decisions and practices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe examined the extent to which social, maternal, and infant factors and Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) domains-attitudes, perceived control, and subjective norms-mediate the relationship between maternal race and ethnicity and birth country, and breastfeeding continuation. A nationally representative cohort of 2,810 mothers with self-reported race, ethnicity, and birth country was used. Main outcomes included any and exclusive breastfeeding at 2-6 months of infant age.
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