Publications by authors named "Brittany Massare"
Introduction: To date, there are no caregiver-reported screening measures of oral behaviors related to feeding. The goal of this study was to develop such a measure.
Method: Caregivers of 803 children referred to a feeding clinic and 188 comparison children reported their children's frequency of nine oral behaviors.
Introduction: Food insecurity is a common problem with many associated negative downstream health impacts. Despite government sponsored and private supports, many individuals struggle with making healthy, nutritious meals. Penn State's Cooking with the Community program was constructed with the objective of providing cooking equipment and instructions to increase knowledge of healthy cooking techniques and consumption of under-utilized food pantry ingredients.
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- Bed sharing is linked to a higher risk of sleep-related deaths in infants, prompting researchers to investigate if sleep issues in infants lead to more bed sharing.
- In a study with 191 mother-infant pairs, data showed that infants who shared a bed slept less (7.1 hours) and took longer to fall asleep (0.7 hours) compared to those who didn’t bed share (8.3 hours and 0.5 hours, respectively).
- The study suggests that sleep difficulties at 1 month old may increase the likelihood of bed sharing, regardless of other social factors.
Background And Aims: First-time mothers often need help with breastfeeding and may feel isolated and uncertain about whom they can turn to for help with breastfeeding challenges. Exploration of whether access to breastfeeding advice helps new mothers initiate and continue breastfeeding is necessary. This study investigated the associations between ease of access to breastfeeding advice for first-time mothers and breastfeeding initiation and duration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The rising cesarean birth rate globally has led to increasing concern about long-term unintended consequences, with particular focus on child neurodevelopmental outcomes. This study investigated the association between cesarean birth and early child neurodevelopment, measured at 3 years of age.
Methods: This was a large multicenter longitudinal prospective cohort study of first-time mothers and their offspring in Pennsylvania.