Community infant safe sleep and breastfeeding promotion and population level-outcomes: A mixed methods study.

Problem: In the U.S., sudden unexpected infant deaths due to accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed are increasing.

Considerations for the Writing of Certification Letters Endorsing Use of Emotional Support Animals.

Emotional support animals (ESAs) are different from service animals, therapy animals, and other disability-related assistance animals. Although pet ownership may confer psychological benefits, limited research has supported the use of ESAs to realize such benefits. If clinicians are asked to write a letter of support for use of an ESA, they need to be familiar with relevant federal, state, and local laws that regulate ESAs and with the essential components of an ESA evaluation.

Community-based approaches to infant safe sleep and breastfeeding promotion: a qualitative study.

Background: In the U.S., sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID) due to accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (ASSB) are increasing, with disparities by race/ethnicity.

Maternity Care Clinicians' Experiences Promoting Infant Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: To explore the phenomenon of clinicians' perceptions and experiences of promoting infant safe sleep (ISS) and breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: Descriptive qualitative hermeneutical phenomenology of key informant interviews conducted as part of a quality improvement initiative.

Setting: Maternity care services of 10 U.

Promoting social emotional development during the paediatric well-child visit: a demonstration project.

Supporting social emotional development, beginning at birth, can improve lifelong health. The American Academy of Paediatrics recommends 12 well-child visits between birth and age 3 years. Each well-child visit provides a unique opportunity to interact with and support families to promote social emotional development of children.