Examining Childhood Obesity From Infancy: The Relationship Between Tummy Time, Infant BMI-z, Weight Gain, and Motor Development-An Exploratory Study.

Introduction: This exploratory study investigated the infant time spent in tummy time (TT) in relation to body mass index z score (BMI-z), weight gain, and motor development in infants from birth to 4 months.

Method: Mothers and their infants were telephone surveyed at 2 and 4 months. Mother demographics; TT; feeding practices; and infant length, and height, and development were collected each time.

Parental information and behaviors and provider practices related to tummy time and back to sleep.

Introduction: This exploratory study aimed to discern parental understanding and behaviors, provider practices, and available online information related to infant positioning including "Back to Sleep" and "Tummy Time" (TT) during early infancy.

Method: The study employed three methods of exploration: surveys of 119 mothers of newborns, a focus group of nine health care providers, and an analysis of popular parental Web sites.

Results: Ninety percent of the mothers reported receiving information about positioning the infant while asleep.

Explanatory models of asthma in the southeast asian community.

Purpose: To examine how two groups (parents and healthcare providers) perceive asthma in Southeast (SE) Asian children in the United States, and to address issues of access to asthma care.

Study Design And Methods: Using Kleinman's Explanatory Models (EM) approach, semistructured interviews were used with 12 families and 26 providers. Families were interviewed in a clinic setting.

Perimenopausal health self-efficacy among Hispanic Caribbean and non-Hispanic white women.

The perimenopausal experience varies among different ethnic and cultural groups. This research examined perimenopausal health self-efficacy of Latinas and non-Hispanic White women and variables that predicted health in 147 women ages 40 to 60 in the Northeast United States. Self-efficacy scores were similar for both groups.

A look at asthma care in a university setting.

Is campus-based asthma care meeting students' needs? In this study, we examined asthma severity, impact, and quality of care in a sample of university students. Our research highlights the importance of designing university asthma programs specific to the needs of young adults that follow national asthma guidelines.

Testing of the PHS-ES: a measure of Perimenopausal Health Self-Efficacy.

This article summarizes the development and psychometric analysis of the Perimenopausal Health Self-Efficacy Scale (PHS-ES) designed to assess women's health promotion self-efficacy related to mid-life changes in health. Items were generated from a qualitative study of HRT decision-making and recommended health promotion activities. The PHS-ES was administered 2 weeks apart to 98 university-based women ages 45 to 64 along with the measures of functional health status, stress, and the self-concept.

Weighing the cons and pros: women's reasons for discontinuing hormone replacement therapy.

As a greater proportion of U.S. women move into midlife, there has been increased interest in meeting their preventive health needs.