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Hospital and home support during infancy: impact on maternal attachment, child abuse and neglect, and health care utilization.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7402803     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Effects of early and extended postpartum contact and paraprofessional home visits on maternal attachment, reports of child abuse and neglect, and health care utilization were determined by random assignment of 321 low-income women to intervention or control groups immediately after delivery. Observations of maternal attachment were made at four months and 12 months. Hospital, health and welfare agency records, and interviews were used to determine reports of child abuse and neglect and health care utilization. After establishing a control for maternal background variables, early and extended contact explained statistically significant but small amounts of variance in several of the attachment measures. There were no statistically significant effects of the home visit interventions on maternal attachment, and neither intervention was related to reports of child abuse and neglect and health care utilization. Although the study supported earlier findings that early and extended contact has a significant effect, additional interventions are needed to support mother-infant attachment.
Authors:
E Siegel; K E Bauman; E S Schaefer; M M Saunders; D D Ingram
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pediatrics     Volume:  66     ISSN:  0031-4005     ISO Abbreviation:  Pediatrics     Publication Date:  1980 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1980-10-27     Completed Date:  1980-10-27     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376422     Medline TA:  Pediatrics     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  183-90     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Allied Health Personnel
Child Abuse / prevention & control*
Continuity of Patient Care*
Female
Home Care Services / utilization*
Hospitals, Community / utilization
Humans
Income
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Behavior*
Mother-Child Relations*
North Carolina
Object Attachment*
Pregnancy
Primary Health Care*

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