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PubMed1986

Relationship between maternal vitamins B2 and B6 status and the levels of these vitamins in milk at different stages of lactation. A study in a low-income group of Indian women.

Riboflavin and vitamin B6 status of mothers from a low-income group were assessed by erythrocyte glutathione reductase activation and erythrocyte aspartate aminotransferase activation tests respectively, at different stages of lactation. Levels of these vitamins in milk were also measured. The majority of the women had biochemical evidence of vitamins B2 and B6 deficiency. There was a bizarre reduction in erythrocyte glutathione reductase activation from 6 to 30 d post partum. Levels of riboflavin in milk were in general satisfactory, but vitamin B6 levels were lower than the values reported from developed countries. Clear-cut correlations between the enzymatic indices of vitamin status evaluation and milk levels of the corresponding vitamins were not apparent.

Aspartate Aminotransferases↗
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Breastfeeding, contraception, and birth intervals in developing countries.

Numerous studies have demonstrated a strong correlation between breastfeeding and the duration of amenorrhea and between breastfeeding and the birth interval at the individual level. In the present study, both these correlations are shown to hold at the national level, in developing countries. In countries where the median durations of breastfeeding are relatively long or the rates of contraceptive use are relatively high, median birth intervals are longer than in countries where the median breastfeeding durations are shorter and contraceptive use is less widespread. In countries where fertility is moderate or high, however, the incidence of very short birth intervals is higher when median breastfeeding durations are relatively short. The findings suggest that contraception as it is presently practiced is an inadequate substitute for breastfeeding.

Birth Intervals↗
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[Recovery of breast feeding practice].

The failure to recover the period of motherly suckling originated the creation of a community institution: Mother's Help Group NuNu, which is looking for a conherence promotion. In this way, not only do women make the community and individual diffusion of the human lactation but a pediatric doctor also contributes to bring up children, with human resource, laying aside technical excess.

Argentina↗
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Women, doctors, and family health care: some lessons from rural Java.

The following article describes traditional health care systems of rural Indonesian women. It distinguishes the central from the peripheral aspects of systems that women have developed to meet their own needs and contrasts them with modern health care systems. It suggests what can be done to keep the valuable features of each approach.

Animals↗
PubMed1984

Health care in Africa.

This is the third and last article reporting professional exchange tours between American nurses and nurses of other countries. In this article, the health care system of Kenya is discussed and comparisons made between this system and our own. Out of this comparison come several insights into our own way of doing things and possibilities for improving them. "Health Care in the Soviet Union" appeared in the April 1984 issue of The Nurse Practitioner. "Health Care in China" appeared in the May 1984 issue of the journal.

Adolescent↗
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Determinants of breastfeeding in developing countries: overview and policy implications.

Breastfeeding can play a major role in fertility regulation in developing countries. The effect of breastfeeding is enhanced when the incidence of breastfeeding is high and the duration extended. These factors are more likely to occur when suckling at the breast is frequent. Sociological and behavioral factors can also influence a woman's decision to initiate and terminate breastfeeding. The effects of urbanization, maternal education, and socioeconomic status act through the intervening variables of sociocultural factors, health services, employment status of women, and availability of breastmilk substitutes. Strategies to alter these intervening variables include educational campaigns and support groups for lactating women, changes in health services, availability of child care facilities near employment centers, and enforcement of the international code of marketing of breastmilk substitutes.

Breast Feeding↗