Objectives: To explore the reasons why women stop breastfeeding completely before their
infants are six months of age and to identify the factors associated with cessation and the …

Objective To determine the factors that predict women’s perceptions of the childbirth experience
and to examine whether these vary with the type of birth a woman experiences. Design …

Background Many learning needs arise in the early postpartum period, and it is important to
examine interventions used to educate new parents about caring for their newborns during …

Background: Parenting self-efficacy has been identified as one determinant of positive
parenting. The literature is inconsistent regarding the predictors of parenting self-efficacy, and …

Objective: To compare selected effects of tub bathing versus traditional sponge bathing in
healthy, term newborns and their mothers’ ratings of pleasure and confidence with the bath. …

Agricultural activity on Prince Edward Island poses a potential hazard to groundwater,
which is the sole source of drinking water on the island. This study investigates the potential …

Objective: To determine which nursing support behaviors new mothers rate as most helpful
in assisting them to cope with labor. Design: A retrospective study using quantitative and …

Background Despite compelling evidence that exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months
of life provides important health benefits to both mothers and their infants, most mothers do …

Objective Although the majority of Canadian provinces have indicated that they have adopted
new school nutrition policies, there have been few if any systematic evaluations of these …

Evidence regarding the predictors of positive parenting behaviors in the early transition to
parenting is inconsistent and limited. In this prospective, cohort study, we examined whether …