Factors Influencing Breastfeeding in a Hospital Setting

Breastfeeding is promoted across the globe as the optimum method of infant feeding (World Health Organization, WHO, 2003). Though there is a plethora of published benefits of breastfeeding for baby and mother, breastfeeding rates are below the national goal of 75% for Healthy People 2010 during early postpartum and considerably lower at six months and at one year (Li et al., 2005; HHS, 2000). Arkansas is significantly below the national average and goals, with only 60% of mothers ever breastfeeding versus 74% nationally (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, 2008). To meet these goals nationally and on a state level, it is important to examine the factors associated with a mother’s choice of breastfeeding. Part I of this study examined the relationship between breastfeeding at discharge and the mother’s initial feeding preference, method of delivery, time of birth, birth-to-breast time, and any formula supplementation. It also identified which factor had the strongest relationship with rates of breastfeeding upon hospital departure. Part II of this study examined hospital nurses’ attitudes, knowledge, and confidence about breastfeeding instruction as related to their self-reported assistance with and promotion of breastfeeding in the past year. Results: Exclusive breastfeeding at discharge was related to type and time of delivery, birth–to-breast time, and use of formula supplementation. Knowledge and attitude scores did not yield significant correlations with the assistance and promotion of breastfeeding, though a weak positive correlation was noted between confidence in breastfeeding promotion and the nurses\u27 assistance and promotion of breastfeeding

Staffing and Managing Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach Programs: Tips for Coordinators and Managers

This publication is a human resources guide to staffing and managing effective benefits planning, assistance and outreach programs. Specifically the publication provides helpful tips and strategies for staff recruitment; interviewing; developing competitive benefits packages; developing practical job descriptions; staff development and advancement; and, tools for effective management including resume screening tools, benefits counseling surveys, satisfaction surveys and sample service tracking forms

Reputation Management and Social Media: How People Monitor Their Identity and Search for Others Online

Based on a survey, analyzes trends in how adults maintain online reputations, including monitoring via search engines and customizing privacy settings on profiles by age group. Examines the role of online information in employment and social interactions

The Interdependence of School Outcomes and School and Neighborhood Crime

In this paper, we estimate the effects of neighborhood crime and in-school crime on educational outcomes for elementary and secondary schools in the city of Atlanta over the period 1999 to 2002. We specify a model that accounts for the joint determination of both types of crime along with school outcomes. Despite the large empirical literature on both education production functions and crime incidence, there has been little empirical work on crime's effect on school outcomes. One exception is Grogger (1997) who used individual data from the High School and Beyond study to estimate the effect of school violence on measures of individual student performance. After controlling for individual and school characteristics, he found that moderate and severe levels of school violence had substantial negative consequences for school outcomes. Our study both updates and expands on his work, using current data and better measures of neighborhood violence. Working Paper 07-1

Missiological Education by Extension: A Case Study of the Course, “Foundations of the World Christian Movement”

This article is a case study of a simple online course created jointly by a mission agency and small university. It demonstrates how open source course management technology has been used to create a true sense of community among students from a variety of cultural backgrounds and locations. The content of the course was delivered through a blending of open source technology and self-directed adult learning facilitated through online dialog, which in turned engendered multi-cultural, respectful virtual community. Information is shared to enable others to obtain low-cost technological help for setting up other individual courses in Moodle

Revenue Losses from Exemptions of Goods from the Georgia Sales and Use Tax

This report provides estimates of the revenue loss from sales tax exemptions. FRC Report 13

The development of vocabulary exercises to accompany social studies textbooks in the intermediate grades.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Science for gifted children in grade four.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Mastering internal communication: Knowledge foundations and postgraduate education

Despite its importance to employee engagement and organisational effectiveness, little scholarly attention has been paid to internal communication education. Consequently there is a vacuum in guidance on particular knowledge required for effective internal communication practice. To tackle this gap, this empirical article analyses data collected in an online survey of communication professionals. The article contributes an empirically based specialist framework for internal communication knowledge, with components beyond those found in generalist frameworks