Effect of early establishment of full enteral feeding with exclusive mother’s own milk in preterm babies: a retrospective cohort study by Umamaheswari Balakrishnan, Prakash Amboiram, Urmila Umasekar, Nalini Sirala Jagadeesh

“…Background Human milk, especially the mother’s own milk (MOM), is highly recommended for preterm babies considering its numerous benefits. …”
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Efficacy of early enteral feeding with supplemented mother’s milk on postoperative outcomes of cardiac surgical infants: A randomized controlled trial by Anuradha Singal, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Geeta Trilok Kumar, Bani Tamber Aeri, Mala Manral, Anuja Agarwala, Shivam Pandey

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To Study the Iodine Concentration of Mothers’ Consumed Salt, Water, and Staple Food in the Neonatal Screening Program of Rural and Urban Vidarbha Region by Ankita Kondhalkar, Meghali Kaple, Ranjit S. Ambad, Archana Dhok, Ashsish Anjankar

“…Material and Method: The present cross-sectional research will be performed in collaboration with the Departments of Biochemistry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Community Medicine, and Pediatrics at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha, along with Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Science (Deemed University) in Maharashtra, India. Mothers who gave birth agreed to participate by providing written consent for the study. …”
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Aetiology and Outcomes of Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in a University Hospital, India by Sudha V. Hooli, Neelima Shah, Prashant Shah, Shrradha Suresh, Bali Sukeshani Sunil

“…It carries a risk for both the mother and the fetus, associated with substantial maternal or neonatal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Psychosocial Burden in Parents Having Intellectually Disabled Children: A Hospital-based Study by Reena Kumari, Tapas Kumar Ray, Ananya Ray Laskar, Ritu Majumdar

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Decomposing social groups differential in stunting among children under five in India using nationally representative sample data by Mriganka Dolui, Sanjit Sarkar

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Perinatal mortality and its associated factors in selected tertiary care hospital of Belagavi, Karnataka, India by Uma Kole, Sudha Raddi

“…Materials and Methods: This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with perinatal mortality among 3508 mothers who delivered at selected tertiary care hospitals in Belagavi, Karnataka, India. …”
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Association between Maternal Dietary Diversity and Low Birth Weight in Central India: A Case-Control Study by Shantanu Sharma, Sonali Maheshwari, Sunil Mehra

“…The study was a part of the community-based intervention that aimed to improve maternal and child health in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India. In this case-control study, cases were defined as mothers with an LBW child (<2500 grams) and controls as mothers without an LBW child. …”
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Undernutrition and Its Correlates among Children of 3–9 Years of Age Residing in Slum Areas of Bhubaneswar, India by Ansuman Panigrahi, Sai Chandan Das

“…Variables like birth order of child, period of initiation of breastfeeding and mother’s education were found to be strong predictors of wasting, whereas toilet facility in household and practice of drinking water storage were significantly associated with stunting among slum children as revealed in multiple regression analysis. …”
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Tigers in their new territory: intraspecific interactions among the reintroduced tiger population in Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India by Supratim Dutta, Ramesh Krishnamurthy

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Knowledge of mothers regarding infant’s developmental milestones in four domains (gross motor, fine motor, language and personal and social) – A cross sectional study by Pooja Thakur, Nalina Gupta

“…Background: In India, children with neurodevelopmental disabilities are being referred late. …”
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Predictors of Delayed Entry into Medical Care of Children Diagnosed with HIV Infection: Data from an HIV Cohort Study in India by Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Praveen Kumar Naik, Manoranjan Midde, Raghavakalyan Pakam

“…The results of this study can be used to improve the linkage between HIV testing and HIV care of children diagnosed with HIV in India.…”
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Effect of maternal height on the risk of caesarean section in singleton births: evidence from a large-scale survey in India by Himanshu Chaurasia, Strong P Marbaniang, Hemkhothang Lhungdim

“…Other explanatory variables are age, parity, sex of child, birth weight, wealth index, place of residence, place of child delivery and household health insurance status.Results The results reveal that the odds of undergoing CS significantly decrease with increase in maternal heights. Mothers with a height of 120 cm (adjusted OR (AOR): 5.08; 95% CI 3.83 to 6.74) were five times more likely, while mothers with height of 180 cm were 23% less likely (AOR: 0.77; 95% CI 0.62 to 0.95) to undergo CS as compared with mothers with height of 150 cm.Conclusions Shorter maternal height is linked to a higher risk of CS. …”
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Implications of the availability and distribution of birth weight on addressing neonatal mortality: population-based assessment from Bihar state of India by Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, G Anil Kumar, Debarshi Bhattacharya, Sibin George, Priya Nanda, Md Akbar

“…We report on birth weight availability, LBW prevalence, neonatal mortality rate (NMR) by birth weight and perceptions of mothers on LBW implications.Setting Bihar state, India.Participants Women with live birth between October 2018 and September 2019.Results A total of 5021 (83.5%) live births participated, and 3939 (78.4%) were weighed at birth. …”
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Is economic inequality in maternal and child healthcare decreasing in India? Trends between 2005–2006, 2015–2016 and 2019–2021 by Niranjan Saggurti, Rajib Acharya, Abhishek Kumar, Rimjhim Bajpai

“…Bivariate analyses, ratio of richest to poorest, slope index of inequality (SII) and multivariate binary logistic regression analyses were used to examine the coverage as well as inequalities in the outcome indicators for India and its states and at district level.Primary outcomes The outcome variables analysed in the study were full antenatal care, institutional delivery, postnatal care of mothers within 48 hours of delivery, and full immunisation among children.Participants Women aged 15–49 who had given a birth in the last 5 years before the surveys were unit of analysis for the maternal healthcare indicators, and children aged 12–23 months were unit of the analysis for childhood immunisation.Results Over the last 15 years, coverage of the MCH indicators has increased in India and across socioeconomic segment of the population, and the absolute increase was higher among the worse-off segments than the better-off. …”
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Effectiveness of Birthing Ball Exercises Therapy in Improving Labor Pain and Labor Outcomes: A Systematic Review by Uma Phalswal, Sujata Jha, Priyanshi Dixit, Raksha Yadav

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Identification of Breastfeeding Problems using LATCH Score and the Impact of Lactation Counselling: A Quasi-experimental Study by Sandhya Devi Lingala, Nerella Jwala Vasavi, Amara Jyothi Addanki, Lakshmi Prasanna Chintha, Nagireddy Anusha Reddy

“…Aim: To identify breastfeeding problems using the LATCH score and to assess the impact of lactation counselling among postnatal mothers. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in the Department of Paediatrics, ACSR Government Medical College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India, from June 2023 to December 2023. …”
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The Development and Intellectualisation of African Languages Revisited. by Ndoleriire, Oswald Kyamulesire

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Evaluation of a manual-based training program in changing auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to maternal mental health by Vijayalakshmi Poreddi, Sailaxmi Gandhi, Ramachandra, Sundarnag Ganjekar, Geetha Desai, Prabha S. Chandra

“…While it is crucial to integrate maternal mental health into mother and child health services, research on strengthening the knowledge and skills of primary healthcare providers on maternal mental health is limited in India. …”
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Unveiling the nexus between minimum dietary diversity and anemia among children aged 6–23 months in India: evidence from NFHS-5 (2019–2021) by Koyel Majumder, Mithun Sarkar, Rahul Mallick, Bikash Barman, Pradip Chouhan

“…A total of 58,345 mother-child pairs of children (aged 6–23 months) and 15–49 years mothers were included in this study. …”
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