Lei Zhang, Jerome R Kolbo, Melissa Kirkup, Elaine Fontenot Molaison, Bonnie L Harbaugh, Nichole Werle, Evelyn Walker
Prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity among Mississippi public school students, 2005-2013
Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association
sleeping necessary infant growth development sufficient quality sleep impact physical cognitive emotional functioning infancy critical time establishing healthy habits routines however many infants suffering sleeping issues impact health study aims evaluate effect educational programs given mothers regarding infants sleep mothers knowledge attitudes toward infants sleeping quasiexperimental design nonequivalent groups used data collected 208 mothers infants aged 512 months jordanian governorates exposed educational programs prior study data collected two stages pretest posttest two weeks groups final results indicated educational intervention significant impact mothers knowledge time found mothers intervention group significantly higher mean infant sleep health knowledge follow time compared baseline time b 0236 p 0001 also yielded analysis showed significant change mothers mean attitudes toward infants sleeping time p 0011 mothers measured sleep health knowledge correlated positively significantly statistically sleep health attitudes score r 0436 p 0010