SynthesisArchives of disease in childhood2007
A systematic review of lay views about infant size and growth.
Synthesis in Archives of disease in childhood, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Mothers' experiences of bottle-feeding: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies.Archives of disease in childhood · 2009Pooled it
- Factors Associated with Height-Promoting Dietary Practices Among Japanese Preschool Children: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- You are What Your Parents Expect: Height and Local Reference Points.Journal of econometrics · 2024Article
- What is normal, healthy growth? Global health, human biology, and parental perspectives.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2021Review
- [Factors Associated with Pressure to Eat as a Feeding Practice among Mothers with Infants].Child health nursing research · 2020Article
- Perceptions of Child Body Size and Health Care Seeking for Undernourished Children in Southern Malawi.Qualitative health research · 2016Article
- "Whatever average is:" understanding African-American mothers' perceptions of infant weight, growth, and health.Current anthropology · 2014Article
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- Parents' views on child physical activity and their implications for physical activity parenting interventions: a qualitative study.BMC pediatrics · 2012Article
- Parent perception of healthy infant and toddler growth.Clinical pediatrics · 2010Article
- The views of professionals toward infant growth.Archives of disease in childhood · 2007Article
- Image or reality: why do infant size and growth matter to parents?Archives of disease in childhood · 2007Review
- Confusing terminology attempts to define the undefinable.Archives of disease in childhood · 2007Review
- Worked examples of alternative methods for the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research in systematic reviews.BMC medical research methodology · 2007Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo understand lay views on infant size and growth and their implications for a British population.
methodsA systematic review of parental and other lay views about the meanings and importance of infant size and growth using Medline, PsycInfo, CINAHL, Sociological Abstracts, IBSS, ASSIA, British Nursing Index ChildData, Caredata, SIGLE, Dissertation Abstracts (US), Index to Theses. 19 studies, most of which reported the views of mothers, from the US, Canada, the UK and Finland were reviewed.
resultsNotions of healthy size and growth were dominated by the concept of normality. Participants created norms by assessing and comparing size and growth against several reference points. When size or growth differed from these norms, explanations were sought for factors that would account for this difference. When no plausible explanation could be found, growth or size became a worry for parents.
conclusionsParents consider the importance of contextual factors when judging what is appropriate or healthy growth. For public health advice to be effective, lay, as well as scientific, findings and values need to be considered.
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