ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2022
Effectiveness of early essential newborn care on breastfeeding and maternal outcomes: a nonrandomized controlled study.
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- Maternal and Fetal Outcomes of Contemporary Obstetric Interventions: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Early essential newborn care: a decade of scaling up quality, life-saving interventions across East Asia and the Pacific (2013-2023).BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Interpretable prediction of neonatal mortality and its key predictors using machine learning and SHAP analysis.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
- Facilitators and challenges in the practice of skin-to-skin contact after birth: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Effects of early essential newborn care after elective caesarean section on maternal and neonatal outcomes: a retrospective study.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Social learning is critical to breastfeeding success: Evidence from rural Namibian pastoralists.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2025Article
- Network analysis of postpartum depression symptoms and perinatal risk factors in Chinese women: a prospective observational study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Optimizing breastfeeding for hospitalized newborns: A narrative review of midwifery-led interventions.European journal of midwifery · 2025Review
- "We have been depriving them": examining the sense of coherence of clinical staff as they implement skin-to-skin contact.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreastfeeding and maternal health play crucial roles in improving newborn health, which is closely related to the development of families and society. Early essential newborn care, which emphasizes early exclusive breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact, is recommended by the World Health Organization. This study aimed to explore the association of early essential newborn care with breastfeeding and maternal outcomes.
methodsA nonrandomized controlled study was carried out from May 2020 to January 2021 in a tertiary hospital in Chengdu city, China. Pregnant women were recruited from the maternity ward before they gave birth. Early essential newborn care was performed for 91 mother-newborn pairs after birth in the intervention group, while routine birth care was performed for 91 mother-newborn pairs in the control group. Data on breastfeeding and maternal outcomes were collected pre-test and post-test and were recorded by trained data collectors and retrieved from hospital case record files.
resultsCompared with the control group, the intervention group had a higher incidence of early breastfeeding initiation, an earlier initiation and longer duration for the first breastfeeding, a higher incidence of successful first breastfeeding, more exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge, higher maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy, a shorter duration of the third stage of labour, lower postpartum blood loss, and lower scores of maternal pain and anxiety postpartum; the differences were statistically significant (p < 0.05).
conclusionThe implementation of high-quality early essential newborn care can help mothers initiate early breastfeeding, improve exclusive breastfeeding rates at hospital discharge, enhance breastfeeding self-efficacy, promote the woman's recovery from labour, and reduce maternal anxiety and pain in the postpartum period. High-quality early essential newborn care is recommended to policymakers and medical professionals to improve breastfeeding and maternal outcomes.
trial registrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry, Retrospective Registration (27/7/2021), registration number: ChiCTR2100049231.
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