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postgraduate thesis: Mother-infant intervention to promote maternal mental health after preterm birth
Title | Mother-infant intervention to promote maternal mental health after preterm birth |
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Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Yip, S. [葉秀娟]. (2012). Mother-infant intervention to promote maternal mental health after preterm birth. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b4833947 |
Abstract | Compared to term infants, it is known that preterm infants have relatively poor regulation and are less able to handle stimulation, which only allows limited time of alertness favorable for productive social interaction. Parents that are less knowledgeable in this would often feel distressed when they try to interact with their babies. Also, non-optimal parent-infant interaction may further stress the preterm infants. So, intervention that seeks to handle this problem is needed. Mother-infant intervention is a strategy that teaches mothers or parents to respond appropriately to infants’ cues and when to stop handling. This intervention helps to achieve optimal parent-infant interaction. Evidence in the current literature has suggested that early mother-infant intervention in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is effective in promoting maternal mental health after preterm delivery. Therefore, the proposed innovation attempts to use mother-infant intervention to reduce depressive symptoms and parenting stress of these mothers.
The implementation potential of the mother-infant intervention was explored. It was found that the intervention is highly transferable and feasible to be applied in the hospital settings of Hong Kong with Chinese women. The benefits of implementing the proposed innovation also far outweigh the cost. An evidence-based practice guideline was then developed. Thorough communication plan, implementation plan and pilot study plan will be launched. The whole program will last for 24 months including stages from obtaining approval, planning, carrying out pilot study, launching the actual implementation, to conducting data collection and program evaluation. |
Degree | Master of Nursing |
Subject | Mother and infant. Mothers - Mental health. |
Dept/Program | Nursing Studies |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/174294 |
HKU Library Item ID | b4833947 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Yip, Sau-kuen. | - |
dc.contributor.author | 葉秀娟. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Yip, S. [葉秀娟]. (2012). Mother-infant intervention to promote maternal mental health after preterm birth. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b4833947 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/174294 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Compared to term infants, it is known that preterm infants have relatively poor regulation and are less able to handle stimulation, which only allows limited time of alertness favorable for productive social interaction. Parents that are less knowledgeable in this would often feel distressed when they try to interact with their babies. Also, non-optimal parent-infant interaction may further stress the preterm infants. So, intervention that seeks to handle this problem is needed. Mother-infant intervention is a strategy that teaches mothers or parents to respond appropriately to infants’ cues and when to stop handling. This intervention helps to achieve optimal parent-infant interaction. Evidence in the current literature has suggested that early mother-infant intervention in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is effective in promoting maternal mental health after preterm delivery. Therefore, the proposed innovation attempts to use mother-infant intervention to reduce depressive symptoms and parenting stress of these mothers. The implementation potential of the mother-infant intervention was explored. It was found that the intervention is highly transferable and feasible to be applied in the hospital settings of Hong Kong with Chinese women. The benefits of implementing the proposed innovation also far outweigh the cost. An evidence-based practice guideline was then developed. Thorough communication plan, implementation plan and pilot study plan will be launched. The whole program will last for 24 months including stages from obtaining approval, planning, carrying out pilot study, launching the actual implementation, to conducting data collection and program evaluation. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.source.uri | http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48339477 | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Mother and infant. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Mothers - Mental health. | - |
dc.title | Mother-infant intervention to promote maternal mental health after preterm birth | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b4833947 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Nursing | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Nursing Studies | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_b4833947 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991033836839703414 | - |