Articles by author - E. N. Adamson-Macedo

Grasping and fingering (active or haptic touch) in healthy newborns.

Adamson-Macedo E, Barnes C.

Journal Article 2004; 25(Suppl 1): 157-168 PubMed PMID: 15735600  Keywords:  Female, Fingers:physiology, Hand Strength, Humans, Infant, Newborn:physiology, Male, Physical Stimulation, Reference Values, Touch:physiology, Videotape Recording,.    Citation

: The traditional view that the activity of the baby's hands are triggered by a stimulus in an automatic, compulsory, stereotyped way and .....

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Maternal-fetal attachment: searching for a new definition.

Sandbrook S, Adamson-Macedo E.

Journal Article 2004; 25(Suppl 1): 169-182 PubMed PMID: 15735599  Keywords:  Empathy, Female, Fetus, Humans, Mothers:psychology, Object Attachment, Pregnancy:psychology, Pregnancy Trimester, Third, Pregnancy, Unplanned:psychology, Pregnancy, Unwanted:psychology,.    Citation

: Maternal-fetal attachment is the purest source of the powerful attachment relationship, the gradual internalisation of the life within u.....

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Prematurity and adult minor illness.

Bellingham-Young D, Adamson-Macedo E.

Case Reports 2004; 25(Suppl 1): 117-125 PubMed PMID: 15735594  Keywords:  Adult, Birth Weight, Brain:physiology, Case-Control Studies, Disease:psychology, Female, Fetus:physiology, Hormones:physiology, Humans, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Premature, Medical Records, Models, Biological, Models, Psychologica.    Citation

: The long term impact of being born premature has received limited scientific investigation. Studies that have been carried out, focus on.....

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Perceived Parenting Self-Efficacy (PMP S-E) of mothers who are breastfeeding hospitalised preterm neonates.

Barnes C, Adamson-Macedo E.

Journal Article 2004; 25(Suppl 1): 95-102 PubMed PMID: 15735591  Keywords:  Analysis of Variance, Breast Feeding, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Premature, Mothers:psychology, Parenting:psychology, Self Efficacy,.    Citation

: Breastfeeding is a complex task for many mothers but may be particularly difficult when coping with the birth of a preterm. In the follo.....

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Foetal origins theory: links with adult depression and general self-efficacy.

Bellingham-Young D, Adamson-Macedo E.

Journal Article 2003; 24(6): 412-416 PubMed PMID: 15073566  Keywords:  Adult, Birth Weight, Body Image, Depressive Disorder, Major:etiology, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Middle Aged, Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Retrospective Studies, Self Efficacy,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Foetal origins theory has suggested that early environment can affect vulnerability to major diseases in later life. Recent res.....

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