Articles by author - Elvidina Adamson-Macedo


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

: 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.

: 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.

: 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.

: 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.

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

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