Infant activity and sleep behaviors in a maternal and infant home visiting project among rural, southern, African American women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical inactivity and inadequate amounts of sleep are two potential causes for excessive weight gain in infancy. Thus, parents and caregivers of infants need to be educated about decreasing infant sedentary behavior, increasing infant unrestrained floor time, as well as age specific recommended amounts of sleep for infants. The aims of this study were to determine if maternal knowledge about infant activity and sleep changed over time and to evaluate maternal compliance rates with expert recommendations for infant sleep in a two-arm, randomized, controlled, comparative impact trial.

Methods

Pregnant women at least 18 years of age, less than 19 weeks pregnant, and residing in a lower Mississippi Delta county were recruited between March 2013 and December 2014. Po

SUBMITTER: Thomson JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5954454 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature