Alanna E F Rudzik
Biographic Data
| ID | 166416 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alanna E F Rudzik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alanna E F |
| FAMILY NAME | Rudzik |
| SIGNATURE | RUDZIK A E F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2263-5376 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Relationships between postpartum depression, sleep, and infant feeding in the early postpartum: An exploratory analysis
Postpartum depression may be associated with disturbed sleep due to negative perception of sleep among depressed women, rather than disrupted sleep causing postpartum depression. With regard to infant feeding method, exclusively breastfeeding women are not more likely to suffer from postpartum depression, and different pathways may predict development of postpartum depression symptoms in exclusively breastfeeding and exclusively formula feeding w…
Critical medical anthropology: Perspectives in and from Latin America
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study
Biologically normal sleep in the mother‐infant dyad
OBJECTIVES: We examine infant sleep from evolutionary, historico-cultural, and statistical/epidemiological perspectives and explore the distinct conceptions of "normal" produced by each. We use data from the "Sleeping Like a Baby" study to illustrate how these perspectives influence the ideals and practices of new parents. METHODS: The "Sleeping Like a Baby" study investigated maternal-infant sleep in north-east England. Sleep data for exclusivel…
Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil 1850-1945 - Otovo, Okezi
Exploring Maternal Perceptions of Infant Sleep and Feeding Method Among Mothers in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Focus Group Study
Oxytocin and Epstein‐Barr virus: Stress biomarkers in the postpartum period among first‐time mothers from São Paulo, Brazil
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between self-reported stress levels among new mothers in São Paulo, Brazil and two biomarkers of stressful experience, oxytocin (OT) and Epstein-Barr Virus antibody level (EBV-ab), with planned pregnancy hypothesized as a moderator of biological response to stressful conditions. METHODS: Sixty-three first-time mothers between the ages of 15 and 45 were recruited from neighborhoo…
The Experience and Determinants of First-Time Breast-Feeding Duration among Low-Income Women from São Paulo, Brazil
While the ability to breast-feed is virtually universal among women, the experience of breast-feeding is particular to each woman and is influenced by her social, economic, and personal circumstances. This paper explores quantitative and experience-focused ethnographic data on the experiences of low-income women from the eastern periphery of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, who were breast-feeding for the first time. The prospective, longitudinal d…
The Experience and Determinants of First-Time Breast-Feeding Duration among Low-Income Women from São Paulo, Brazil
While the ability to breast-feed is virtually universal among women, the experience of breast-feeding is particular to each woman and is influenced by her social, economic, and personal circumstances. This paper explores quantitative and experience-focused ethnographic data on the experiences of low-income women from the eastern periphery of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, who were breast-feeding for the first time. The prospective, longitudinal d…
The Experience and Determinants of First-Time Breast-Feeding Duration among Low-Income Women from São Paulo, Brazil
While the ability to breast-feed is virtually universal among women, the experience of breast-feeding is particular to each woman and is influenced by her social, economic, and personal circumstances. This paper explores quantitative and experience-focused ethnographic data on the experiences of low-income women from the eastern periphery of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, who were breast-feeding for the first time. The prospective, longitudinal d…
Oxytocin and Epstein‐Barr virus: Stress biomarkers in the postpartum period among first‐time mothers from São Paulo, Brazil
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between self-reported stress levels among new mothers in São Paulo, Brazil and two biomarkers of stressful experience, oxytocin (OT) and Epstein-Barr Virus antibody level (EBV-ab), with planned pregnancy hypothesized as a moderator of biological response to stressful conditions. METHODS: Sixty-three first-time mothers between the ages of 15 and 45 were recruited from neighborhoo…
Exploring Maternal Perceptions of Infant Sleep and Feeding Method Among Mothers in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Focus Group Study
Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil 1850-1945 - Otovo, Okezi
Biologically normal sleep in the mother‐infant dyad
OBJECTIVES: We examine infant sleep from evolutionary, historico-cultural, and statistical/epidemiological perspectives and explore the distinct conceptions of "normal" produced by each. We use data from the "Sleeping Like a Baby" study to illustrate how these perspectives influence the ideals and practices of new parents. METHODS: The "Sleeping Like a Baby" study investigated maternal-infant sleep in north-east England. Sleep data for exclusivel…
Critical medical anthropology: Perspectives in and from Latin America
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study
Relationships between postpartum depression, sleep, and infant feeding in the early postpartum: An exploratory analysis
Postpartum depression may be associated with disturbed sleep due to negative perception of sleep among depressed women, rather than disrupted sleep causing postpartum depression. With regard to infant feeding method, exclusively breastfeeding women are not more likely to suffer from postpartum depression, and different pathways may predict development of postpartum depression symptoms in exclusively breastfeeding and exclusively formula feeding w…
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (3 works) · Obstetrics (3 works) · Postpartum period (3 works) · Pregnancy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)