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Item Barriers of Breastfeeding Initiation in Labor Room(Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2010-04-01) Pussara Hakularb; Nanthana ThananowanBreastfeeding is not only human instincts, but also human experiences between a mother and her new born child. There are many factors which influence the success or failure of breastfeeding including physical, emotional, and social factors. However, the barriers of breastfeeding could be occurred at the first time of breastfeeding in labor room such as stress, analgesic administration during the second stage of labor, cesarean section, or the separation of mother and their child after birth. Thus, obstetricians and nurse-midwives need to realize about those obstacles and help a mother to initiate her breastfeeding right away after delivery or within half an hour after delivery. This practice is important because it can help the mother to continue her successfully breastfeeding during the postpartum period.Item Ethical Challenges in Conducting Research on Violence against Women(Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2010-04-01) Nanthana ThananowanConducting research in the area of violence against women is not like other types of investigation because it entails unique ethical challenges. The issue of violence against women is delicate and sensitive. Abused women are mostly a group of vulnerable population. They usually refuse to answer about their victimization, feel ashamed or self-blame as a source of the violent problem, and fear of further violence. Thus, conducting research on violence against women need to be concerned about its ethical dilemmas. Researchers in this field should have better understanding about the ethical principles on violence against women according to World Health Organization (WHO), especially the safety, privacy, and confidentiality in order to get the right information that could be used as the evidence-based practice guideline to help abused women in the future.Item Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Risk Factors, and Health Outcomes in Adult Pregnant Women(The Thailand Nursing Council, 2010-03-30) Nanthana ThananowanIntimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is a major public health concern. In the U.S., research on violence against women has shown that younger age is a consistent risk factor for experiencing child abuse and perpetrating IPV. However, in Thailand, little is known about IPV in adult pregnant women in different age group. The purpose of this descriptive cross-sectional survey was to compare the prevalence of IPV, risk factors, and health outcomes between the adult pregnant women who were at the ages of 25 (the young age group) and at the ages of \> 25 (the old age group). A convenience sample of 600 adult pregnant women from a university hospital was recruited during their antenatal clinic visits to complete a set of structured questionnaires. The results indicated that pregnant women in the young age group (n=296) reported higher prevalence of physical, sexual, and emotional IPV during pregnancy than pregnant women in the old age group (n=304). In addition, pregnant women in the young age group were more likely to have unplanned and unwanted pregnancy, drug abuse, and a history of child physical and sexual abuse than pregnant women in the old age group. Abused pregnant women in the young age group were more likely to engage in negative health practices during pregnancy (neither eating healthy food nor have enough sleeping during their pregnancy, etc), lower social support and self-esteem than abused pregnant women in the old age group. Results demonstrate a need for screening of IPV in young adult pregnant women (the ages of 25) because IPV could lead to many negative health outcomes during pregnancy.