Teuila Percival
Boston Children's Hospital
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Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | 2006
Wanzhen Gao; Janis Paterson; Sarnia Carter; Teuila Percival
Aim: To explore risk factors that are associated with preterm birth and full‐term small‐for‐gestational‐age (SGA) birth for a Pacific population.
Public Health Nutrition | 2006
Philip J. Schluter; Sarnia Carter; Teuila Percival
OBJECTIVES To present current breast-feeding rates for Pacific infants resident in New Zealand. Reasons for the introduction of complementary liquid foods were also explored. DESIGN A longitudinal study using hospital discharge summary records and maternal home interviews undertaken at 6 weeks, 12 and 24 months postpartum. Turnbulls non-parametric survival analysis was used to model exclusive breast-feeding rates. SETTING Auckland, New Zealand. RESULTS The cohort comprised 1376 infants at 6 weeks, 1223 infants at 12 months and 1142 infants at 24 months. Exclusive breast-feeding rates at hospital discharge, 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months postpartum were 84% (95% confidence interval (CI): 80-88%), 49% (95% CI: 43-55%), 37% (95% CI: 32-42%) and 9% (95% CI: 7-11%), respectively. Significant ethnic difference existed, with Samoan mothers having higher exclusive breast-feeding rates than Tongan mothers (P = 0.002). The percentage of infants receiving any breast milk at hospital discharge, 6 weeks, 12 and 24 months was 96% (95% CI: 94-97%), 95% (95% CI: 94-96%), 31% (95% CI: 28-34%) and 15% (95% CI: 13-17%), respectively. Again ethnic differences emerged. Common reasons cited for discontinuation of exclusive breast-feeding included uncertainty of breast milk supply (56%), problems with breasts (30%) and difficulties breast-feeding in work or educational environments (26%). However, 691 (50%) mothers sought no advice about their breast-feeding concerns within the first six weeks of life. CONCLUSIONS Exclusive breast-feeding rates for Pacific infants are ethnically heterogeneous, have declined since the 1990s and fall short of the World Health Organization recommendations. The principal reasons cited for exclusive breast-feeding discontinuation echo those reported over a decade ago.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | 2007
Philip J. Schluter; Janis Paterson; Teuila Percival
Aim: To report infant care practice prevalence for known modifiable sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk factors among a generally disadvantaged yet low‐SIDS rate population of mothers with Pacific infants.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | 2006
Philip J. Schluter; Janis Paterson; Teuila Percival
Aims: Child injury is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in developed countries. While Pacific infant death rates are relatively high in New Zealand, little is known about non‐fatal injury rates. We seek to describe maternally reported injury in Pacific infants aged between 0–24 months.
International Journal of Epidemiology | 2008
Janis Paterson; Teuila Percival; Philip J. Schluter; Gerhard Sundborn; Max Abbott; Sarnia Carter; Esther Tumama Cowley-Malcolm; Jim Borrows; Wanzhen Gao
The New Zealand Medical Journal | 2006
Janis Paterson; Colin Tukuitonga; Max Abbott; Michael Feehan; Silva P; Teuila Percival; Sarnia Carter; Esther Tumama Cowley-Malcolm; Jim Borrows; Maynard Williams; Philip J. Schluter
The New Zealand Medical Journal | 2005
Pamela Low; Janis Paterson; Trecia A. Wouldes; Sarnia Carter; Maynard Williams; Teuila Percival
The New Zealand Medical Journal | 2006
Sarnia Carter; Teuila Percival; Janis Paterson; Maynard Williams
The New Zealand Medical Journal | 2004
Janis Paterson; Teuila Percival; Sarnia Butler; Maynard Williams
Vaccine | 2006
Janis Paterson; Philip J. Schluter; Teuila Percival; Sarnia Carter