Parental Stress, Infant Feeding and Well-being in Families Affected by Cleft Lip and/or Cleft Palate: The Impact of Early Follow-up

CONCLUSION: Contextual strategies for early follow-up of families affected by clefts need to be developed, with an emphasis on involving fathers and those parents reporting elevated stress and/or feeding difficulties. There is a need for diagnosis-specific guidelines about the use of pacifiers as well as collaboration between the health professionals involved to increase breastmilk feeding.PMID:38384126 | DOI:10.1177/10556656241231524
Source: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research