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To access articles about the benefits of infant massage, click here. Below are resources for many articles citing the benefits of infant massage. |
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ABUSE |
The Perinatal Bonding Project: Infant Massage to Reduce Child Abuse |
Massage Magazine |
Jul/Aug 1997 |
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Benefits for Mothers in Recovery from Substance Abuse |
Int. Assoc. of Infant Massage US Chapter (Fact sheet) |
1997 |
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Appropriate Touch Training Incorporated into Recovery Program for Parents to Help Break Cycle of Child Abuse |
Epiphany Centre, San Francisco (advertisement for) |
Unknown |
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Salvaging Crack Babies |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Aug 1993 |
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Massaging Crack Babies |
See Bonding With Baby Article |
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Massage for Drug-exposed Babies |
Massage Issue 45 |
Sep/Oct 1993 |
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BONDING |
Bonding With Baby |
Massage Issue 28 |
Nov/Dec 1990 |
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Effects of Tactile Stimulation on Infants |
See Bonding with Baby Article |
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Bonding Through Touch |
Joni Rubenstein (IAIM USA) |
Unknown |
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Kangaroo Mother Care and the Bonding Hypothesis |
Pediatrics Vol. 102 No 2 |
Aug 1998 |
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COLIC |
Nomad Clue to Cause of Colic |
Newspaper article/ source unknown |
March 1997 |
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Infant Massage Compared with Crib Vibrator in the Treatment of Colicky Infants |
Pediatrics Vol. 105 No 6 |
June 2000 |
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CUES |
Crying |
Vimala Schneider, Mothering |
Spring, 1987 |
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Infants May Need to Cry at Day’s End |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Nov 1994 |
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Baby Cues and Faces |
Source Unknown |
Unknown |
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Infants’ Systems (and Cues) |
Epiphany Centre, San Francisco |
Unknown |
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Medicalizing normality? Management of irritability in babies. |
J. Paediatric Child Health 36 |
2000 |
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DEPRESSION |
Depressed Mothers’ Touching Increases Infants’ Positive Affect and Attention in Still-Face Interactions |
Child Development 67, Society for Research in Child Development. Inc. |
1996 |
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Infants of Depressed Mothers Show “Depressed” Behaviour even With Non-depressed Adults |
Florida Intl Univ. Univ. of Miami Field et al, Miami Medical School Child Development, 1998,59,1569-79 |
1988 |
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Maternal Depression: Effects on Infants and Early Interventions. |
T. Field Preventative Medicine 27 |
1998 |
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Massage Therapy for Infants of Depressed Mothers |
Field et al Infant Behaviour and Development Vol. 19 |
1996 |
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Mirror Images :Depressed Mothers, Depressed Newborns |
American Psychological Association/ Internet |
April 1997 |
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Massage and Relaxation Therapies’ Effects on Depressed Adolescent Mothers |
Field et al, Adolescence Vol. 31, No 124 |
Winter 1996 |
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A Feminist perspective on postnatal depression |
MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 3:2 |
June 1993 |
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FATHERS |
Neonatal Bathing and Massage Intervention with Fathers, Behavioral Effects 12 Weeks after Birth of First Baby |
International Journal of Behavioral Development 15(1) |
1992 |
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Nurturing .It Takes a Tough Man to Make a Tender Father |
Tim Barrus, Source Unknown |
Unknown |
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The Father–Infant Relationship Becoming Connected |
JSPN Vol. 1 No 2 (RMIT Nursing) |
Jul-Sept 1996 |
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HIV |
Massage Therapy Improves Behaviour in Neonates born to HIV Positive Mothers |
Journal of Pediatric Psychology Vol. 21, No 6 |
1996 |
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HOW TO MASSAGE |
How to Massage |
Parenting |
May 1995 |
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The Gift of Touch |
American Baby |
Aug 1995 |
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Rub a Tummy, Stroke a Foot |
Baby Talk |
Nov 1994 |
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Setting up a Massage Group, Evaluation etc. Hands on Therapy |
Health Visitor Vol. 66 No 2 |
Feb 1993 |
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INFANT MASSAGE |
Parenting Premies, Taking Care of Their Paper-thin Skin. Intervene Early with Infant Massage. Understanding Sibling Issues |
Parent care |
Spr/Summer 1995 |
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Infant Massage. The healing power of nurturing touch |
Wellbeing Magazine No.69 |
1997 |
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Hands-on healing |
Jessica Cohen, Source unknown |
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Baby Massage – an old Technique that’s Gaining New Acceptance |
Baby Guide(US) |
1995 |
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Baby Massage- an Alternative to Drugs |
Australian Nursing Journal |
Nov 1979 |
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Infant Massage: Building Relationships Through Touch |
IJCE Vol. 15 No 1 |
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Baby Massage- Enhance the Loving Bond Between You and Your Baby |
Massage Australia Issue 1 |
Jan 1997 |
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Touching Bond of Affection |
Erin McGrath, Doncaster/Templestowe News |
Nov 2000 |
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Infant Massage Helps Parents with Newborns |
OT Week |
October 1988 |
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IM A Caring Touch- Parenting Infant Care |
Family Life Today |
Nov 1985 |
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Infant Massage in the Western World Massage Therapy with Preterm Infants |
Tiffany Field Zero to Three |
Oct/Nov 1993 |
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Elder Retired Volunteers Benefit from giving Massage Therapy to Infants |
Journal of Applied Gerontology Vol. 17 No 2 |
June 1998 |
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Infant Massage- Old Knowledge for Modern Times |
Tucson Parent |
Apr/May 1990 |
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LABOUR |
Massage Therapist as Labour Support Provider |
Massage Magazine Issue 68 |
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Labour Pain is Reduced by Massage Therapy |
T. Field, Journal Psychosom Obstet Gyn 18 |
1997 |
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OTHER PEOPLE NEEDING TOUCH |
Massage Therapy for Infants and Children (…with various medical conditions) |
Tiffany Field. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Vol. 16 No 2 |
April 1995 |
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Massage eases Children’s Trauma |
Oakland Tribune |
Oct 1994 |
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A Mothers Touch- Teaching Teens to Bond with the Baby |
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
Feb 1994 |
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Massage Therapy Effects (Group Studies incl. ADHD, Chronic Fatigue, MS) |
T. Field. American Psychologist Vol. 53 No 12 |
Dec 1998 |
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Massage Treatment of Infantile Myogenic Torticollis |
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 12 (13) |
1992 |
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Healing Hands- Nurses Using Massage for People with Learning Disabilities |
Nursing Times Vol. 90 No 11 |
March 1994 |
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PERINATAL TRAUMA |
The Expanding Boundaries of Memory (David B Chamberlain Ph.D) |
From internet: Used with permission from the Pre and Perinatal Journal |
Spring 1990 Issue |
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The Vulnerable Prenate (William Emerson Ph.D) |
From internet: Used with permission from the Pre and Perinatal Journal Vol.10(3) |
Spring 1996 |
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Healing the Being Within |
The Doula |
Fall 1991 |
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Embryological Development of the Human Brain (Arnold B Scheibel M.D.) |
From internet: New Horizons for Learning |
1997 |
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PREMATURE BABIES |
How Little You Are |
Neonatal Network Vol. 11 No 8 |
Dec 1992 |
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Touch and Infant Massage |
Joyce Russell. Special Care Baby Unit Newcastle General Hospital |
Unknown |
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The Power of Touch |
Parade Magazine |
March 1990 |
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Touch for the Neonate and Prems |
Cherry Bond, source unknown |
Jan 1996 |
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Tender Touch for Premature Infants |
Massage Magazine |
Jul/Aug 1997 |
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Patterns of Physiological and Behavioral Response of Intermediate Care Preterm Infants to Intervention |
Pediatric Nursing |
Nov/Dec 1993 |
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TAC-TIC Therapy; a non-pharmacological stroking Intervention for Prems |
Comp. Nursing and Mid Therapy 4 |
1998 |
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Massage Therapy in the NICU |
Amtrak Magazine |
June 1995 |
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Massage Stimulates Growth in Preterm Infants; a replication. Incl. Prem Infant Massage is it safe? |
Pediatric Nursing |
Jul/Aug 1988 |
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A Case Study of Infant Massage Outcomes |
MCN Vol 25 No 2 |
March/April 2000 |
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Lessons From the Kangaroo |
Australian. Women’s Weekly |
Nov 1994 |
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Tactile/Kinesthetic Stimulation Effects on Preterm Neonates |
T. Field et al Pediatrics Vol. 77 No 5 |
May 1986 |
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The use of Massage for Neonates Requiring Special Care |
Complementary. Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery 2. |
1996 |
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Skin Hunger Effects on Preterm Neonates |
Infant-Toddler Intervention, The Transdisciplinary Journal. Vol. 6 No 1 |
1996 |
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Positive Touch and Massage in the Neonatal Unit- A Means of Reducing Stress Levels |
Midwifery Digest |
June 2000 |
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Massage Effects on Cocaine-Exposed Preterm Neonates |
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Vol 14 No 5 |
October 1993 |
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Infant Stimulation: Modification of an Intervention Based on Physiological and Behavioral Cues |
JOGNN |
Sept 1994 |
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PROMOTING INFANT MASSAGE |
Rub a Chub Bub: Massage can Improve the Health of your Bundle of Joy |
Kate Minogue, Herald/Sun |
June 3 2002 |
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Babes in Arms |
Kate Minogue, Daily Telegrasph |
June 10 2002 |
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RESILIENCE |
Fostering Resilience in Infants and Young Children through Parent-Infant Interaction |
RMIT Nursing(Excerpt from Infants and Young Children) |
Jan 1997 |
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Strategies for Building Resilience in Infants and Young Children at Risk |
RMIT Nursing(Excerpt from Infants and Young Children) |
1993 |
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TOUCH |
The Effect of 2 Intensities of Massage on H-Reflex Amplitude |
Physical Therapy |
June 1992 |
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Case Reports: Massage for very severe Self-injury |
Dev. Med .and Child Neurology |
1991 |
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Massage as a Therapeutic Tool |
Br. Journal of Occ. Therapy |
April 1993 |
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Get in Touch With Your Baby |
Working Mother |
Dec 1991 |
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Why Touch is so Important |
Massage Magazine |
July/Aug 1997 |
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Why Children need Massage Therapy (incl. Massage reduces Anxiety in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Patients) |
Internet |
Unknown |
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Massage with Oil Has More Positive Effects on Normal Infants |
Pre and Perinatal Journal 11 (2) |
1996 |
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Touch Research Institute: Published studies |
Touch Research Institute, University of Miami |
20/02/00 |
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Focus on – The Power of Touch |
Internet (Excerpt from Healthy Kids Magazine) |
Unknown |
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Can more Touching lead to less Violence in our Society |
The Human Touch Vol.1 No 3 |
Jan/Feb 1985 |
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Using Massage in the Care of Children |
Pediatric Nursing Vol.10 No 10 |
Dec/Jan 1998/99 |
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Touchpoints: Touch Research Abstracts |
Vol. 7 No 1 Vol. 7 No 2 |
Winter 2000 Spring 2000 |
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Stimulation in Infancy |
RMIT(Excerpt from Scientific American) |
1973 |
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Touch Research Institute: Current Studies(all ages) |
Internet |
Unknown |
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Infants’ Preference for Touch Stimulation in Face to Face Interactions |
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 17 |
1996 |
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Massage Therapy and Therapeutic Touch in Children: State of the Science |
Alternative Therapies Vol 6.No 5. |
Sept 2000 |
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Postive Touch |
Source Unknown |
Date Unknown |
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VIOLENCE |
Perspectives on Violence: Excerpts from: An Interview (Touch the Future, Spring Issue 1994) |
www.birthpsychology.com/violence/montagu.html |
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Perspectives on Violence: Excerpts from: The Origins of Human Love & Violence (Dr James Prescott) |
www.birthpsychology.com/violence/prescott.html |
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MISCELLANEOUS. |
How to be a better communicator |
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What is Tui Na Massage |
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GI Disorders and motility |
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Mandy Lamkin – Tibetan Singing Bowls |
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Social Deprivation of Monkeys(Research Article) |
Harry and Margaret Harlow |
1973 |
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World wise Baby care (1994) |
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Learning difficulties of children viewed in the light of the Osteopathic concept |
The Collected Papers of Viola M Frymann, DO With permission for JAOA. Vol 76 |
1976 |
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Being in Tune: CD/cassette & video order forms (Amelia Auckett) |
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New Mother Groups as a Social Network Intervention: Consumer and Maternal and Child Health Nurse Perspectives |
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 18 no. 4 |
2001 |
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Being Identification and the Mirroring Process |
Dance Therapy Collections No.1 |
1992 |
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Synergy of Verbal & Non-verbal Therapies & the Treatment of Mother – Infant Relationships
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British Journal of Psychotherapy 16(1) |
1999 |
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