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SUBJECT

TITLE

AUTHOR/SOURCE

DATE

 

 

ABUSE

The Perinatal Bonding Project: Infant Massage to Reduce Child Abuse

Massage Magazine

Jul/Aug 1997

 

 

Benefits for Mothers in Recovery from Substance Abuse

Int. Assoc. of Infant Massage US Chapter (Fact sheet)

1997

 

 

Appropriate Touch Training Incorporated into Recovery Program for Parents to Help Break Cycle of Child Abuse

Epiphany Centre, San Francisco (advertisement for)

Unknown

 

 

Salvaging Crack Babies

San Francisco Chronicle

Aug 1993

 

 

Massaging Crack Babies

See Bonding With Baby Article

 

 

 

Massage for Drug-exposed Babies

Massage Issue 45

Sep/Oct 1993

 

BONDING

Bonding With Baby

Massage Issue 28

Nov/Dec 1990

 

 

Effects of Tactile Stimulation on Infants

See Bonding with Baby Article

 

 

 

Bonding Through Touch

Joni Rubenstein (IAIM USA)

Unknown

 

 

Kangaroo Mother Care and the Bonding Hypothesis

Pediatrics Vol. 102 No 2

Aug 1998

 

COLIC

Nomad Clue to Cause of Colic

Newspaper article/ source unknown

March 1997

 

 

Infant Massage Compared with Crib Vibrator in the Treatment of Colicky Infants

Pediatrics Vol. 105 No 6

June 2000

 

CUES

Crying

Vimala Schneider, Mothering

Spring, 1987

 

 

Infants May Need to Cry at Day’s End

San Francisco Chronicle

Nov 1994

 

 

Baby Cues and Faces

Source Unknown

Unknown

 

 

Infants’ Systems (and Cues)

Epiphany Centre, San Francisco

Unknown

 

 

Medicalizing normality? Management of irritability in babies.

J. Paediatric Child Health 36

2000

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Maternal Depression: Effects on Infants and Early Interventions.

T. Field Preventative Medicine 27

1998

 

 

Massage Therapy for Infants of Depressed Mothers

Field et al Infant Behaviour and Development Vol. 19

1996

 

 

Mirror Images :Depressed Mothers, Depressed Newborns

American Psychological Association/ Internet

April 1997

 

 

Massage and Relaxation Therapies’ Effects on Depressed Adolescent Mothers

Field et al, Adolescence Vol. 31, No 124

Winter 1996

 

 

A Feminist perspective on postnatal depression

MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 3:2

June 1993

 

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

 

 

Nurturing .It Takes a Tough Man to Make a Tender Father

Tim Barrus, Source Unknown

Unknown

 

 

The Father–Infant Relationship Becoming Connected

JSPN Vol. 1 No 2 (RMIT Nursing)

Jul-Sept 1996

 

HIV

Massage Therapy Improves Behaviour in Neonates born to HIV Positive Mothers

Journal of Pediatric Psychology Vol. 21, No 6

1996

 

HOW TO MASSAGE

How to Massage

Parenting

May 1995

 

 

The Gift of Touch

American Baby

Aug 1995

 

 

Rub a Tummy, Stroke a Foot

Baby Talk

Nov 1994

 

 

Setting up a Massage Group, Evaluation etc. Hands on Therapy

Health Visitor Vol. 66 No 2

Feb 1993

 

INFANT MASSAGE

Parenting Premies, Taking Care of Their Paper-thin Skin. Intervene Early with Infant Massage. Understanding Sibling Issues

Parent care

Spr/Summer 1995

 

 

Infant Massage. The healing power of nurturing touch

Wellbeing Magazine No.69

1997

 

 

Hands-on healing

Jessica Cohen, Source unknown

 

 

 

Baby Massage – an old Technique that’s Gaining New Acceptance

Baby Guide(US)

1995

 

 

Baby Massage- an Alternative to Drugs

Australian Nursing Journal

Nov 1979

 

 

Infant Massage: Building Relationships Through Touch

IJCE Vol. 15 No 1

 

 

 

Baby Massage- Enhance the Loving Bond Between You and Your Baby

Massage Australia Issue 1

Jan 1997

 

 

Touching Bond of Affection

Erin McGrath, Doncaster/Templestowe News

Nov 2000

 

 

Infant Massage Helps Parents with Newborns

OT Week

October 1988

 

 

IM A Caring Touch- Parenting Infant Care

Family Life Today

Nov 1985

 

 

Infant Massage in the Western World

Massage Therapy with Preterm Infants

Tiffany Field

 Zero to Three

Oct/Nov 1993

 

 

Elder Retired Volunteers Benefit from giving Massage Therapy to Infants

Journal of Applied Gerontology     Vol. 17 No 2

June 1998

 

 

Infant Massage- Old Knowledge for Modern Times

Tucson Parent

Apr/May 1990

 

LABOUR

Massage Therapist as Labour Support Provider

Massage Magazine Issue 68

 

 

 

Labour Pain is Reduced by Massage Therapy

T. Field, Journal Psychosom Obstet Gyn 18

1997

 

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

 

 

Massage eases Children’s Trauma

Oakland Tribune

Oct 1994

 

 

A Mothers Touch- Teaching Teens to Bond with the Baby

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Feb 1994

 

 

Massage Therapy Effects (Group Studies incl. ADHD, Chronic Fatigue, MS)

T. Field. American Psychologist    Vol. 53 No 12

Dec 1998

 

 

Massage Treatment of Infantile Myogenic Torticollis

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 12 (13)

1992

 

 

Healing Hands- Nurses Using Massage for People with Learning Disabilities

Nursing Times Vol. 90 No 11

March 1994

 

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

 

 

The Vulnerable Prenate (William Emerson Ph.D)

From internet: Used with permission from the Pre and Perinatal Journal Vol.10(3)

Spring 1996

 

 

Healing the Being Within

The Doula

Fall 1991

 

 

Embryological Development of the Human Brain (Arnold B Scheibel M.D.)

From internet: New Horizons for Learning

1997

 

PREMATURE BABIES

How Little You Are

Neonatal Network Vol. 11 No 8

Dec 1992

 

 

Touch and Infant Massage

Joyce Russell. Special Care Baby Unit Newcastle General Hospital

Unknown

 

 

The Power of Touch

Parade Magazine

March 1990

 

 

Touch for the Neonate and Prems

Cherry Bond, source unknown

Jan 1996

 

 

Tender Touch for Premature Infants

Massage Magazine

Jul/Aug 1997

 

 

Patterns of Physiological  and Behavioral  Response of Intermediate Care Preterm Infants to Intervention

Pediatric Nursing

Nov/Dec 1993

 

 

TAC-TIC Therapy; a non-pharmacological stroking Intervention for Prems

Comp. Nursing and Mid Therapy 4

1998

 

 

Massage Therapy in the NICU

Amtrak Magazine

June 1995

 

 

Massage Stimulates Growth in Preterm Infants; a replication. Incl. Prem Infant Massage is it safe?

Pediatric Nursing

Jul/Aug 1988

 

 

A Case Study of Infant Massage Outcomes

MCN Vol 25 No 2

March/April 2000

 

Lessons From the Kangaroo

Australian. Women’s Weekly

Nov 1994

 

Tactile/Kinesthetic Stimulation Effects on Preterm Neonates

T. Field et al Pediatrics Vol. 77 No 5

May 1986

 

The use of Massage for Neonates Requiring Special Care

Complementary. Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery 2.

1996

 

Skin Hunger Effects on Preterm Neonates

Infant-Toddler Intervention, The Transdisciplinary Journal. Vol. 6 No 1

1996

 

Positive Touch and Massage in the Neonatal Unit- A Means of Reducing Stress Levels

Midwifery Digest

June 2000

 

Massage Effects on Cocaine-Exposed Preterm Neonates

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Vol 14 No 5

October 1993

 

Infant Stimulation: Modification of an Intervention Based on Physiological and Behavioral Cues

JOGNN

Sept 1994

PROMOTING INFANT MASSAGE

Rub a Chub Bub: Massage can Improve the Health of your Bundle of Joy

Kate Minogue, Herald/Sun

June 3 2002

 

Babes in Arms

Kate Minogue, Daily Telegrasph

June 10 2002

RESILIENCE

Fostering Resilience in Infants and Young Children through Parent-Infant Interaction

RMIT Nursing(Excerpt from Infants and Young Children)

Jan 1997

 

Strategies for Building Resilience in Infants and Young Children at Risk

RMIT Nursing(Excerpt from Infants and Young Children)

1993

TOUCH

The Effect of 2 Intensities of Massage on H-Reflex Amplitude

Physical Therapy

June 1992

 

 

Case Reports: Massage for very severe Self-injury

Dev. Med .and Child Neurology

1991

 

 

Massage as a Therapeutic Tool

Br. Journal of Occ. Therapy

April 1993

 

 

Get in Touch With Your Baby

Working Mother

Dec 1991

 

 

Why Touch is so Important

Massage Magazine

July/Aug 1997

 

 

Why Children need Massage Therapy (incl. Massage reduces Anxiety in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Patients)

Internet

Unknown

 

 

Massage with Oil Has More Positive Effects on Normal Infants

Pre and Perinatal Journal 11 (2)

1996

 

 

Touch Research Institute: Published studies

Touch Research Institute, University of Miami

20/02/00

 

 

Focus on – The Power of Touch

Internet (Excerpt from Healthy Kids Magazine)

Unknown

 

 

Can more Touching lead to less Violence in our Society

The Human Touch Vol.1 No 3

Jan/Feb 1985

 

 

Using Massage in the Care of Children

Pediatric Nursing Vol.10 No 10

Dec/Jan 1998/99

 

 

Touchpoints:

 Touch Research Abstracts

Vol. 7 No 1

Vol. 7 No 2

Winter 2000

Spring 2000

 

 

Stimulation in Infancy

RMIT(Excerpt from Scientific American)

1973

 

 

Touch Research Institute: Current Studies(all ages)

Internet

Unknown

 

 

Infants’ Preference for Touch Stimulation in Face to Face Interactions

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 17

1996

 

 

Massage Therapy and Therapeutic Touch in Children: State of the Science

Alternative Therapies Vol 6.No 5.

Sept 2000

 

 

Postive  Touch

Source  Unknown

Date Unknown

 

VIOLENCE

Perspectives on Violence: Excerpts from: An Interview (Touch the Future, Spring Issue 1994)

www.birthpsychology.com/violence/montagu.html

 

 

 

Perspectives on Violence: Excerpts from: The Origins of Human Love & Violence  (Dr James Prescott)

www.birthpsychology.com/violence/prescott.html

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

How to be a better communicator

 

 

 

What is Tui Na Massage

 

 

 

GI Disorders and motility

 

 

 

Mandy Lamkin – Tibetan Singing Bowls

 

 

 

Social Deprivation of Monkeys(Research Article)

Harry and Margaret Harlow

1973

 

World wise Baby care (1994)

 

 

 

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

 

Being in Tune: CD/cassette & video order forms (Amelia Auckett)

 

 

 

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

 

Being

Identification and the Mirroring Process

Dance Therapy Collections No.1

1992

 

Synergy of Verbal & Non-verbal Therapies & the Treatment of Mother – Infant Relationships

 

British Journal of Psychotherapy 16(1)

1999