title: Brazilian mothers' experiences of home care for their low birth weight infants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe Brazilian mothers' experiences of home care for their low birth weight (LBW) infants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven Brazilian mothers whose LBW infants were hospitalized at birth and followed up for a period of four weeks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Brazilian mothers' recollections about the home care of their infants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study identified the infants' and mothers' profiles and the mothers' concerns about disruption in attachment due to hospitalization and their infants' growth. After hospital discharge, these mothers mainly worried about their infants' weight gain, breathing, and overall development, as well as breastfeeding, feeding, and medication preparation.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Department, College of Nursing at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil. coopintl@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Débora Falleiros
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Mello
authors.forename: Semiramis Melani Melo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Carmen Gracinda Silvan
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Scochi
authors.forename: Regina Aparecida Garcia
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000254:growth & development*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment