Mothers are assessed every two months postpartum, and babies are assessed at 6, 12, and 18 months after delivery.
Furthermore, the assessing midwife observed that babies being assessed at home were calmer than those in the hospital.
At the nutrition centre in Meghwar Paro, the nutrition level of children and women, who are either pregnant or breastfeeding their babies, is assessed by conducting the Mid-upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) test and by measuring their height and weight.
Scenario two: A group of researchers are conducting a study in rural Bangladesh in which teenage children who had severe malaria as babies are assessed for long-term neurological impairment.
If a baby is assessed as having a high chance of dying shortly after birth, it is particularly important for the mother to be in the same place as the baby throughout the child's short life.
In study 1, a lightly fragranced natural baby hair and body wash (n=30), a lightly fragranced natural baby shampoo (n=30), or a lightly fragranced natural baby lotion (n=32) were assessed over 2 weeks.
In study 2, a lightly fragranced natural baby hair and body wash and a lightly fragranced natural baby lotion (n=33) were assessed as a regimen over 4 weeks.
While a growing number of pregnant women - 33% last year - are being given drugs at the onset of labour to prevent transmission of the infection to their baby, only 12% were assessed to decide whether they needed to be on the drugs themselves.
In 2010, 80% of pregnant women with HIV in Zambia received some form of ARV prophylaxis to prevent transmission to the baby and 60.5% were assessed for ART eligibility through clinical staging or CD4 testing [ 10].
Although neither interpretative or extended inferences were assessed, the researchers suggest that seeing a baby dressed in a feminine way (pink clothing) could have led to inferences that the baby is weak as well as fragile and consequently impacted the child's proposed treatment (anticipatory set).
