M Monshi zadeh
M.T Yasemi - Assistant professor
M Kohan

birth attendants are among the most important persons who  can provide appropriate mother-infant relationship,immediately after birth followed by nurses who continue the task in the postpartum ward.on june ۱۹۹۵,using a data collection from prepared by the research group,staff behaviour toward childbearing mothers and their newborn infants(n=۲۱۵) was observed in the delivery room and postpartum ward to evaluate staff practice regarding the establishment of mother-infant relationship and rooming in programe in niknafs maternity ward of Kerman.the results were as follow:mean age of mothers was ۲۶+_۶.۷ and mean of education years was ۷.۵+_۴.۵.average parity number was ۲.۴۷+_۲ with a median of ۲.delivery was normal in ۵۱.۲% and episiotomy in ۴۸.۸%.the most and the least frequent actions taken to establish mother infant relationship were"declaring sex of infant to mother"(۸۸.۸%) followed by"encouraging mother for visual and verbal contact"(۴.۷%).in postpartum ward they were "permission of group meeting of family with the newborn"(۹۸.۶%) and"laying the newborn in mother,s embrace"(۵۲.۶%).most measures taken to establish mother-infant relationship were significantly related to the personnel of the shift.though the whole practice in the postpartum ward was much better compared with the labor room,it is still far from desirable and both groups especially those in the labor room are in need of more training.there is also a need for more supervision especially during the night shift.

Practice, mother-infant relationship, rooming in programme, terapeutic staff