Status of parent-child bed sharing and its influences on children

XU Min; SHAN Yanchun; RAN Ni; YANG Zhaochuan; YI Mingji

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2023-0539

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2024, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3) : 312-316. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2023-0539

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Status of parent-child bed sharing and its influences on children

XU Min, SHAN Yanchun, RAN Ni, YANG Zhaochuan, YI Mingji

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The influence of bed sharing on children's physical and psychological health has been concerned as one of the main types of sleep arrangements.At present, there are significant differences in bed sharing among children of different ages, groups, regions and races.There are also studies on the impact of bed sharing sleep on children's health, on the one hand, it is conducive to breastfeeding, where infants get enough security; on the other hand, it leads to an increase in the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome, and an increase in the number of night awakenings.Therefore, it is important to understand the current research situation of bed sharing and its influences on children, thus to better promote children healthy growth.

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bed sharing / breastfeeding / sudden infant death syndrome / rearing and caregiving / children

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XU Min, SHAN Yanchun, RAN Ni, YANG Zhaochuan, YI Mingji. Status of parent-child bed sharing and its influences on children[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2024, 32(3): 312-316 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2023-0539

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