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Bonding

A background check on a potential employee, followed by the procurement of insurance against any theft from the company that the employee may commit. Some financial service or other companies whose employees handle large amounts of cash conduct this process. The United States Department of Labor runs the Federal Bonding Program, which issues bonds insuring or guaranteeing the insurance of ex-offenders whose employment adds significant risk of theft or fraud.

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They will emphasize early mother-infant bonding, and help mothers prepare for the arrival of their babies.

HEALTHY BABIES GOAL OF PROJECT NEARLY $500,000 GIVEN TO PROGRAM

There are convincing data that the emotional quality of mother-infant bonding influences the ability to form other human relationships later on.

Social justice: taking stock

The benefits of K Care included: increased weight gain; less crying at six months of age; and enhanced mother-infant bonding with more frequent eye contact between parents and infant (Lundington-Hoe, 1990; Whitelaw, 1990).

Effect of kangaroo care on sleep time for neonates

Not only does it promote mother-infant bonding, they argue, it also transfers many of a woman's disease-fighting antibodies to her baby.

More ways mother's milk fights disease

Hospital policy can be developed to make available services to support a positive postpartum mother-infant bonding.

Holistic care in high risk pregnancy

We had been interested in this area for a number of reasons but primarily because of the importance of mother-infant bonding to the long-term health and wellbeing of a child.

'Think Baby': online learning for student health visitors

7,8) The mother- and baby-centered cesarean celebrates the momentous birth event and encourages early mother-infant bonding.

Mother-, baby-, and family-centered cesarean delivery: it is possible: the clinical processes at cesarean delivery can be refocused to enhance early maternal-infant bonding and improve the mother's experience of the surgery