Nikita S. Kalluri's research while affiliated with Harvard Medical School and other places

... Nevertheless, mothers with LLC had relatively more skin-toskin exposure compared to non-LLC mothers, indicating an early support that providers initiated for all infants. Furthermore, similar to previous findings, we identified non-English language as a barrier to breastmilk utilization in our cohorts [15,16]. Finally, contrary to previous studies demonstrating FCC and lactation healthcare disparities in the NICU for mothers of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences, we did not identify race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic differences as a barrier to lactation support in the NICU in our cohort analysis [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. ...

... 1 Young children from households with a PLOE face systematic disadvantages at every step of the developmental evaluation process. Compared with children from English-speaking homes, they are less likely to have health insurance, 2 have a medical home, 3,4 complete developmental screening in primary care, 5,6 report experiencing family-centered care (through which discussions about developmental concerns may occur), 7 and enroll in center-based childcare where screening may occur. 8 Furthermore, when the developmental delay is identified, families with PLOE have more difficulty navigating referral systems than families whose preferred language is English. ...

... With the COVID-19 pandemic, there were changes in the provision of care, as the need to stay at home changed personal and family dynamics, with social, psychological and financial influence (3) . Thus, parents were forced to reorganize household activities and outside work (predominantly women) (4) . Although children are not at greater risk for the severe form of COVID-19, the pandemic has had important repercussions for different Brazilian childhoods, with unintended consequences for the health and well-being of this population, especially those with greater social vulnerability and those with chronic diseases and/or special conditions (5) . ...

... The percentages of feeding with MOM of 69.5% recorded in our NICU are not satisfactory but better than the European [22][23][24][25][26] (France 49%, Germany 47-60%, 44% in Portugal, 53.6-78% in Greece, 49% in Sweden) and Chinese [27] data (58%) and in line with those of the United States [28][29][30] (70-75%); our values have improved over the years, except for 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This trend is common to other countries that recorded a 10-20% increase over the years [22]. ...

... Premature infants are also significantly more likely to be resuscitated at birth and require respiratory and nutritional support causing parental separation and delayed onset of human milk feeding 14 . Parental separation from the premature infant has a negative effect on the continuous production of milk 15 . Additionally, premature infants have an immature physiological system and neurological development 16 , are exposed to low human milk consumption due to poor sucking and sleepiness in addition to delayed initiation of human milk feeding 17 .Many are unable to provide human milk to their infants due to illness and stress caused by the clinical condition of their infant 13,[18][19][20] . ...