Infantile atopic dermatitis and maternal-infant bonding: a mixed methods study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval for the current study was provided by the University of Manitoba Health Research Ethics Board (HS24294:[H2020:426]). All participants whose data were collected as part of the current study provided their full and informed consent. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsAB: sits on the Manitoba/Saskatchewan Steering Committee for ImmUnity Canada. KM, MG, MB, ZH, IK, EW, MJ, SE, MH, LR, JK-G, TG, JS,: none. EA: Section Head for Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy, and a Member of the Board, for the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; and an employee of the Public Health Agency of Canada; the views expressed are her own and not those of the public health agency. ES: reports consultancy for Sanofi Genzyme. JP is Section Head, Allied Health; and Co-Lead, Research Pillar for the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and is on the steering committee for Canada’s National Food Allergy Action Plan. She reports consulting for Ajonomoto Cambrooke, Novartis, Nutricia and ALK Abelló. Competing interests AB: sits on the Manitoba/Saskatchewan Steering Committee for ImmUnity Canada. KM, MG, MB, ZH, IK, EW, MJ, SE, MH, LR, JK-G, TG, JS,: none. EA: Section Head for Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy, and a Member of the Board, for the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; and an employee of the Public Health Agency of Canada; the views expressed are her own and not those of the public health agency. ES: reports consultancy for Sanofi Genzyme. JP is Section Head, Allied Health; and Co-Lead, Research Pillar for the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and is on the steering committee for Canada’s National Food Allergy Action Plan. She reports consulting for Ajonomoto Cambrooke, Novartis, Nutricia and ALK Abelló."

"Funding Funding for this study was provided by a New Investigator Operating Grant provided by Research Manitoba, awarded to J Protudjer. The funding body had no influence on the study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation, or manuscript writing."