Duration of breastfeeding and its determinants in Bangladesh

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the duration of breastfeeding and the factors influencing the duration of breastfeeding in Bangladesh. A total of 4023 mother-child pairs were selected in the study from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2004. Survival analysis technique (Kaplan Meier, Life table and Cox proportional Hazards model) was employed to investigate the duration and predictor of breastfeeding. The observed mean and median durations of breast-feeding were 30.41 and 35.00 months respectively. Independent effects each of the study variables on duration of breastfeeding were estimated by using Cox's regression model which reveals that the duration of breastfeeding was positively associated with Place of residence, religion of mother and was negatively associated with age at marriage, delivery status, wealth index and maternal education. Younger mothers, mothers from Chittagong and Sylhet division, mothers and having husbands with secondary and higher education, urban mothers, caesarean-section births and Muslim mother were associated with lower duration of breastfeeding. Mothers should be informed about the maternal health benefit of breastfeeding including lactational amenorrhoea, which increases birth interval and maintains good health of the mothers.

Effectiveness of students mentoring in exclusive breastfeeding in the districts Aceh Besar and West Aceh

“…High socioeconomic levels allow mothers to buy formula milk or breast milk substitutes easily. 11 The results of the study in Nigeria showed that mothers with a high level of family income had the possibility of giving exclusive breastfeeding 1,2 times higher than mothers with a low level of family income. 12 Mothers with high family economic status may have high levels of education, easy access to media and health services and can increase the awareness of breastfeeding.…”

Prevalence of Pneumonia, Diarrhea and Anemia Among Infants (Children Up to 1 Year) in South - West Region of Bangladesh

“…Consequence of anemia in pregnancy include maternal as well as foetal complications include intrauterine growth Retardation (IUGR), increased perinatal mortality (Baker, 2003;Horton et al, 1996). Children with anemia shown to have lower level of intelligent quotients (IQ) (Mazumder and Hossain, 2012). Iron deficiency anemia has been estimated to affect as many as 200 million people in the world (Jelliffe and Jelliffe, 1989).…”

Analyzing the factors influencing the duration of breastfeeding: An examle of Turkish Republic of Northren Cyprus

“…Genç, yüksek eğitimli, sezaryen doğum yapmış, Müslüman, doğum kontrol yöntemi kullanmayan annelerin daha kısa süre ile anne sütü ile besledikleri görülmüştür (10) . Bangladeş'in 2004 yılına ait Demografi ve Sağlık Araştırması verileri Mazumder ve Hossain (11) tarafın-dan da ele alnımıştır. Dört bin yirmi üç anne ve çocu-ğuna ait bilgiler yaşam çözümlemesi ile incelenmiş-tir.…”

“…Anne sütü ile beslenme süresinin yerleşim yeri ve din ile aynı yönlü ilişkili, evlilik yaşı, doğum şekli, annenin eğitimi ve refah indeksi ile ters yönlü ilişkili olduğunu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Genç, Chittagong ve Sylhet bölgesinde yaşayan, eğitim düzeyi yüksek, kentte yaşayan, sezaryen doğum yapan Müslüman annelerin anne sütü ile beslenme süreleri daha düşük bulunmuştur (11) . Theodoro ve ark.…”

“…Ortalama anne sütü ile beslenme süresi 8,10±0,57 olarak belirlenirken, Tuncel ve ark. (2) 'da 10,9±8,3 ay, Akter ve Rahman (10) 'da 31,9 ay, Mazumder ve Hossain (11) 30,41 ay ve Theodoro (12) 'da 15 ay bulunmuştur. Brezilya'da yapılan çalış-mada (9) ise ortanca süresi 237 gün iken, Belçika'da yapılan çalışmada, ilk 12 ay içinde 4 ay olarak elde edilmiştir (12) .…”