Factors Influencing the Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding Among Low-Income Women Followed by the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program in 4 Regions of Quebec

Abstract

The factors that influence the actual initiation and duration of breastfeeding were studied among low-income women followed by the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP). A group of 196 pregnant women were selected at random from a sample of 6223 pregnant women who registered with the CPNP. Two 24-hour recalls and information regarding lifestyle habits, peer support, and infant-feeding practices were obtained between 26 and 34 weeks of gestation and 21 days and 6 months after birth. Women who received a university education (completed or not completed) versus women with < or = high school education (odds ratio [OR], 8.40; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.02-69.50), women born outside Canada (OR,8.81; 95% CI, 3.34-23.19), and women of low birth weight infants (OR, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.16-0.96) were more likely to initiate breastfeeding. Late introduction of solid foods (P = .004), nonsmoking (P = .005), multiparity (P = .012), and a higher level of education (P = .049) were positively associated with the duration of breastfeeding among initiators. Understanding factors associated with initiation and duration of breastfeeding among low-income women is critical to better target breastfeeding promotion.

Breast-feeding patterns of ethnic groups in rural western China

“…The socio-economic factors that influence breast-feeding practices have been extensively described in the literature and widely reviewed (15)(16)(17)(18)(19) , but the breast-feeding differences between ethnic groups could not be exclusively explained by socio-economic characteristics such as education and economic status in the present study; the breast-feeding differences among the ethnicities were more likely related to different traditional feeding habits within the ethnic groups. Additional studies that focus on different feeding cultures among the ethnic groups are needed to provide a deeper understanding of the reasons for different feeding patterns.…”

Influência da disfunção oral do neonato a termo sobre o início da lactação

“…Aleitamento Materno; Comportamento de Sucção; Desmame; Lactação; Recém-Nascido (1) Fonoaudióloga autônoma; Mestre em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. (2) Fonoaudióloga; Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Fonoaudiologia do Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife, PE; Doutora em Nutrição do Programa de Pós-graduação em Nutrição da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.…”

“…As maternidades devem possuir equipe capacitada no manejo do aleitamento, com um profissional que dê atenção especial às alterações do sistema sensório motor oral. [1][2][3][4] . A sucção no peito é um importante estimulador do crescimento crânio-facial 5,6 , pois durante esse processo, todas as estruturas orais como lábios, língua, bochechas, ossos e músculos da face se desenvolvem e se fortalecem, promovendo a atuação harmônica das funções estomatogná-ticas [7][8][9] .…”

High education and increased parity are associated with breast-feeding initiation and duration among Australian women

“…Higher parity has also been positively associated with breast-feeding initiation (11) and more frequently with breast-feeding duration (10,19,20) ; while difficulties with infant feeding in the first month postpartum are negatively associated with breast-feeding duration (10) . Further social and demographic characteristics positively associated with breastfeeding, such as father's preference for breast-feeding, can be found summarised in the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines (Table 4·2) (21) .…”