Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response for Breastfeeding, Maternal Caregiving Capacity and Infant Mental Health

Gribble, Karleen; Marinelli, Kathleen A.; Tomori, Cecília; Gross, Marielle S.

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“…The almost absolute absence of psychological support recommendations for separated mothers and infants suggests a knowledge gap regarding the importance of breastfeeding and maternal proximity for infant well-being that needs to be addressed. 5 As serious illness due to COVID-19 appears rare in infants, 10 it may be that hospital practices intended to be protective against COVID-19 present an iatrogenic harm that is of greater risk than infection with SARS-CoV-2. 52 The full range of alternate feeding options for infants whose mothers were unable to breastfeed them was not recommended in any guidance.…”

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“…However, we argue that a cautious approach would value breastfeeding and the development of the maternal-infant relationship and not interrupt either without compelling evidence. 5 The influence of differential assessment of the value of maternal proximity and breastfeeding in determining recommendations was recognised by WHO, which stated, 'WHO's recommendations on mother/infant contact and breastfeeding are based on a full consideration not only of the risks of infection of the infant with COVID-19, but also the risks of serious morbidity and mortality associated with not breastfeeding or the inappropriate use of infant formula milks as well as the protective effects of skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding. Recommendations of other organizations may focus only on the prevention of COVID-19 transmission without full consideration of the importance of skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding' (p24).…”

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“…4 Rooming-in and maintaining close proximity between mother and newborn also facilitate breastfeeding success, support maternal caregiving capacity and good maternal and infant health outcomes. 5 In contrast, separation of the mother-newborn dyad, lack of breastfeeding support and early provision of additional foods or fluids, are detrimental to breastfeeding and therefore maternal and infant health. 5 The understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 affect pregnant and recently delivered women and infants has exponentially grown in the past 7 months.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…5 In contrast, separation of the mother-newborn dyad, lack of breastfeeding support and early provision of additional foods or fluids, are detrimental to breastfeeding and therefore maternal and infant health. 5 The understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 affect pregnant and recently delivered women and infants has exponentially grown in the past 7 months. The transmission of SARS-Co-V-2 due to vaginal birth appears unlikely.…”

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Misalignment of global COVID-19 breastfeeding and newborn care guidelines with World Health Organization recommendations

Hoang¹,

Cashin

Gribble

et al. 2020

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IntroductionRecommendations for the clinical management of new mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and their infants are required. Guidance must weigh the risk posed by transmission of SARS-CoV-2 against the protection that maternal proximity and breastfeeding provide infants. Our aim was to review international COVID-19 guidance for maternal and newborn care, assessing alignment with WHO recommendations and the extent to which policy supported or undermined breastfeeding.MethodsGuidance documents from 33 countries on the care of infants whose mothers were suspected or confirmed as having COVID-19 were assessed for alignment with WHO recommendations regarding: (1) skin-to-skin contact; (2) early initiation of breastfeeding; (3); rooming-in; (4) direct breastfeeding; (5) provision of expressed breastmilk; (6) provision of donor human milk; (7) wet nursing; (8) provision of breastmilk substitutes; (9) psychological support for separated mothers; and (10) psychological support for separated infants.ResultsConsiderable inconsistency in recommendations were found. Recommendations against practices supportive of breastfeeding were common, even in countries with high infant mortality rates. None of the guidance documents reviewed recommended all aspects of WHO guidance. The presence of influential guidance conflicting with WHO recommendations and an undervaluing of the importance of maternal proximity and breastfeeding to infant health appeared to contribute to this poor alignment.ConclusionThose developing guidance in the COVID-19 pandemic and other infectious disease outbreaks need to appropriately consider the importance of skin-to-skin contact, early initiation of breastfeeding, rooming-in and breastfeeding to maternal and infant physical and psychological health. In weighing the value of recommendations of others in future guidance development, countries should consider past reliability and value placed on breastfeeding. Recommendations against maternal proximity and breastfeeding should not be made without compelling evidence that they are necessary, and less harmful than maintaining dyad integrity.

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“…The results are shown inFigure 2b. Besides COVID-19, pandemics and coronavirus, the co-occurrence frequency of anxiety, depression and stress was high.This shows that in addition to the epidemic itself, researchers also pay attention to the psychological health impact ofCOVID-19 (Duan et al, 2020;Van Rheenen et al, 2020), especially the mental health problems of teenagers(Duan et al, 2020;Gribble, Marinelli, Tomori, & Gross).…”

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Bibliometric Analysis on Global Research Trends of Airborne Microorganisms in Recent Ten Years (2011-2020)

Jia

Chen

Yan

et al. 2021

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Bioaerosols are airborne particles of biological origin. In recent years, exposure to bioaerosols has caused significant public health concerns. This study aimed to provide a bibliometric analysis on global research trends of airborne microorganisms in recent ten years (2011-2020). Base on the web of Science (WoS) database, a total of 1087 papers in recent ten years are selected for analysis. Firstly, by analyzing the co-citation, 11 clusters were obtained, including potential pan microbiome, bioaerosol Science, beneficial microbe, urban area, Fungal microbiota, wastewater treatment plant, airborne microbial aerosol, modern practice, composting facilities-a review, airborne microbial biodiversity, and acidic electrolyzed water. Secondly, through the co-occurrence analysis of the keywords in the literature, it was proposed that particle-attached microorganisms, the community structure of urban air microbes, and biological aerosols are the research hotspots in recent years. This suggested that bioaerosol is a hotspot and current trend in the field of airborne microbiology, and the most studied airborne microorganisms are bacteria. In addition, we have also studied COVID-19 in particular, and found that the attention of COVID-19 has continued to rise in the past eight months, and the number of articles on the topic of COVID-19 has reached more than 19880 in the past eight months. Among them, 106 were highly cited. The co-occurrence analysis of COVID-19 was carried out with 500 articles published recently. Besides COVID-19, pandemics and coronavirus, the co-occurrence frequency of anxiety, depression and stress was high. Moreover, according to the number of published papers in this field,

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Ramifications of Coronavirus on the Environment

Kalugendo,

Marycleopha,

Rao

et al. 2023

The Environmental Impact of COVID‐19

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Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response for Breastfeeding, Maternal Caregiving Capacity and Infant Mental Health

Abstract: International recommendations are that infants initiate breastfeeding within an hour of birth, breastfeed exclusively until 6 months, and continue to breastfeed, with the addition of complementary foods, until 2 years of age or beyond

Cited by 55 publications

References 87 publications

Misalignment of global COVID-19 breastfeeding and newborn care guidelines with World Health Organization recommendations

Misalignment of global COVID-19 breastfeeding and newborn care guidelines with World Health Organization recommendations

Bibliometric Analysis on Global Research Trends of Airborne Microorganisms in Recent Ten Years (2011-2020)

Ramifications of Coronavirus on the Environment

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