Sociodemographic determinants associated with breastfeeding in term infants with low birth weight in Latin American countries
Carlos Javier Avendaño-Vásquez,
Magda Liliana Villamizar-Osorio,
Claudia Jazmin Niño-Peñaranda
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND
A progressive decrease in exclusive breastfeeding (BF) is observed in Latin America and the Caribbean compared with global results. The possibility of being breastfed and continuing BF for > 6 months is lower in low birth weight than in healthy-weight infants.
AIM
To identify factors associated with BF maintenance and promotion, with particular attention to low- and middle-income countries, by studying geographic, socioeconomic, and individual or neonatal health fact… Show more
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