The incidence of breastfeeding in our environment

Carbonell, Xavier; Botet, Francesc; Figueras, Josep; Alvarez, Enriqueta; Riu, Antonio

doi:10.1515/jpme.1998.26.4.320

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“…Possible explanations for this finding in the present study could be that women of younger age and lower education might be more familiar with the breastfeeding culture or more likely to be unemployed or employed in less demanding jobs, which may facilitate the decision for exclusive breastfeeding. Employment is generally considered as a factor that has a negative impact on breastfeeding initiation [18], while multiparae women are reported to breastfeed their infants to a higher rate [17,19,20], as in our study.…”

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Prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay in the area of Athens, Greece

Pechlivani¹,

Vassilakou²,

Sarafidou³

et al. 2005

Acta Paediatrica

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Prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay in the area of Athens, Greece

Pechlivani¹,

Vassilakou²,

Sarafidou³

et al. 2005

Acta Paediatrica

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“…Possible explanations for this finding in the present study could be that women of younger age and lower education might be more familiar with the breastfeeding culture or more likely to be unemployed or employed in less demanding jobs, which may facilitate the decision for exclusive breastfeeding. Employment is generally considered as a factor that has a negative impact on breastfeeding initiation 18, while multiparae women are reported to breastfeed their infants to a higher rate 17, 19, 20, as in our study.…”

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Prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay in the area of Athens, Greece

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Aim: To assess breastfeeding practices, focusing on the prevalence and the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay. Methods: A cross‐sectional study of 1603 healthy women, who delivered healthy infants weighing more than 2500 g, was conducted in the area of Athens, Greece. Participants completed a self‐administered questionnaire on the day they were discharged from the maternity ward. Classification of breastfeeding and recall period from birth to discharge were in accordance with the WHO criteria. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis was used to study determinants of exclusive breastfeeding initiation. Results: Breastfeeding initiation was reported by 96.1% of the participants. However, exclusive breastfeeding was initiated only in 19.1% and predominant breastfeeding in 7.2% of the cases. The univariate analysis showed that maternal younger age, low educational level, unemployment, vaginal delivery, infant birthweight >3000 g, multiparity, early initiation of breastfeeding, rooming‐in and awareness on the existence of breastfeeding centres were associated with higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding. Logistic regression analysis revealed that rooming‐in (OR 3.72, p<0.01), demand feeding (OR 2.18, p<0.01), type of delivery (OR 1.61, p<0.01) and the source of information received about breastfeeding are more important determinants of exclusive breastfeeding than the socio‐demographic parameters. Conclusions: Exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay in the area of Athens is low. Demand feeding and rooming‐in positively influence exclusive breastfeeding initiation, while caesarean section and information by mass media have a negative impact.

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“…However, nearly 70% of mothers who intended to breastfeed did not initiate breastfeeding within 1 h after delivery and 77% of babies had been given supplements during their stay in hospital. Early initiation of breastfeeding and not giving supplements are important factors for establishing successful breastfeeding of a longer duration 12,13 . Despite the stated hospital policy that mothers should be helped to initiate breastfeeding within 0.5 h of birth in the delivery suite, routine maternity procedures may play a role in delaying the initiation of the first breastfeed.…”

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Breastfeeding failure in a longitudinal post‐partum maternal nutrition study in Hong Kong

Chan

Nelson²,

Leung³

et al. 2000

J Paediatrics Child Health

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These results highlight difficulties in sustaining breastfeeding, either exclusive or partial, in Hong Kong Chinese women. Despite being recruited on the basis of intending to exclusively breastfeed for 3 months, less than half these mothers were still breastfeeding and only approximately one-third were exclusively or predominantly breastfeeding at 3 months. More needs to be done within the hospital environment to initiate breastfeeding immediately after birth and to avoid giving unnecessary supplements and more effort is needed to foster a mother's confidence, commitment and knowledge of breastfeeding.

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The incidence of breastfeeding in our environment

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Prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay in the area of Athens, Greece

Prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay in the area of Athens, Greece

Prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding during hospital stay in the area of Athens, Greece

Breastfeeding failure in a longitudinal post‐partum maternal nutrition study in Hong Kong

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