Using a Breastfeeding Prevalence Survey to Identify a Population for Targeted Programs

Effect of Maternal Confidence on Breastfeeding Duration: An Application of Breastfeeding Self‐Efficacy Theory

“…Although approximately 90 percent of Australian women initiate breastfeeding, only 48 percent continue to 1 month postpartum and fewer than 23 percent maintain any type of breastfeeding until 6 months (1). Similar breastfeeding duration rates have been reported in the United States (2), Canada (3), and the United Kingdom (4). In developing countries comparable trends are described by UNICEF (5), with only 50 percent of mothers exclusively breastfeeding for the first 6 months postpartum.…”

Factors influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among Hong Kong Chinese women: a questionnaire survey

“…Moreover, having a domestic helper is generally associated with higher socioeconomic status and family income. Having a higher socioeconomic status has been positively associated with breastfeeding initiation and duration, as indicated in the studies from developed countries, such as Canada (Barber et al. 1997) and the United States (Ryan 1997).…”

The Relationship Between Vulnerability Factors and Breastfeeding Outcome

“…The use of supplemental formula feeding prior to discharge from the hospital or in the 1st month postpartum, when milk supply is being established, has been associated with breastfeeding failure and early weaning ( Banderali, Agostoni, Silano, Radailli, & Giovannini, 1999;Barber, Abernathy, Steinmetz, & Charlebois, 1997;Chezem, Friesen, Montgomery, Fortman, & Clark, 1998;Hill et al, 1997;Perez-Escamilla et al, 1993;Sheehan et al, 1999 ). The likelihood of not breastfeeding is almost four times greater when supplementary feeds of donor ' s milk or formula are used in hospital than when supplements are not used ( Blomquist, Jonsbo, Serenium & Persson, 1994 ).…”