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Table 2 Breastfeeding education and breastfeeding educator of 396 mother-newborn pairs interviewed

From: Delayed initiation of breastfeeding in Bukavu, South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study

Variables

n = 396

Rural

n (%)

Urban

n (%)

Quality of breastfeeding educationa

 None

81 (50.0)

54 (23.0)

 Bad

31 (19.1)

55 (23.5)

 Good

50 (30.9)

125 (53.5)

Time to first breastfeed

 Median (IQR)

50 min (15 – 120)

57 min (15 – 180)

 Median (Range)

50 min (0 – 4320)

57 min (0 – 4320)

Early initiation of breastfeeding

 Yes

147 (69.7)

114 (61.6)

 No

64 (30.3)

71 (38.4)

Breastfeeding education before this pregnancy

 Yes

153 (72.5)

110 (59.5)

 No

58 (27.5)

75 (40.5)

Breastfeeding education during this pregnancy

 Yes

159 (75.4)

115 (62.2)

 No

52 (24.6)

70 (37.8)

Breastfeeding education before and during this pregnancy

 Yes

149 (70.6)

100 (54.1)

 No

62 (29.4)

85 (45.9)

Breastfeeding counsellor (n = 274)

 Family

4 (2.5)

3 (2.6)

 Neighbour

1 (0.6)

1 (0.9)

 Personal documentation

0

7 (6.1)

 Health professional (midwives, nurses or physician)

154 (96.9)

104 (90.4)

  1. IQR interquartile range
  2. a The breastfeeding education guideline of the study area was: (i) to place newborn in skin-to-skin contact with his mother immediately after birth, (ii) to initiate breastfeeding within 1 h after birth and (iii) to exclusively breastfeed the child until 6 months of age. Breastfeeding education was described as “good” if the mother knew at least 2 of these 3 items, and “bad” if the mother knew only one item or none