Table 4 Participants’ willingness to donate human milk and accept donor human milk
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Are you willing to donate human milk? (N = 305) | |
Yes | 224 (73.4) |
No | 81 (26.6) |
What is the main reason why you are willing to donate human milk? (n = 224) | |
Helping other infants | 159 (71) |
There’s excess breast milk | 52 (23.2) |
Relating with religious charitable works | 2 (0.9) |
Increasing confidence in lactation | 4 (1.8) |
others | 7 (3.1) |
Are you willing to undergo a predonation blood test? (n = 224) | |
Yes | 194 (86.6) |
No | 8 (3.6) |
Not sure | 22 (9.8) |
What is the main reason why you are unwilling to donate human milk? (n = 81) | |
Lack of breast milk | 47 (58.0) |
Due to health problems, breast milk is not suitable for donation | 7 (8.6) |
Donor human milk may not be used effectively | 2 (2.5) |
Donation procedures are too complicated | 11 (13.6) |
Having no time | 7 (8.6) |
Knowing little of human milk banking | 6 (7.4) |
Others | 1 (1.2) |
Are you willing to receive donor human milk to feed your child? (N = 305) | |
Yes | 136 (44.6) |
No | 169 (55.4) |
What is the main reason why you are willing to accept donor human milk for your infant? (n = 136) | |
Human milk is nutritionally superior to formula milk | 109 (80.1) |
Pediatrician suggests using human milk | 8 (5.9) |
Infants nearby receiving donor human milk result in better health | 11 (8.1) |
others | 8 (5.9) |
What is the main reason why you are unwilling to accept donor human milk for your infant? (n = 169) | |
Formula is as healthy for an infant as human milk | 23 (13.6) |
Concerns about inadequate health screening of human milk donors | 73 (43.2) |
Concerns about contamination of donor human milk in the process of expressing | 36 (21.3) |
Concerns about losing nutrients in pasteurization and preservation of donor human milk | 13 (7.7) |
others | 24 (14.2) |
Should human milk donor be rewarded with money? (N = 305) | |
Yes | 41 (13.4) |
No | 264 (86.6) |
What would you most like to know about human milk banking? (128 = 305) | |
Qualifications for human milk donor | 140 (45.9) |
Procedure of human milk donation | 51 (16.7) |
Who will benefit from human milk donation | 33 (10.8) |
Current status of human milk banks | 61 (20.0) |
others | 20 (6.6) |