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Despite the array of studies on infant feeding practices of HIV-infected women, gaps still exist in the understanding of the underlying reasons for their infant feeding choices. Potential for behavioural change e...
Timely initiation of breastfeeding can decrease neonatal mortality. However, about 50% of newborns are not breastfeed within 1 h of birth in the ... to identify factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding
In India, though breastfeeding is universally practiced, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rates in urban informal settlements...do not practice EBF; the converse perspective taken in this study has been less explore...
Mothers rely heavily on health worker advice to make infant feeding decisions. Confusing or misleading advice can lead to suboptimal feeding practices. From 2001, HIV positive mothers in South Africa were counsel...
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine Cambodian refugee mothers' infant feeding beliefs, practices, and decision making regarding infant feeding in the U.S. and to explore if a culturally-specific
There are innumerable myths and misconceptions about breastfeeding that minimize its importance; these often keep ... from providing effective care to support and protect breastfeeding. They are compounded by lac...
The mass media have the potential to be powerful friends or foes in promoting breastfeeding. The media could help by putting the issue of breastfeeding on policy agendas and by framing breastfeeding as healthy an...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is one of the key...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months...
Despite the efforts that have been made to promote breastfeeding in China since the 1990s, there is still a very low prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding. The objective of this study was to...
We investigated the possible risk factors that could influence the likelihood of breastfeeding at 5 to 9 weeks postpartum with ... as peripartum depression and anxiety, and continued breastfeeding. Our secondary ...
Optimal breastfeeding practices, reflected by early initiation and feeding ... feeds, and continued exclusivity or predominance of breastfeeding, are critical for assuring proper infant nutrition...
Qualitative findings are that maternal ability to adhere to recommendations to breastfeed exclusively for the first six months of ... salient were women's pre-existing views on breastfeeding, their understanding ...
Since 2010, the World Health Organization recommends lifelong antiretroviral treatment for all women living with HIV, and exclusive breastfeeding for six-months followed by breastfeeding until 24-months for all H...
Antenatal counseling on breastfeeding and postnatal lactation support are likely to improve rates of exclusive breastfeeding. This descriptive study was undertaken to assess ... antenatal visits were utilized for...
Global advocates for breastfeeding were evident since the International Code of ... a framework that promotes, supports and protects breastfeeding. Global partners provided comprehensive support for countries to ...
Accurate measurement of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding is complicated by factors related to definitions, ... and is widely misunderstood, even within the breastfeeding community. It is commonly cited in ...
Inadequate knowledge, or inappropriate practice, of breastfeeding may lead to undesirable consequences. The aim of this study was to assess breastfeeding knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) among ... Education...
WHO and UNICEF believe that both antenatal and maternity care organizations are in an excellent position to protect and, if necessary, reinstate a culture that promotes breastfeeding, and that they are responsibl...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is a simple and cost- ... to determine the prevalence and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding in urban and rural areas in Kilimanjaro...
Exclusive breastfeeding up to the completion of the sixth ... present study was to collect data on exclusive breastfeeding up to six months and to describe the association between exclusive breastfeeding and sele...
Women with inverted nipples may struggle with breastfeeding and may stop exclusive breastfeeding before six months. The use of an ... achieving high rates of infant latching and exclusive breastfeeding in case se...
Uganda surpasses many African nations and the global average in exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rates. Yet, malnutrition is...
This report evaluated the breastfeeding status in a Tasmanian cohort and its...
Biological nurturing is a neurobehavioral approach to breastfeeding support that encourages women to breastfed in a relaxed, laidback position. This ... easier and thus facilitating the initiation of exclusive breastfeeding
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recommended for the first ... play key roles in the process of exclusive breastfeeding practices. In this study, we report ... knowledge, attitude, and practices related to exclus...
Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as the practice of providing ... Findings are inconsistent regarding the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in Ethiopia. Full-time maternal employment is ... to the low rates...
Peer support is reported to be a key method to help build social capital in communities. To date there are no studies that describe how this can be achieved through a breastfeeding peer support service. In this p...
In 2015, the popular online parenting forum, Netmums, named breastfeeding selfies as the number one parenting trend ... of this practice is polarised, much like breastfeeding in public. The unspoken rule that breastfeeding
The majority of new mothers in Sweden initiate breastfeeding and many experience initial difficulties. This experience is an important cause of early breastfeeding cessation. To increase understanding, there is ....
School-based breastfeeding education (SBBE) may help improve breastfeeding rates in the long term by instilling ... feeding and to become positive change agents. Breastfeeding rates in Lebanon remain suboptimal, ...
Breastfeeding is critical to promote maternal and child ... set national targets to further improve the exclusive breastfeeding rate. We aimed to examine associations between ... of early essential newborn care (...
The global issue of low breastfeeding rates has been widely reported. Quantitative studies ... shown the positive effects of peer support on breastfeeding. However, the experiences of mothers who receive breastfeeding
Evidence suggests that inadequate hospital practices, as well as sociocultural and community factors have detrimental effects on timely initiation as the first breastfeed within first hour after birth, and exclus...
Perceived milk supply is an important modifiable factor for optimal breastfeeding. However, little is known about maternal ... perception of milk supply or how it impacts breastfeeding practices. The aim of this ...
Exclusive breastfeeding is the optimal infant nutrition, providing infants ... the COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively affected breastfeeding practices in maternity care facilities. The aims of the study were t...
Estimates by the World Health Organization indicate that over 800,000 global neonatal deaths each year are attributed to deviations from recommended best practices in infant feeding. Identifying factors promoting...
The UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative includes a community component to help women who want to breastfeed. This study aimed to document the health visitor role in promoting and supporting breastfeeding in Glasgow d...
Determinants at several levels may affect breastfeeding practices. Besides the known historical, socio- ... , other components also pose major challenges to breastfeeding. Predicting existing patterns and identif...
Maternal employment has been described as a barrier to breastfeeding in many countries. In Japan, many mothers quit breastfeeding after returning to work because they do not know how to continue breastfeeding. Th...
Paid parental leave policies may promote breastfeeding, which can have short- and long-...unpaid federal medical leave, certain states have recently enacted paid...parental and family leave policies. We aimed to ...
Evidence has shown that restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively affected breastfeeding support and outcomes in hospitals in many ... aims of the study were to describe exclusive breastfeeding ra...
Weighing breastfed babies has been the subject of some...
Exclusive breastfeeding is an essential need for mothers and ... neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission and breastfeeding outcomes are variable. Data for Qatar and ... this study aims to estimate the rate ...
The Philippines has enacted maternity protection policies, such as the 105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law and the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009, to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. Th...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) (breast milk feeding without additional...
For the first six months of life, breast milk is the ideal food to provide adequate quality and quantity of nutrients. Exclusive breastfeeding has a profound effect to reduce the ... mortalities. Despite the imme...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is the optimal way to ... proportion of Ecuadorian mothers who continue to exclusively breastfeed their infants during the recommended six-month...
In Ethiopia national breastfeeding practice is poor because of traditional and ... to assess the prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding practice in mothers in Enderta woreda (district...
Maternal breastfeeding is a practice that is associated with ... children. One of the lowest rates of breastfeeding has been observed among Chinese women who ... the relationship between the attitude of women tow...
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