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The World Health Organization and the government of China have made many efforts to improve breastfeeding practices. The evidence of breastfeeding practices over the past decade in China ... current prevalence, v...
Maternal satisfaction with the breastfeeding experience is an important determinant of breastfeeding success. There is currently no valid tool to measure perceived maternal satisfaction with breastfeeding in the ...
The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding as the best method for infant feeding. Known risk factors for breastfeeding non-initiation and early cessation of breastfeeding are diverse and include low breastfeeding
Mothers of preterm infants face many challenges in breastfeeding, especially regarding lactation. This study aimed ... to investigate the lactation status and challenges in breastfeeding faced by preterm infants’...
Exclusive breastfeeding means babies are given only breast milk ... this study was to assess the prevalence exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) practice and its associated factor...
This introduction to a special issue on the economics of breastfeeding draws attention to the lack of economic...
Timely initiation of breastfeeding is defined as putting the newborn to ... attained with effective promotion of timely initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding during the first months of life. The...
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended in the first six months of life. Observing breastfeeding practices and further the introduction of complementary ... nutrition. We aim to describe the exclusive breastfeeding
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends six months of exclusive breastfeeding. Despite documented health, social and economic benefits, the practice of exclusive breastfeeding is quite low and information ...
World Health Organization (WHO) recommends timely initiation of breastfeeding after birth and only feeding breast milk ... of life. It was estimated that exclusive breastfeeding can reduce infant deaths by 13%. T...
Breastfeeding benefits both mothers and infants. Even though Taiwan national policy promotes exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), the rates in Taiwan are...
Early initiation of breastfeeding is a simple and cost effective intervention ... neonatal deaths could be prevented if infants were breastfed. However, there is poor practice related to breastfeeding initiation ...
Despite the ongoing recommendations for breastfeeding, we continue to see a decrease in exclusive breastfeeding among Jordanian women during infant follow up ... the prevalence, predictors and barriers to exclusi...
Infant feeding is governed by environmental as well as cultural factors. Breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes are known to be associated with breastfeeding duration. This study investigated breastfeeding informa...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, billions of people were asked by their state and local governments not to go to work and not leave the house unless they had to. The goal of this qualitative study was to ...
Globally, mothers have identified work as one of the main obstacles to exclusive and continued breastfeeding. The support a woman receives in her ... can be critical to enable women to continue breastfeeding. Thi...
Breastfeeding up to two years and beyond supports ... , mothers experience criticism from health professionals towards breastfeeding beyond 12 months. Competence related to breastfeeding counselling is defined as...
In a pediatric practice in Italy, actions were undertaken to apply the recommendations for a breastfeeding-friendly physician’s office and to promote ... semi-reclined or laid-back maternal position in breastfeeding
Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after birth brings about numerous protective effects; however, it is an intervention that is underutilized in Iraq where a globally considerable rate of maternal and ...
Employed women tend to exclusively breastfeed less than non-employed women. Early returning ... been major reason why employed women stop exclusive breastfeeding. The aim of this study was to investigate exclusiv...
Breast milk has been shown to have multiple benefits to infant health and development. Therefore, it is important that maternal contraceptive choices consider the effects on lactation. Women who observe tradit...
After discharge from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), many mothers of preterm infants (gestational age < 37 weeks) experience a lack of support for breastfeeding. An intervention study was designed to evalu...
Exclusive breastfeeding is significantly associated with strong infant immunity and optimal development. The importance of breastfeeding is underestimated. Parental lack of knowledge and unhealthy practices regar...
Breastmilk is the ideal nutrition for preterm infants. Yet, breastmilk feeding rates among preterm infants are substantially lower than those of full-term infants. Barriers incurred through hospital care practice...
In Afar, a pastoralist and remote area of Ethiopia, one in five children suffers from acute malnutrition. Investigation of the prevalence and associated factors of exclusive breastfeeding may provide insight into...
Despite the ongoing efforts to improve infant feeding practices, low rates of breastfeeding and early introduction of complementary feeding have ... reported in many countries. Systematic documentation of breastfeeding
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recommended for 6 months of age, with continued breastfeeding for 2 years of age or beyond....
HIV-1 transmission rates have been reduced over the last decade, an estimated 2 million new infections per year arise, including 220,000 paediatric cases. The main post-natal HIV exposure is through breastfeeding
Interventions to prevent mother to child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during childbirth and breastfeeding can reduce HIV infections in infants to ... regardless of their HIV status, practice...
Factors associated with duration of breastfeeding have been usually studied at specific times ... known about how much time is added to breastfeeding by each associated factor.
There have been considerable changes in breastfeeding practices in China over the past forty ... China is a very large country, and breastfeeding rates in different parts of China vary ... of this paper is to ide...
Despite strong evidence about the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, that is the baby receiving only breast ... -income countries. One strategy for increasing exclusive breastfeeding is through community-based ...
Monitoring of breastfeeding is vital. However, infant feeding practices ... made towards the consistent measurement and reporting of breastfeeding, few countries have successfully implemented a system ... to the ...
This paper was presented at the symposium on Breastfeeding and Feminism: A Focus on Reproductive Health ... synergy between and among organizations and individuals supporting breastfeeding, the mother-child dyad,...
Almost half of all pregnant women in the United States gain weight above Institute of Medicine gestational weight gain guidelines. Breastfeeding has been shown to reduce weight retention ... lower socioeconomic s...
Antenatal breastfeeding education (ANBE) is provided to all ... (BFHI). However, the 6 month exclusive breastfeeding prevalence remains relatively low in Malaysia, suggesting...
Breastfeeding self-efficacy (BFSE) supports breastfeeding initiation and duration. Challenges to breastfeeding may undermine BFSE, but second-line strategies ... , supply line and bottle feeding may support breastfeeding
The Iowa Infant Feeding Attitudes Scale, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form and additional...
Although the baby-friendly community initiative (BFCI) has been proposed as a community-level approach to improve infant feeding practices, there is little data on its variation in effectiveness by HIV status. We...
Immediate and exclusive initiation of breastfeeding after delivery has been associated with better...
Existing knowledge on the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in the context of Nigeria ... encountered at a more proximal time to the breastfeeding phase. To th...
Infant sleep is of great interest to new parents. There is ongoing debate about whether infants fed with breastmilk substitutes sleep longer than those exclusively or partially breastfed, but what does this mean ...
Adequate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices are paramount in ... The objectives of this study are to examine breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among Syrian refugees ... communities ...
The Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale (IIFAS) is a widely used tool to assess attitudes towards infant feeding. Attitudes towards breastfeeding are one of the main influencing factors of feeding choice and breastfeeding
The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months, defined as no other ... essential vitamins or medicines. Data about exclusive breastfeeding are limited in Georgia, and the informa...
Breastfeeding is viewed as the optimal method of ... the mother. The monitoring and reporting of breastfeeding indicators are essential for any country to ... plan and implement effective promotion programs for s...
The World Health Organization recognizes exclusive breastfeeding a safe source of nutrition available for ... 2). Despite the Brazilian national guideline protecting breastfeeding practices, there are many concer...
Despite numerous benefits, many mothers stop breastfeeding soon after birth. A common reason for ... One resource which women use to share their breastfeeding challenges and seek support are online forums. ... ) ...
Irrespective of the place and mode of delivery, ‘delayed’ initiation of breastfeeding beyond the first hour of birth can ... . In Bangladesh, 49% of newborns initiate breastfeeding after the first hour. The rate ...
Very few studies have assessed the association between COVID-19 infection and the rates of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) upon discharge following the first ... secondary objectives include determining the rates o...
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