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Knowledge on breastfeeding among women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ... . We wanted to identify the frequency of breastfeeding in SLE, and to compare breastfeeding women with SLE to non-breastfeeding wo...
Sri Lanka was named as the first-ever ‘Green’ breastfeeding nation status by the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) in January 2020. ... identify barriers and facilitators for early initiation of breastfeeding
Mexico has shown a worrisome decrease in breastfeeding indicators, especially in the lowest socioeconomic level. Improving breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support services through ... this study is to as...
The pharmacoepidemiology of the long-term benefits and harms of medicines in pregnancy and breastfeeding has received little attention. The impact of ... , educational performance, and childhood ill-health. Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding and human milk have well-documented health ... , particularly those who are sick. However, breastfeeding rates and human milk feeding among infants ... ) in Thailand are still low; thus, breastfeeding
Although there is a broad knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding among women in Tanzania, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) remained lower than 50% for ... focused on either individual or household determinants of breastfeeding
Maternal recall is most commonly used to determine exclusive breastfeeding rates. A gold standard stable isotope method ... than breast milk and thus objectively determine exclusive breastfeeding. The objectives ...
Although previous studies have demonstrated beneficial breastfeeding outcomes when cup feeding rather than bottle ... method of feeding preterm infants during hospitalization on breastfeeding outcomes after disch...
Global evidence from the past 35 years confirmed the protective effect of breastfeeding and supported the guidance to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding practices, particularly in natural disaster and co...
The prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) at 6 months remain low ... help meet the 90% early initiation of breastfeeding target and to improve infant and young ... preg...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) can prevent death and disease ... to identify the prevalence and correlates of exclusive breastfeeding.
Globally, an estimated 6.3 million children under-five years of age died in the year 2013. To reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality of infants, Ethiopia adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) recommen...
A case-control study of breastfeeding women in Sweden with (n 35) and without (n 35) symptoms that may be attributable to Candida albicans...was carried out. The symptoms were radiating, burning and penetrating o...
A breastfeeding-friendly physician’s office that applies the 13 recommendations of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine can help increase the exclusivity and duration of breastfeeding. Having already published t...
Accurate interpretation of reported breastfeeding rates is essential in understanding the true picture of a country's breastfeeding status. In Sri Lanka, where the reported exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rate amon...
National surveys in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continue to show rates of breastfeeding below global recommendations. Delay of timely or early initiation of breastfeeding is common in the community. Current appro...
While Australia has high breastfeeding initiation, there is a sharp decline in ... this continues throughout the first year. Supporting breastfeeding In Local Communities (SILC) was a ... controlled trial to dete...
Exclusive breastfeeding and growth faltering during infancy remain challenges ... , particularly with respect to early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding for normal birth weight, as well as.....
Recent reviews and meta-analyses conclude that breastfeeding constitutes a small but consistent protective effect ... the socio-demographic determinants of the duration of breastfeeding in Sweden and the associat...
Breastfeeding is the basis for appropriate nutrition for ... prevalence of determinants of initiation and continuing to breastfeed until six months of age in city,...
In Indonesia, nearly half of all children aged less than six months were not exclusively breastfed in 2017. This study aimed to compare ... the cost of providing direct or indirect exclusive breastfeeding 0–6 mon...
Infant feeding data from a prospective observational cohort study conducted at three (of 18) purposively-selected routine South African PMTCT sites, 2002-2003, were analysed. Infant feeding data (previous 4 days)...
In rural China, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) prevalence is low and hospitals ... such as ≥ 75% of newborns exclusively breastfed from birth to discharge. Empirical evidence for...
Lactation support resources are less likely to be located in close proximity to where Black families live and there is a systemic racist health care belief that Black women prefer bottle feeding (with infant form...
Evidence of interventions that are effective in improving exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) practices is needed to help...
Despite consistent evidence showing the importance of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for six months, it remains...
Ineffective breastfeeding technique is one of the factors contributing to mothers practicing non-exclusive breastfeeding. Inappropriate breastfeeding technique is the leading cause of nipple ... other countries. ...
At the national level in Ethiopia, there is limited knowledge of trends and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), particularly during the Millenium Developme...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is the best nutrition for ... Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards EBF among breastfeeding mothers in Mizan Aman town, South West...
Globally, there has been a decline in breastfeeding rates. This has resulted in increased infant...
Retrospective results indicated that 6% of the mothers never breastfed. Fifty two percent of mothers initiated breastfeeding within six hours of birth, but 17% discarded colostrum. Exclusive breastfeeding until 6...
While breastfeeding provides benefits for infants and the mother, many women either do not breastfeed or terminate breastfeeding earlier than recommended. The aim of this ... to identify factors associated with e...
The health and developmental advantages of human milk and breastfeeding are particularly important for infants with Down syndrome. However, they typically have shorter breastfeeding duration due to sucking issues...
Optimal breastfeeding practices including early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) are associated with positive health outcomes. Socioeconomic inequalities in key breastfeeding indicato...
In India, more than half of the newborns experience delayed breastfeeding, and non-exclusive breastfeeding is practiced in 63% of babies below ... are associated with delayed initiation and non-exclusive breastfeeding
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is a very important, long ... a large proportion of infants are not exclusively breastfed as recommended by the World Health Organization. ... The study aim was to assess the exclusi...
Despite the importance of exclusive breastfeeding, a wide number of mothers practice non-exclusive breastfeeding in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed ... identify prevalence and factors associated with non-ex...
Maternal country of birth has been associated with perinatal health outcomes but less is known regarding breastfeeding practices in contemporary European settings. This study ... investigated effect of maternal c...
Neonatal mortality defined as a death during the first 28 days of life and is the most critical phase of child survival. In spite of the strong evidence supporting immediate and long term health benefits of timel...
The identification of the factors most closely associated with the initiation of breastfeeding is a vital first step in designing strategies to promote breastfeeding. The study therefore aimed to identify the ......
Early initiation of breastfeeding has lifetime benefits for the mother and ... a positive impact on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Hence, the initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour of life la...
Breastfeeding is a recognized means of ensuring optimal nutrition for the infant. Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as feeding an infant child ... nutrition it is recommended that infants be exclusively breastfed
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding for six months. Understanding the association of maternal health services and early initiation of breastfeeding
Knowledge on infant feeding among pregnant women is essential when promoting optimal breastfeeding practices. This study aimed to assess the knowledge of women on optimal breastfeeding during pregnancy and associ...
Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as feeding infants only breast ... of vitamins, mineral supplements or medicine. Exclusive breastfeeding is one of the essential actions for ... and survival. However, the preva...
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life ... internationally. This study aimed to investigate exclusive breastfeeding practices and associated factors among mothers of...
Exclusive breastfeeding is giving only breast milk to an ... nutritional demand of the growing child. Although breastfeeding is a universal practice, in Ethiopia only ... aged less than six months old were exclus...
Evidence supports the health and economic benefits of breastfeeding, and the positive impact of the Baby Friendly Health Initiative (BFHI) on increasing breastfeeding rates and improving breastfeeding outcomes. T...
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors have flagged that the article contains the following errors:
The original article was published in International Breastfeeding Journal 2020 15:10
The original article was published in International Breastfeeding Journal 2022 17:63
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