Breast is Best? Reasons Why Mothers Decide to Breastfeed or Bottlefeed their Babies and Factors Influencing the Duration of Breastfeeding

Sloan, Seaneen; Sneddon, Helga; Stewart, Moira; Iwaniec, Dorota

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“…Consistent with previous research (Twomey et al, 2000;Sloan et al, 2006;Cairney and Tarrant RC et al, (2013) Barbour, 2007), lower socio-economic status factors were strongly associated with formula feeding from birth. While such factors were undoubtedly associated with mothers' decision to formula feed, and their formula feeding practices, equally evident from this study was the important influence of mothers' infant feeding attitudes and perceptions.…”

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“…The finding that 15.7% of these mothers perceived formula feeding as being a 'more comfortable' and less embarrassing way to feed an infant is not at all surprising given the numerous Irish studies that have identified 'maternal embarrassment' about breastfeeding and the practice being 'unappealing' to the mother, as reasons for not initiating breastfeeding, or choosing to formula feed (Loh et al, 1997, Sloan et al, 2006, Begley et al, 2009 This study provides several insights into current formula feeding practices which have potential implications for infant health and public health policy. Maternal efforts to establish what they perceived to be a more desirable feeding pattern (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Mothers who Formula Feed: Their Practices, Support Needs and Factors Influencing their Infant Feeding Decision

Tarrant¹,

Sheridan-Pereira

McCarthy

et al. 2012

Child Care in Practice

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Tarrant Mothers who formula feed: their practices, support needs and factors influencing their infant feeding decision. Child Care in Practice 19(1), 78-94.Page 1 Manuscript title: 'Mothers who formula feed: their practices, support needs and factors influencing their infant feeding decision'Authors:(1) Roslyn C. Tarrant AbstractThe majority of mothers in Ireland provide formula milk to their infants during the initial weeks postpartum; however, data are lacking on their formula feeding practices and support needs.This prospective Dublin-based observational study, which included 450 eligible mother-term infant pairs recruited and followed up to 6 months postpartum, aimed to advance our understanding of maternal formula feeding practices, their reasons for deciding to formula feed, sources of feeding information and perceived support needs; insights into infant formula milk consumption patterns in relation to current feeding guidelines are also provided. In summary, the vast majority of infants at 6 weeks were provided with formula milk (n = 368; 81.8%). Positive maternal perceptions of formula feeding were among the most frequently reported reasons underlying mothers' decision to formula feed (e.g. convenience, 17.3%).Potential public health concerns over the large formula milk volumes consumed by infants (mean 205ml/kilogram/day) relative to infant feeding guidelines (150ml/kilogram/day) were raised from this study. Some mothers continue to add solid foods to infant bottle feeds at 6 weeks (3.8%) and 6 months (6%), a non-recommended feeding practice posing a choking risk for infants. Crucially, this study highlights the need to provide greater support and information to mothers who decide to formula feed postpartum including practical information on sterilisation and formula reconstitution. While breastfeeding promotion and research continues to be a public health priority in Ireland, addressing the support and information needs of mothers who formula feed, an underrepresented and understudied population in the literature, also needs to be considered to ensure optimal health and safety for their infants.Mothers who formula feed 2013 Mothers who formula feed: their practices, support needs and factors influencing their infant feeding decision.

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Mothers who Formula Feed: Their Practices, Support Needs and Factors Influencing their Infant Feeding Decision

Tarrant¹,

Sheridan-Pereira

McCarthy

et al. 2012

Child Care in Practice

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“…One of the reasons often cited for cessation of breastfeeding, and even the lack of initiation, is that the mother will be returning to work. (Sloan, Stewart et al 2006) One of the major facets of the lower than desired rates of both implementation of breastfeeding and the continuation of breastfeeding to meet the desired lengths from the AAP, are the fact that returning to the work force can impede a mother's motivation, activation, and achievement of these goals. (Shealy, Scanlon et al 2008, Brodribb, Fallon et al 2010, Jones, Kogan et al 2011 There are many ways that this plays a part in the breastfeeding rates in the United States.…”

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“…(Sloan, Stewart et al 2006, Fein, Mandal et al 2008, Shealy, Scanlon et al 2008, 2011, Jones, Kogan et al 2011, Rasmussen and Geraghty 2011, Mirkovic, Perrine et al 2014 Because of the many facets of this wide topic, I am choosing to focus on the employment aspects as both barrier and conduit for a successful breastfeeding experience. This is defined as mother reaching her personal goal, without influence due to external factors, including place or timing of employment.…”

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“…This is why breastfeeding initiation and duration that meet the minimum goals recommended by the AAP is the optimal target. (Sloan, Stewart et al 2006, Shealy, Scanlon et al 2008 All of the major health organizations including the World Health Organization The bottom line is that breastfeeding is cost effective. For the individual mother, there is very little outlay of money needed to successfully breastfeed, while the costs of formula alone can run over $1,000 in the first year (commercially purchased regular infant formula).…”

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Implementation of break time for employee nursing mothers at the University of Louisville : a case study.

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Care Act (ACA) at an upper southern-midwestern university. As public health and medical officials push the desire for an increase in breastfeeding initiation and duration, many mothers must overcome barriers within the employment arena. Previous work has failed to look at how the university setting presents unique challenges with a diverse workforce, varied jobs, and differing space availability. In other settings, barriers have been identified; the goal of this dissertation was to identify what the specific barriers were within a university setting. A mixed methods approach was used interviewing both nursing employees as well as members of the university's lactation task force; in addition to this, a survey of employees who had utilized the Break Time provisions since 2010 was conducted. The outcomes confirmed that the barriers included space, time, and information, but included lack of social support as an additional barrier. viRecommendations are made to the university to help alleviate these barriers to full implementation of the Break Time for Nursing Mothers.

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Prevalence of childhood abuse in mothers taking part in a study of parenting their own children

Sneddon¹,

Iwaniec²,

Stewart³

2009

Child Abuse Review

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This paper describes the incidence of maltreatment histories in a community sample of mothers of one-year-old infants in Northern Ireland. The occurrence of fi ve subsets of childhood maltreatment is examined: emotional abuse, emotional neglect, physical abuse, physical neglect and sexual abuse. Of the 201 women who completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, 70 mothers (35%) reported that they had experienced one or more types of maltreatment during childhood. Forty-eight mothers (24%) gave a history of being emotionally abused, 43 (21%) of emotional neglect, 27 (13%) of physical abuse, 20 (10%) of sexual abuse and 19 (10%) of physical neglect. Physical abuse was the only type of maltreatment which showed an association with maternal socio-economic status, with a higher incidence reported amongst Occupational Classes 4 and 5 (lower supervisory and technical occupations and semi-routine and routine groups). More than half of those with a history of abuse experienced more than one type of maltreatment (42 mothers or 60% of those reporting maltreatment). Differences in rates of incidence to more recent studies on younger adults are discussed, as well as implications for prevention and intervention.

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Breast is Best? Reasons Why Mothers Decide to Breastfeed or Bottlefeed their Babies and Factors Influencing the Duration of Breastfeeding

Cited by 32 publications

References 28 publications

Mothers who Formula Feed: Their Practices, Support Needs and Factors Influencing their Infant Feeding Decision

Mothers who Formula Feed: Their Practices, Support Needs and Factors Influencing their Infant Feeding Decision

Implementation of break time for employee nursing mothers at the University of Louisville : a case study.

Prevalence of childhood abuse in mothers taking part in a study of parenting their own children

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