Breastfeeding and Women's Health

Dermer, Alicia

doi:10.1089/jwh.1998.7.427

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“…An adequate supply of human breast milk is known to satisfy virtually all the nutritional needs of an infant on a minimum of 6 months 1 . Breast milk is easily digestible and facilitates skin‐to‐skin contact and physical warmth between mother and child, strengthening the emotional bond between them 8 . Breast milk and especially colostrum, in the long term, prevents arteriosclerosis, hypertension and obesity.…”

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Breastfeeding practices among Jordanian women

Oweis

Tayem²,

Froelicher

2009

Int J of Nursing Practice

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The purpose of the study was to explore Jordanian women's breastfeeding beliefs and practices including exclusive breastfeeding. A descriptive cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 200 Jordanian mothers was used. The majority of mothers were muliparous and were recruited from primary health-care centres within 6 weeks of a normal vaginal birth or an instrumental delivery. Eligible women, who met the inclusion criteria, were invited to participate in the study. A sociodemographic data form and a 14-item questionnaire concerning different aspects of breastfeeding beliefs and practices were developed for self administration. This study indicated high early initiation of breastfeeding. Most mothers gave supplements other than breastfeeding, including water without knowing that this supplementation could affect exclusive breastfeeding or the continuation of breastfeeding. Finding of this study shed some light on the current breastfeeding practices including exclusive breastfeeding among Jordanian women. Women need to be better educated about breastfeeding. Therefore, more efforts and resources should be put into providing opportunities for education to discuss breastfeeding during antenatal care. This Jordanian study could be relevant to Arabic women in the West, because cultural beliefs and practices are likely to be part of immigrant woman's perceptions about breastfeeding practices.

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Breastfeeding practices among Jordanian women

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Tayem²,

Froelicher

2009

Int J of Nursing Practice

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“…Breastfeeding affords women and infants many welldocumented health benefits (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005;American Dietetic Association, 2001;Dermer, 1998). Thus, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that women breastfeed their infants exclusively for at least 6 months.…”

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Indecent Exposure: Self-objectification and Young Women’s Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding

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The sexualization of the breast may lead women who internalize the sexual objectification of their bodies to have more negative attitudes toward breastfeeding. The purpose of the present study was to examine selfobjectification in relation to young women's attitudes toward and concerns about breastfeeding. Two hundred and seventy-five female undergraduates completed a survey with questions that assessed their plans for infant feeding, attitudes toward breastfeeding, concerns about breastfeeding, and self-objectification. Women who scored higher on measures of self-objectification were more likely to view public breastfeeding as indecent and to be concerned that breastfeeding would be embarrassing and would negatively impact their bodies and sexuality. Self-objectification was not related to general attitudes toward breastfeeding or to young women's future infant feeding plans. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.

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“…Because of the compelling evidence that prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding has multiple health benefits for infants and their mothers, [1][2][3][4] both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the World Health Organization recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life. 5,6 Statistics indicate, however, that initiation and maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding are low in the United States.…”

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Opinions and Practices of Clinicians Associated With Continuation of Exclusive Breastfeeding

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ABSTRACT. Background. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life. Recent statistics indicate that initiation and maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding are low in the United States. Unfortunately, little information is available on how clinicians and health care organizations can best promote continuation of exclusive breastfeeding.Objective. To identify clinicians' opinions and management practices that are associated with continuation of exclusive breastfeeding.Methods. We conducted a prospective cohort study of low-risk mother-newborn pairs in a large, multispecialty group practice in which the mother was breastfeeding at 4 weeks. Mothers completed telephone interviews at 4 and 12 weeks postpartum, and their data were linked with their obstetric and pediatric clinicians' responses to a cross-sectional mailed survey conducted during the same time period. Obstetric and pediatric clinicians included medical doctors, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives. Overall response rates were 63% for mothers and 82% for clinicians (54 obstetric and 67 pediatric clinicians). Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to identify the characteristics of clinicians and mothers that predicted exclusive breastfeeding at 12 weeks.Results. Of the 288 mothers who were breastfeeding at 4 weeks and had a complete 12-week interview, 152 (53%) were exclusively breastfeeding their infants at 12 weeks. Mothers who discontinued exclusive breastfeeding were more likely to have experienced problems with their infant latching on or sucking (odds ratio [OR]: 3.8; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.5-9.7) or report that a health care provider recommended formula supplementation (OR: 2.3; 95% CI: 1.1-5.0).Clinicians reported limited time during preventive visits to address breastfeeding problems as a very important barrier to promoting breastfeeding. Obstetric providers were least confident in resolving problems with mothers not producing enough breast milk. Pediatric providers were least confident in resolving problems with breast pain or tenderness or cracked or painful nipples.In the final multivariate model, mothers whose pediatric providers recommended formula supplementation if an infant was not gaining enough weight (OR: 3.2; 95% CI: 1.04, 9.7) or who considered their advice to mothers on breastfeeding duration to be not very important (OR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.2-3.9) were more likely to have discontinued exclusive breastfeeding by 12 weeks postpartum. Black mothers were significantly more likely to discontinue exclusive breastfeeding by 12 weeks.Conclusions. Clinicians' practices regarding formula supplementation of healthy infants and their opinions about the importance of their breastfeeding advice are associated with the likelihood that mothers will continue exclusive breastfeeding. Policies to enhance clinicians' abilities to address breastfeeding problems within the constraints of busy practices could improve their ability to support exclusive breastfeeding. Pediatrics 2004...

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Breastfeeding and Women's Health

Cited by 25 publications

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Breastfeeding practices among Jordanian women

Breastfeeding practices among Jordanian women

Indecent Exposure: Self-objectification and Young Women’s Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding

Opinions and Practices of Clinicians Associated With Continuation of Exclusive Breastfeeding

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