Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration: A 1990-2000 Literature Review

Dennis, Cindy‐Lee

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6909.2002.tb00019.x

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“…The benefit of increased income and control over income v. the cost of reduced time is often recognized as a trade-off between maternal employment and child care. Existing evidence suggests that the cost is more likely to outweigh the benefit during early infancy because working mothers may not be able to initiate breastfeeding (29,46) , to practise exclusive breast-feeding (30) or to breast-feed as long or frequently as needed (47)(48)(49) . Older children seemed to benefit more from their economically empowered mothers as seen from their better nutritional status compared with their counterparts of unemployed (50) or less financially autonomous mothers (51) .…”

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Association between women’s empowerment and infant and child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

Jennings

Talegawkar

et al. 2015

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To explore the relationship between women's empowerment and WHO recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in sub-Saharan Africa. Design: Analysis was conducted using data from ten Demographic and Health Surveys between 2010 and 2013. Women's empowerment was assessed by nine standard items covering three dimensions: economic, socio-familial and legal empowerment. Three core IYCF practices examined were minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet. Separate multivariable logistic regression models were applied for the IYCF practices on dimensional and overall empowerment in each country. Setting: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Subjects: Youngest singleton children aged 6-23 months and their mothers (n 15 153). Results: Less than 35 %, 60 % and 18 % of children 6-23 months of age met the criterion of minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet, respectively. In general, likelihood of meeting the recommended IYCF criteria was positively associated with the economic dimension of women's empowerment. Socio-familial empowerment was negatively associated with the three feeding criteria, except in Zimbabwe. The legal dimension of empowerment did not show any clear pattern in the associations. Greater overall empowerment of women was consistently and positively associated with multiple IYCF practices in Mali, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. However, consistent negative relationships were found in Benin and Niger. Null or mixed results were observed in the remaining countries. Conclusions: The importance of women's empowerment for IYCF practices needs to be discussed by context and by dimension of empowerment.

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Association between women’s empowerment and infant and child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

Jennings

Talegawkar

et al. 2015

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“…These include sociodemographic, biomedical, health servicerelated, psychosocial and cultural factors, as well as public breast-feeding policy (13,14) . The factors associated with cessation of any breast-feeding are well documented (14)(15)(16) , while less is known about the factors associated with the cessation of exclusive breast-feeding and full breastfeeding. Fully breast-fed infants are defined as those who are either exclusively breast-fed or who receive waterbased supplementation, but no solid food or formula (Table 1).…”

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Prevalence of breast-feeding in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study and health service-related correlates of cessation of full breast-feeding

Häggkvist

Brantsæter

Grjibovski

et al. 2010

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Objective: First, to describe the prevalence of both full and partial breast-feeding during the first 6 months; second, to study the associations between selected health service-related factors and cessation of full breast-feeding at three time intervals. Design: Retrospective questionnaires, 6 months after birth. Setting: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Subjects: In total, 29 621 women. Results: While 96?6 %, 94?0 %, 90?8 %, 86?9 %, 83?8 % and 80?0 % of the infants were breast-fed at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 months, respectively, the corresponding proportions for full breast-feeding were 84?6 %, 79?1 %, 70?9 %, 44?0 %, 16?7 % and 2?1 %. An increased risk of cessation of full breast-feeding during the first month was associated with supplementation during the first week of life with water (relative risk (RR) 1?77; 95 % CI 1?52, 2?06), sugar water (RR 1?73; 95 % CI 1?49, 2?00) or formula (RR 5?99; 95 % CI 5?58, 6?42). An increased risk was also associated with Caesarean delivery (RR 1?08; 95 % CI 1?00, 1?16) and breast-feeding problems (RR 1?56; 95 % CI 1?45, 1?67). Between months 1 and 3, the risk of cessation of full breast-feeding remained elevated in the case of supplementation during the first week of life with water (RR 1?29; 95 % CI 1?14, 1?45), sugar water (RR 1?48; 95 % CI 1?34, 1?64) or formula (RR 1?18; 95 % CI 1?07, 1?29). The same applied to Caesarean delivery (RR 1?15; 95 % CI 1?06, 1?25). Conclusions: Supplementation during the first week, breast-feeding problems and Caesarean delivery are associated with early cessation of full breast-feeding. The results support a cautious approach to supplementation during the first week of life.

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“…While most mothers cease breast-feeding between 6-12 months in the USA (69) and Australia (65) , it appears that most mothers in Ireland discontinue breast-feeding between hospital discharge and 6 weeks post partum (58) , with 'any' breast-feeding rates at 6 weeks of 21% (31) and 19% (45) reported in previous Irish studies in the 1980s. Although the World Health Organization advises that exclusive breast-feeding should continue during the first 6-months of life, with the introduction of solid foods thereafter and continued breast-feeding until 2 years (70) , recent data indicates that <1 % of Irish-national mothers are exclusively breast-feeding at the 6 month time point (63) .…”

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“…5%) reported in the National Perinatal Statistics in 2004 (48) . Higher initiation rates have been documented in large international longitudinal studies, including 69% in 2002 in the UK (64) , 69 . 5% in 2002 in the USA (50) , 88% in 2001 in Australia (65) , 97% in 2004 in Switzerland (66) and 99% in 2003 in Norway (67) .…”

Section: International Comparisons In Breast-feeding Initiation and Dmentioning

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Session 1: Public health nutrition Breast-feeding practices in Ireland

Tarrant¹,

Kearney²

2008

Proc. Nutr. Soc.

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Breast-feeding is the superior infant feeding method from birth, with research consistently demonstrating its numerous short-and long-term health benefits for both mother and infant. As a global recommendation the WHO advises that mothers should exclusively breast-feed for the first 6-months of life, thus delaying the introduction of solids during this time. Historically, Irish breast-feeding initiation rates have remained strikingly low in comparison with international data and there has been little improvement in breast-feeding duration rates. There is wide geographical variation in terms of breast-feeding initiation both internationally and in Ireland. Some of these differences in breast-feeding rates may be associated with differing socio-economic characteristics. A recent cross-sectional prospective study of 561 pregnant women attending a Dublin hospital and followed from the antenatal period to 6 months post partum has found that 47 % of the Irish-national mothers initiated breast-feeding, while only 24 % were still offering 'any' breast milk to their infants at 6 weeks. Mothers' positive antenatal feeding intention to breast-feed is indicated as one of the most important independent determinants of initiation and 'any' breast-feeding at 6 weeks, suggesting that the antenatal period should be targeted as an effective time to influence and affect mothers' attitudes and beliefs pertaining to breast-feeding. These results suggest that the 'cultural' barrier towards breast-feeding appears to still prevail in Ireland and consequently an environment that enables women to breast-feed is far from being achieved. Undoubtedly, a shift towards a more positive and accepting breast-feeding culture is required if national breast-feeding rates are to improve. Breast-feeding practices: Initiation determinants: IrelandBreast-feeding is promoted as the optimal mode of infant feeding for both term and preterm infants (1,2) with shortand long-term health benefits also afforded to the mother (3) . While the evidence for the nutritional benefits of breast-feeding is robust, the practice also confers a number of non-nutritional advantages to young infants relating to the protection against acute infections (4,5) , including neonatal enterocolitis (6) , respiratory illness (7) and otitis media (8,9) , as well as enhanced behavioural and physiological development (10) .Particular interest over the past decade in the persisting long-term benefits of breast-feeding during childhood and even adulthood lends further support to the promotion of the practice (2,11) . Well-designed studies using large sample sizes, follow-up to preschool age, and appropriate adjustment for important potential confounding factors suggest a modest protective effect of having been breast-fed on later obesity risk (12)(13)(14) . Research is also emerging to indicate a link between early feeding mode and risk for CVD in adulthood via a potential early programming mechanism (15,16) . Breast-fed infants have been shown to have decreased systolic (17) and diasto...

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Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration: A 1990-2000 Literature Review

Cited by 577 publications

References 163 publications

Association between women’s empowerment and infant and child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

Association between women’s empowerment and infant and child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys

Prevalence of breast-feeding in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study and health service-related correlates of cessation of full breast-feeding

Session 1: Public health nutrition Breast-feeding practices in Ireland

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