Factors influencing initiation and duration of breast feeding in Ireland

Leahy‐Warren, Patricia; Mulcahy, Helen; Phelan, Agnes; Corcoran, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2013.01.008

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“…Across two French-speaking cohorts, in different geographical locations, the strongest predictors were maternal education and country of birth, implying that both individual and cultural level determinants have exerted influential roles in breastfeeding initiation. These determinants appear stable given the results of studies with other cohorts [18,31,34]. In developed countries, programme initiatives to promote breastfeeding engagement may do well to uniformly target mothers with lower levels of education.…”

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Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation: A Comparison between France and French-Speaking Canada

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BackgroundBreastfeeding is associated with multiple domains of health for both mothers and children. Nevertheless, breastfeeding initiation is low within certain developed countries. Furthermore, comparative studies of initiation rates using harmonised data across multiple regions is scarce.ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to investigate and compare individual-level determinants of breastfeeding initiation using two French-speaking cohorts.MethodsParticipants included ~ 3,900 mothers enrolled in two cohort studies in Canada and France. Interviews, questionnaires, and medical records were utilised to collect information on maternal, family, and medical factors associated with breastfeeding initiation.ResultsRates of breastfeeding initiation were similar across cohorts, slightly above 70%. Women in both Canada and France who had higher levels of maternal education, were born outside of their respective countries and who did not smoke during pregnancy were more likely to initiate breastfeeding with the cohort infant. Notably, cohort effects of maternal education at the university level were found, whereby having ‘some university’ was not statistically significant for mothers in France. Further, younger mothers in Canada, who delivered by caesarean section and who had previous children, had reduced odds of breastfeeding initiation. These results were not found for mothers in France.Conclusions and Implications for PracticeWhile some similar determinants were observed, programming efforts to increase breastfeeding initiation should be tailored to the characteristics of specific geographical regions which may be heavily impacted by the social, cultural and political climate of the region, in addition to individual and family level factors.

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“…However, the effects and direction of other determinants such as income, parity, mode of delivery, preterm birth, and ethnicity have been less clear across studies [13,31–34]. These differences may be attributable to interaction effects with determinants particular to specific cultures or regions.…”

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Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation: A Comparison between France and French-Speaking Canada

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“…[1][2][3][4] Extensive evidence exists to recommend exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months of age, 5 however few mothers reach this goal. 7 Despite positive breastfeeding initiation rates in Australia and other developed countries, many women discontinue breastfeeding in the early postnatal period [8][9][10][11] and recent evidence suggests that only 15.4% of Australian infants are exclusively breastfed up to 6 months of age. 7 Despite positive breastfeeding initiation rates in Australia and other developed countries, many women discontinue breastfeeding in the early postnatal period [8][9][10][11] and recent evidence suggests that only 15.4% of Australian infants are exclusively breastfed up to 6 months of age.…”

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Breastfeeding beyond the big smoke: Who provides support for mothers in rural Western Australia?

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Australian J Rural Health

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Antenatal group education is effective in supporting breastfeeding duration for rural women and should be a key priority for rural health service providers. Health professionals are common sources of breastfeeding support postnatally, however creating and maintaining positive and supportive social networks for mothers might also contribute to increasing the proportion of rural infants who meet the World Health Organization guidelines for exclusive breastfeeding.

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“…Studies specific to the Irish breast feeding population have examined which factors are associated with any breast feeding (Tarrant et al, 2011b;Leahy-Warren et al, 2014) but not exclusive and few have descriptively described which mothers were exclusively breast feeding (Belgley et al, 2008;Williams et al, 2010).…”

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Early life factors associated with the exclusivity and duration of breast feeding in an Irish birth cohort study

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Factors influencing initiation and duration of breast feeding in Ireland

Cited by 47 publications

References 52 publications

Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation: A Comparison between France and French-Speaking Canada

Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation: A Comparison between France and French-Speaking Canada

Breastfeeding beyond the big smoke: Who provides support for mothers in rural Western Australia?

Early life factors associated with the exclusivity and duration of breast feeding in an Irish birth cohort study

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