Working mothers breastfeed babies more than housewives

Bakoula, Chryssa; Veltsista, Alexandra; Prezerakou, Anargyroula; Moustaki, Maria; Fretzayas, Andrew; Nicolaidou, Polyxeni

doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2006.00185.x

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“…A experiência prévia com a amamentação tem sido associada com uma duração maior da amamentação e do aleita- mento materno exclusivo 29 . Este achado reforça a importância de um apoio maior às mulheres que ainda não amamentaram ou que amamentaram por pouco tempo seus filhos anteriormente.…”

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Fatores associados ao aleitamento materno exclusivo: o papel do cuidado na atenção básica

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Este estudo teve o objetivo de analisar a associação entre ações de promoção, proteção e apoio à amamentação realizadas em unidades básicas de saúde (UBS) e a prevalência de aleitamento materno exclusivo nos primeiros seis meses de vida. Estudo transversal realizado em amostra representativa de 1.029 mães de crianças menores de seis meses assistidas em unidades básicas de saúde do Município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. As razões de prevalência (RP) foram obtidas por regressão de Poisson. A prevalência de aleitamento materno exclusivo foi de 58,1%. Estiveram associadas à maior prevalência de aleitamento materno exclusivo: a cor branca (RP = 1,20; IC95%: 1,05-1,36) e a escolaridade alta (RP = 1,19; IC95%: 1,05-1,35); ter companheiro (RP = 1,72; IC95%: 1,02-2,90); experiência prévia com amamentação (RP = 1,27; IC95%: 1,08-1,49); alta hospitalar em aleitamento materno exclusivo (RP = 2,01; IC95%: 1,20-3,36; ter recebido orientação em grupo (RP = 1,14; IC95%: 1,01-1,28); e ter sido mostrado como amamentar (RP = 1,20; IC95%: 1,08-1,33). A prevalência de aleitamento materno exclusivo diminuiu 17% a cada mês de vida do bebê. Os grupos de apoio à amamentação e a orientação sobre seu manejo contribuíram para o aleitamento materno exclusivo na atenção básica.

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“…In contrast to other study done by Bakoula et al, the study found that working mothers had more intention to breastfeed and breastfeed longer than housewives. The lengthier the mothers entitled to maternity leave, the longer duration of breastfeeding (Bakoula et al, 2007). The dissimilarity can be explained by housewives were more likely intending to breastfeed due to economic restrain and they had extra bonding time with their babies as compared to working mothers.…”

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Predictors of Breastfeeding Intention in Malaysia

Hamid¹,

Hc²,

Binns³

2017

E-BPJ

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Breastfeeding is linked to a number of health related benefits among infants. Breastfeeding provides the ideal nutrition for infants, by promoting a higher IQ and protecting against childhood and adult diseases. Despite these health benefits, the rates of exclusive breastfeeding are still low in Malaysia. Intention to breastfeed is closely related to early initiation to breastfeed and could also be a predictor of longer duration of breastfeeding. The objectives of this study are to provide a descriptive analysis of the sociodemographic characteristics, breastfeeding intention and breastfeeding attitudes and determine predictors affecting breastfeeding intention among low-to-middle income women. A prospective cohort study was undertaken of mothers attending eight antenatal clinics run by the Ministry of Health in Selangor, Malaysia. Mothers were recruited during the antenatal period and followed up until six months postpartum to document breastfeeding outcomes. Among 652 mothers in our study, exclusive breastfeeding, mixed feeding, and exclusive formula feeding intentions were 49.6%, 46.3%, and 9.0%, respectively. Age, maternal employment, maternal education, parity, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), breastfeeding attitude, spouse's preference, grandmother's preference and breastfeeding experience had significant relationship with breastfeeding intention (p< 0.05). However, further analysis showed that breastfeeding intention was associated with positive breastfeeding attitudes, older age, greater years of education, being housewives, having partner and family support for breastfeeding and grandmothers' breastfeeding experience. These findings suggest that by providing breastfeeding initiatives towards less educated, young mothers who lack breastfeeding support from their loved ones may improve breastfeeding rates. IntroductionBreastmilk is the most complete nutrition for infants (Gartner et al., 2005). Breastfeeding provides significant protective effect towards various childhood diseases to the infants in the short term and beyond (Binns, Lee, & Low, 2016;Horta & Victora, 2013). Infants who were not breastfeeding may expose to higher risks of infectious morbidity, as well as associated with increased risks of childhood obesity, leukemia, type I and II diabetes and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDs) (Stuebe, 2009). Breastfeeding intention is a significant predictor of positive breastfeeding outcomes, having an intention to breastfeed linked to early initiation and longer duration of breastfeeding (Donath & Amir, 2003;Mitra, Khoury, Hinton, & Carothers, 2004;Tarrant, Younger, Sheridan-Pereira, White, & Kearney, 2010a). Intention is an immediate precursor of behaviour and is defined as the perception of an individual towards performance of a particular behaviour (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980). In this study breastfeeding intention was defined as the degree of confidence about practising optimal breastfeeding behaviour. Intention to breastfeed is closely related to early initiation to breastfeed and could al...

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“…The first questionnaire was completed by mothers at recruitment in the hospital antenatal clinic, with a follow-up interviewer-administered questionnaire at 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum, either in the hospital clinic, in the mothers' home or via telephone. Questions addressed breast-feeding initiation and duration (45) , maternal perceptions and attitudes (46) , ethnic considerations (47) , factors related to the partner (10) and mother's employment status (48,49) . All three questionnaires were pre-tested on three separate pilot groups.…”

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The prevalence and determinants of breast-feeding initiation and duration in a sample of women in Ireland

Tarrant¹,

Younger²,

Sheridan-Pereira

et al. 2009

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To assess breast-feeding initiation and prevalence from birth to 6 months in a sample of mothers in Dublin, and to determine the factors associated with breast-feeding initiation and 'any' breast-feeding at 6 weeks in a sample of Irish-national mothers. Design: This prospective cross-sectional study involved the recruitment of women during the antenatal period, with subsequent follow-up of mothers who delivered healthy, term singleton infants, at 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum. Setting: Participants were recruited from antenatal clinics in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin. Subjects: In all, 401 Irish-national and forty-nine non-Irish-national mothers met the criteria for inclusion in the present study. Results: Breast-feeding initiation rates of the Irish-national and non-Irish-nationals were 47 % and 79?6 %, respectively. Factors that were significantly (P 5 0?000) associated with both breast-feeding initiation and 'any' breast-feeding at 6 weeks included mothers who were $35 years, educated to third level, reported positive postnatal encouragement to breast-feed from their partners and had a positive antenatal intention to breast-feed. The maternal negative perception that breastfeeding is an embarrassing way to feed an infant was demonstrated as a major barrier to initiation. Conclusions: Breast-feeding initiation and prevalence rates of the Irish-national population remain low and lag considerably behind national and international targets. Inclusion of the partner in breast-feeding promotional initiatives during the antenatal period may be crucial to increase breast-feeding rates in Ireland. Public health campaigns that focus on increasing the social acceptability of breastfeeding may prove effective in addressing this cultural barrier.

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Working mothers breastfeed babies more than housewives

Cited by 35 publications

References 27 publications

Fatores associados ao aleitamento materno exclusivo: o papel do cuidado na atenção básica

Fatores associados ao aleitamento materno exclusivo: o papel do cuidado na atenção básica

Predictors of Breastfeeding Intention in Malaysia

The prevalence and determinants of breast-feeding initiation and duration in a sample of women in Ireland

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