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2023年8月11日 · Research. Open access. Published: 11 August 2023. Current prevalence, changes, and determinants of breastfeeding practice in China: data from cross-sectional national household health services surveys in 2013 and 2018. Zeyu Li, Yufei Jia, Iris Parshley, Yaoguang Zhang, Jia Wang & Qian Long.
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2024年1月18日 · Breastfeeding provides many short- and long-term health benefits for mothers and their infants and is a particularly relevant strategy for women who experience Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy. However, breastfeeding rates are generally lower amongst this group of women than the general population.
- Study Design and Participants
- Procedures
- Quantitative Data
- Data Analysis
Using multistage sampling and probability proportional to size sampling, this population-based study was conducted in 12 randomly chosen county level regions, including four from urban cities, four from small and medium sized cities, two from rural areas, and two from poor rural areas in order to cover different levels of economic development and v...
Each of the 12 regions established a quantitative data collection team consisted of five fulltime health workers with medical qualifications and field experiences. After registration and obtaining informed consent, the trained health workers administered a smartphone-based questionnaire to each participant. The questionnaire included questions rega...
Exposures
Occupational field and employment status were the two main exposures in the quantitative analysis. Out of 10,408 women recruited in this study, 10,384 (99.8%) mothers answered questions about their occupational status, and 659 were excluded for lack of detailed information. Hence, 9725 mothers were included for analysis. Occupational field included: a) unemployed (i.e. freelancers, students, and housewives); b) agriculture-related (i.e. farmers, as well as jobs in forestry, animal husbandry,...
Outcomes
Four breastfeeding outcomes, including early initiation of breastfeeding (EIB), exclusive breastfeeding under six months (EBF), predominant breastfeeding under six months (PBF), and children ever breastfed (Ever BF), were collected based on the standardized questionnaire from the WHO . The standardized questionnaire comprises of three modules: Household Roster, Initiation of breastfeeding (IBF) module and Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) module. Mothers were asked to recall the food...
Other covariates
Mother and infant characteristics and socioeconomic status of the family were the two categories of covariates incorporated in the present study. Mother and infant characteristics included maternal age, pre-pregnancy BMI, parity, infant sex, and age. The information on gestational age, infant birthweight, delivery methods, and breastfeeding intention were also collected. Pre-pregnancy BMIs were calculated based on mothers’ self -reported weight and height before pregnancy. Mothers were asked...
In quantitative analysis, descriptive statistics was used to report the background of participants by occupational field, mother and infant characteristics, family socioeconomic status, breastfeeding behaviors, and breastfeeding related workplace environment. The continuous variables were presented as means Standard Deviations (SDs) and the categor...
2020年7月13日 · 8 Citations. 6 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Background. While exclusive breastfeeding is recommended to 6 months of age, just 15% of mothers in Australia achieve this. The rate appears to be even lower among mothers born in China, where 90% have introduced infant formula by this time.
2015年11月27日 · Breastfeeding performance index is used to assess optimal breastfeeding practices by constructing a single composite index that includes timely initiation of breastfeeding, prelacteal feeding, current breastfeeding status, bottle feeding, any liquid given (except medicine) in the last 24 h, formula given in the last 24 h, any solid food given in...
2010年10月26日 · Open access. Published: 26 October 2010. Reflections on global policy documents and the WHO's infant feeding guidelines: lessons learnt. Astrid Blystad, Penny van Esterik, Marina M de Paoli, Daniel W Sellen, Sebalda C Leshabari & Karen Marie I Moland. International Breastfeeding Journal 5, Article number: 18 ( 2010 ) Cite this article.
2019年6月11日 · Research. Open access. Published: 11 June 2019. It’s okay to breastfeed in public but… Athena Sheehan, Karleen Gribble & Virginia Schmied. International Breastfeeding Journal 14, Article number: 24 ( 2019 ) Cite this article. 67k Accesses. 27 Citations. 73 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Background.
