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2023年4月15日 · Background Improved breastfeeding practices have the potential to save the lives of over 823,000 children under 5 years old globally every year. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global campaign by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, which promotes best practice to support breastfeeding in maternity services. The Baby-Friendly Community ...
International Breastfeeding Journal encompasses all aspects of breastfeeding. The journal addresses the need for a high quality multi-disciplinary journal in the field. Breastfeeding is recognized as an important public health issue with enormous social and economic implications. Infants who do not receive breast milk are likely to experience ...
Informational support, compared to emotional support, was a less important predictor of both breastfeed-ing duration and experience. Supportive emotional support with unhelpful or absent informational support was associated with the lowest hazard of breastfeeding cessation before 3 months. Results for breastfeeding experience followed similar ...
- Study Setting
- Care of Pregnant and Postpartum Women Living with HIV in Nigeria
- Study Aim and Design
- Study Population
- Sample Size and Sampling Technique
- Data Collection Method
- Data Analysis
The study was conducted in 2015 in the metropolis of Enugu city, capital of Enugu state. Enugu is located in the Southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria . Women and children constitute about 62% of the population . The prevalence of HIV among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Nigeria was estimated as 3% . According to the UNAIDS 2017 repo...
Comprehensive PMTCT services consisting of HIV testing for mothers, antiretroviral treatment for mothers, post-exposure prophylaxis for infants, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for infants and infant feeding counselling are offered to pregnant women and mothers living with HIV in Nigeria. These services are offered in line with the Nigerian...
The aim of the study was to examine the perception and practice of breastfeeding of HIV-exposed infants among HIV positive mothers receiving comprehensive care for PMTCT in public and private hospitals in Enugu metropolis. The study used a cross-sectional descriptive design and HIV positive mothers were interviewed as they exited the final point of...
The study population consisted of HIV positive women receiving care for PMTCT during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care. Additionally, women who had babies in the 12 months preceding the study and were still receiving care for PMTCT were included in the study. This is because PMTCT services are provided to mothers until 12 months after delive...
In order to achieve a power of at least 80% with 95% confidence using a prevalence value of 11% as utilization of PMTCT services, a minimum sample size of 500 was calculated and increased to 550 to account for possible incomplete or non-response of 10%. Proportionate method was used to allocate women to be sampled from each facility and participant...
Pre-tested interviewer administered questionnaires were used to collect information on demographic characteristics of respondents, perception and practice of any type of breastfeeding disaggregated by type of facility (public vs private). Information was also obtained on their individual perception of positive HIV status, as well as their family an...
Descriptive statistics was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20. Frequencies and proportions were calculated for categorical variables while means were calculated for numeric variables. Demographic characteristics and perception of HIV status were cross-tabulated with clients’ practice of infant breastf...
2016年6月18日 · Background Early or timely initiation of breastfeeding is crucial in preventing newborn deaths and influences childhood nutrition however remains low in South Asia and the factors and barriers warrant greater consideration for improved action. This review synthesises the evidence on factors and barriers to initiation of breastfeeding within 1 h of birth in South Asia encompassing Afghanistan ...
2006年3月9日 · Background To prevent postnatal transmission of HIV in settings where safe alternatives to breastfeeding are unavailable, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding followed by early, rapid cessation of breastfeeding. Only limited data are available on the attitudes of health workers toward this recommendation and the impact of these attitudes on infant feeding ...
2011年6月15日 · Clinicians, public health advisors, nutritionists and others have been attempting to increase breastfeeding rates for the last few decades, with varying degrees of success. We need social science researchers to help us understand the role of infant feeding in the family. Some researchers in the area of food and nutrition have found Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical framework helpful. In this ...
