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2023年4月15日 · Ciara Keating & Anne Matthews. International Breastfeeding Journal 18, Article number: 22 ( 2023 ) Cite this article. 9175 Accesses. 11 Citations. 6 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Background. Improved breastfeeding practices have the potential to save the lives of over 823,000 children under 5 years old globally every year.
We aimed to (i) assess the extent of children’s exposure to exclusive breastfeed-ing and the associated explanatory factors for discontinuation before six months, and (ii) to profile non-exclusively breastfed children and interrelationships between these factors. Methods.
- Knowledge
- Attitudes
- Practices
- Limitations of The Study
This study has synthesized from the findings of 15 studies that examined the mothers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices about exclusive breastfeeding in East Africa. Most of the best answers on knowledge range from 40.1 to 97.6% in mothers regarding exclusive breastfeeding. The mothers’ knowledge of EBF was generally fair, even though some notabl...
Our study also examined mothers’ attitudes about EBF in East Africa. Basically, positive maternal attitudes toward breastfeeding are associated with continuing to breastfeed longer and having a greater chance of successful breastfeeding. Besides, mothers with a positive attitude toward breastfeeding were likely to exclusively breastfeed their infan...
The findings of this study show the practices of mothers about exclusive breastfeeding. Accordingly, the studies conducted in East Africa reported factors affecting actualization of the WHO breastfeeding recommendations “poverty, livelihood and living conditions; early and single motherhood; poor social and professional support; commercial sex work...
This systematic review has several limitations, the first limitation of this study was only English articles were considered and there may be other studies published in other languages. Relevantly, almost all studies included in this review were cross-sectional in nature. As a result, the confounding variables might be affected by other confounding...
2024年1月18日 · A qualitative evaluation can provide insight and knowledge about the partner’s experiences towards a breastfeeding support intervention and thus contribute to how forthcoming breastfeeding support policies are designed. The aim of this study was to explore partners’ experiences regarding breastfeeding while participating in The Breastfeeding Study.
2024年1月19日 · This review aims to systematically synthesize qualitative findings on mothers’ experiences of breastfeeding peer support to provide evidence for optimizing peer support services and ultimately enhancing their role in promoting breastfeeding. Methods.
2019年6月11日 · The purpose of this paper is to present findings from an Australian study that explored the perceptions and beliefs held by first time expectant mothers and their family and social networks towards breastfeeding in public. Methods.
2023年8月11日 · The rates of breastfeeding, early initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after birth, exclusive breastfeeding for at least six months since birth, and continued breastfeeding accompanied by adequate complementary feeding for over two years were measured.
