Journal of Human Lactation - online first articles

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:Late preterm infants are at increased risk of breastfeeding difficulties compared to term infants. However, data on breastfeeding outcomes and specific risk factors for non-exclusive breastfeeding remain limited.Research Aims:To determine the ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Electrotherapy in Lactation CareBreastfeeding offers significant health benefits but is often discontinued early due to inflammatory conditions of the lactating breast and nipple trauma. Common issues such as mastitis, engorgement, and nipple damage ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Objectives:This study aims to analyze the scientific literature on breastfeeding during natural hazards, using a bibliometric approach, within the IYCF-E framework.Study Method:Data were collected from the Web of Science Core Collection in December 2024. ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:Understanding breastfeeding motivation determinants is essential for woman-centred support. Limited evidence exists on factors influencing breastfeeding motivation among Chinese women, particularly through self-determination theory.Research Aim:...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:Community pharmacists have the potential to provide adherence-support interventions, address adverse effects, and optimize health outcomes in vulnerable patient populations such as breastfeeding women who need rational antimicrobial therapy....

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Breastfeeding is one of the most cost-effective health interventions in existence, improving child survival through improved health and nutritional status and providing numerous benefits to the mother, including lowering the risk of breast, ovarian, and ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:The workplace experience of low-wage breastfeeding employees is not well studied.Research Aims/Questions:To identify low-wage employees’ workplace barriers and facilitators to breastfeeding at 4 and 6 months.Methods:Data were collected from 111 ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Aims:Maternal work promotes household and child wellbeing but often presents barriers to optimal breastfeeding outcomes. Maternal work in the variable informal economy has less well-established impacts, but may facilitate breastfeeding when work is ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Objectives:The postpartum period can involve maternal stress and obsessive-compulsive behaviors, which may reduce confidence in breastfeeding. This study aimed to examine associations between breastfeeding self-efficacy, maternal stress, and obsessive-...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Human milk is the optimal source of nutrition for infants, especially those born preterm or requiring neonatal intensive care unit care, offering physiologic and psychological benefits for both infants and lactating parents. Despite its importance, access ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:Technology-based breastfeeding support interventions have shown mixed effectiveness. International studies have reported improved breastfeeding outcomes, whereas U.S.-based studies have demonstrated variable results.Research Aim:The aim of this ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:Dysphoric milk ejection reflex (D-MER) is a physiologic condition in which some women experience brief but intense negative emotions immediately before or during milk release. Awareness and understanding of D-MER remain limited among both ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
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Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:Breastfeeding myths negatively affect breastfeeding initiation, duration, and maternal confidence. While literature extensively covers maternal attitudes, few studies simultaneously examine the prevalence of these myths among pregnant women and ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:Breast milk is the gold standard of infant nutrition, providing powerful nutritional and immunological protection and decreased mortality due to infection. The World Health Organization recommends using human breast milk from a milk bank if the ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:To ensure the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding, health systems need qualified professionals who can advise and support women. There was previously no validated tool to assess midwifery students’ confidence in providing breastfeeding ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:Young mothers (≤ 24 years) consistently face substantial challenges that result in lower breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates than adult mothers.Research Aim:To evaluate young mothers’ breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, and ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background:Rigorous systematic reviews in breastfeeding research depend on precise and transparent search strategies. However, the term nursing has dual meaning—referring both to breastfeeding and to the nursing profession—creating potential ambiguity in ...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Emergency situations pose a serious threat to population health, especially of vulnerable populations. Hence, governments must be prepared to provide coordinated emergency relief, based on official guidance, which includes the protection of breastfeeding—...

Journal of Human Lactation, Ahead of Print.
Background and Aim:Most research on human milk donation and human milk banking has focused on mothers, while fathers’ perspectives remain insufficiently explored. Although mothers may be willing to donate milk or use donor milk for their own infants, ...