International Breastfeeding Journal

Analysis of stakeholder networks for breastfeeding policies and programs in Ghana

5 év 11 hónap ago

Suboptimal breastfeeding practices are driven by multiple factors. Thus, a multi-sectoral approach is necessary to design and implement appropriate policies and programs that protect, promote, and support brea...

Richmond Aryeetey, Kassandra Harding, Amber Hromi-Fiedler and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Breastfeeding practices and complementary feeding in Ecuador: implications for localized policy applications and promotion of breastfeeding: a pooled analysis

International Breastfeeding Journal

5 év 11 hónap ago

Best practices in breastfeeding are often not followed despite appropriate levels of knowledge and positive attitudes regarding the benefits of human milk. For many reasons, some women do not initiate breastfe...

Wilma B. Freire, William F. Waters, Diana Román, Philippe Belmont, Emily Wilkinson-Salamea, Adrián Diaz, Ivan Palacios and Enrique Bucheli

Factors associated with abandoning exclusive breastfeeding in Mexican mothers at two private hospitals

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év ago

Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) has multiple benefits for both the child and the mother; however, there is little data regarding the reason why Mexican mothers with a high socio-economic level abandon EBF before...

María Natividad Ávila-Ortiz, Ana Elisa Castro-Sánchez, Elizabeth Andrea Martínez-González, Georgina Mayela Núñez-Rocha and Adriana Zambrano-Moreno

Maternal satisfaction with breastfeeding in the first month postpartum and associated factors

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év ago

Breastfeeding success has been measured based on its duration, disregarding satisfaction with the maternal experience. Studies to investigate maternal satisfaction with breastfeeding are rare, especially in Br...

Andrea Francis Kroll de Senna, Camila Giugliani, Juliana Avilla, Agnes Meire Branco Leria Bizon, Ana Cláudia Magnus Martins and Elsa Regina Justo Giugliani

Altered sucking dynamics in a breastfed infant with Down syndrome: a case report

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év ago

The health and developmental advantages of human milk and breastfeeding are particularly important for infants with Down syndrome. However, they typically have shorter breastfeeding duration due to sucking iss...

Viviane Silva Coentro, Donna T. Geddes and Sharon L. Perrella

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in East Africa: a systematic review

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év ago

Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recommended for the first six months of age by the World Health Organization. Mothers’ good knowledge and positive attitude play key roles in the process of exclusive breastfee...

Jean Prince Claude Dukuzumuremyi, Kwabena Acheampong, Julius Abesig and Jiayou Luo

Breastfeeding mothers with COVID-19 infection: a case series

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év ago

The first reports of the Chinese experience in the management of newborns of mothers with SARS-CoV 2 infection did not recommend mother-baby contact or breastfeeding. At present, the most important Internation...

Augusto Pereira, Sara Cruz-Melguizo, Maria Adrien, Lucia Fuentes, Eugenia Marin, Azul Forti and Tirso Perez-Medina

Breastfed 13 month-old infant of a mother with COVID-19 pneumonia: a case report

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év ago

In China, mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 pneumonia are recommended to stop breastfeeding. However, the evidence to support this guidance is lacking. There have been relatively few cases reported ...

Yuanyuan Yu, Youjiang Li, Yingying Hu, Bin Li and Jian Xu

Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év ago

In an effort to prevent infants being infected with SARS-CoV-2, some governments, professional organisations, and health facilities are instituting policies that isolate newborns from their mothers and otherwi...

Karleen Gribble, Roger Mathisen, Mija-tesse Ververs and Anna Coutsoudis

Interactions between cortisol and lipids in human milk

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 1 hónap ago

Human breast milk is one of the key early postnatal biological exposures for the developing child. It includes bioactive compounds, such as cortisol and fatty acids, which may be linked via the mother’s lipid ...

Kaisa M. Linderborg, Maaria Kortesniemi, Anna-Katariina Aatsinki, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson, Baoru Yang and Henna-Maria Uusitupa

Intermittent kangaroo mother care and the practice of breastfeeding late preterm infants: results from four hospitals in different provinces of China

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 1 hónap ago

China has an extremely low exclusive breastfeeding rate. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been shown to increase the exclusive breastfeeding rate among infants born extremely or very preterm. However, there is l...

Bo Zhang, Zhiying Duan, Yingxi Zhao, Sarah Williams, Stephen Wall, Limin Huang, Xiaoqin Zhang, Wenli Wu, Jieya Yue, Lin Zhang, Jun Liu and Gengli Zhao

The relationship between perceived milk supply and exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months postpartum: a cross-sectional study

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 1 hónap ago

Perceived milk supply is an important modifiable factor for optimal breastfeeding. However, little is known about maternal perception of milk supply or how it impacts breastfeeding practices. The aim of this s...

Ayyu Sandhi, Gabrielle T. Lee, Roselyn Chipojola, Mega Hasanul Huda and Shu-Yu Kuo

Knowledge and practice of induction of lactation in trans women among professionals working in trans health

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 1 hónap ago

Breastfeeding is emerging as an important reproductive rights issue in the care of trans and gender nonconforming people. This study sought to understand the tools available to professionals working in the fie...

Emily Trautner, Megan McCool-Myers and Andrea Braden Joyner

Effectiveness of the baby-friendly community initiative in promoting exclusive breastfeeding among HIV negative and positive mothers: a randomized controlled trial in Koibatek Sub-County, Baringo, Kenya

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 1 hónap ago

Although the baby-friendly community initiative (BFCI) has been proposed as a community-level approach to improve infant feeding practices, there is little data on its variation in effectiveness by HIV status....

Betty Mogesi Samburu, Sera Lewise Young, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Milkah Njeri Wanjohi, Judith Kimiywe, Peter Muriuki, Paula L. Griffiths, Stephen T. McGarvey, Nyovani Janet Madise and Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage

Patterns and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding in Chinese Australian mothers: a cross sectional study

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 1 hónap ago

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 f...

Konsita Kuswara, Karen J. Campbell, Kylie D. Hesketh, Miaobing Zheng and Rachel Laws

Knowledge, attitude, motivation and planning of breastfeeding: a cross-sectional study among Jordanian women

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 1 hónap ago

In Jordan, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding is declining. The trend variation in breastfeeding practice is determined by different factors including antenatal women’s attitude and planning which are affecte...

Wasim Khasawneh, Khalid Kheirallah, Mai Mazin and Sanaa Abdulnabi

How much can Mexican healthcare providers learn about breastfeeding through a semi-virtual training? A propensity score matching analysis

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 1 hónap ago

Mexico has shown a worrisome decrease in breastfeeding indicators, especially in the lowest socioeconomic level. Improving breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support services through workforce developmen...

Mireya Vilar-Compte, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Meztli Moncada and Diana Flores

Participation in the “nutrition at the Centre” project through women’s group improved exclusive breastfeeding practices, as measured by the deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 1 hónap ago

Evidence of interventions that are effective in improving exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) practices is needed to help countries revise their strategies. To assess whether mothers who had participated in the Nutr...

Jaures H. F. Lokonon, Waliou Amoussa Hounkpatin and Nicole Idohou-Dossou

Examining working mothers’ experience of exclusive breastfeeding in Ghana

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 2 hónap ago

Although substantial evidence exists on factors that influence exclusive breastfeeding, there is a general lack of qualitative studies that examine how specific workplace factors constrain or promote exclusive...

Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah, Maame Yaa Antwi, Jacqueline Nkrumah and Fred Yao Gbagbo

Effects of perinatal factors on sirtuin 3, 8-hydroxy-2′- deoxyguanosine, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and serotonin in cord blood and early breast milk: an observational study

International Breastfeeding Journal

6 év 2 hónap ago

The profile of sirtuin 3 (SIRT3), 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and serotonin (5-HT) in cord blood and in early breast milk was studied and it was related to pe...

Kata Nyárády, Réka Turai, Simone Funke, Erzsébet Györgyi, Alexandra Makai, Viktória Prémusz, József Bódis and Endre Sulyok

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