International Breastfeeding Journal

Breastfeeding in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy: clinical outcomes and physician counseling

1 év 9 hónap ago

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a form of heart failure occurring towards the end of pregnancy or in the months following delivery. Concerns regarding the role of prolactin (the polypeptide hormone respons...

Angelina Noll, Kris R. Kawamoto, Maya T. Dassanayake, Laura Leuenberger, Stephanie M. Spehar, Jenny Wu, Elizabeth Langen and Melinda B. Davis

Breastfeeding frequency and incidence of type 2 diabetes among women with previous gestational diabetes compared to those without: a historical cohort study in the UK

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 10 hónap ago

There is a growing body of research to suggest that women with gestational diabetes are less likely to initiate and continue breastfeeding than those who have not had however findings are mixed. There is limit...

Claire Eades, Pat Hoddinott, Dawn Cameron and Josie Evans

Infant feeding knowledge among women living with HIV and their interaction with healthcare providers in a high-income setting: a longitudinal mixed methods study

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 10 hónap ago

Recent changes in the infant feeding guidelines for women living with HIV from high-income countries recommend a more supportive approach focusing on shared decision-making. Limited information is available on...

Ellen Moseholm, Inka Aho, Åsa Mellgren, Isik S Johansen, Terese L Katzenstein, Gitte Pedersen, Merete Storgaard and Nina Weis

Perspectives of healthcare workers on the acceptability of donor human milk banking in Southwest Nigeria

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 10 hónap ago

The World Health Organization prioritizes Mother’s Own Milk (MOM) or donor human milk (DHM) when MOM is unavailable or insufficient. It is also important for healthcare workers (HCWs) to provide adequate suppo...

Ezra Olatunde Ogundare, Odunayo Adebukola Fatunla, Iyabode Olabisi Florence Dedeke, Adekunle Bamidele Taiwo and Akinyemi A. Akintayo

Prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding and its associated factors among women in Mauritania: evidence from a national survey

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 10 hónap ago

Timely initiation of breastfeeding is crucial for positive health outcomes for babies and mothers. Understanding the factors influencing timely initiation of breastfeeding is vital for reducing child morbiditi...

Michael Sarfo, Juliet Aggrey-Korsah, Leticia Akua Adzigbli, Gideon Awenabisa Atanuriba, Gilbert Eshun, Khadijat Adeleye and Richard Gyan Aboagye

Mothers’ needs and wishes for breastfeeding support in workplaces in Thailand: a qualitative study

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 10 hónap ago

Returning to work is a barrier to breastfeeding. Although the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW) in Thailand encourages employers to initiate a breastfeeding corner – a designated area where mo...

Nisachol Cetthakrikul, Nipunporn Voramongkol, Siripatana Siritanaratkul and Yupayong Hangchaovanich

Outcomes of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes as national laws: a systematic review

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 10 hónap ago

The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, or ‘the Code,’ sets standards to regulate marketing of commercial milk formula (CMF) to protect breastfeeding. World Health Organization member s...

Chompoonut Topothai, Nisachol Cetthakrikul, Natasha Howard, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Mary Foong-Fong Chong and Yvette van der Eijk

Induced lactation in a transgender woman: case report

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 11 hónap ago

Breastfeeding offers significant health benefits, but its practice and success can vary. While research on induced lactation in cisgender women has been documented, there is limited research on lactation induc...

Shin Ikebukuro, Miori Tanaka, Mei Kaneko, Midori Date, Sachiko Tanaka, Hitomi Wakabayashi, Masahiko Murase, Noriko Ninomiya, Taro Kamiya, Mariko Ogawa, Daisuke Shiojiri, Nahoko Shirato, Yuki Sekiguchi, Akihiko Sekizawa, Mikiya Nakatsuka, Hiroyuki…

Association between breastfeeding, mammographic density, and breast cancer risk: a review

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 11 hónap ago

Mammographic density has been associated with breast cancer risk, and is modulated by established breast cancer risk factors, such as reproductive and hormonal history, as well as lifestyle. Recent epidemiolog...

Dong-Man Ye, Xiaoru Bai, Shu Xu, Ning Qu, Nannan Zhao, Yang Zheng, Tao Yu and Huijian Wu

Getting breastfeeding started under pandemic visiting restrictions: lessons learned in Germany

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 11 hónap ago

The COVID-19 pandemic contact restrictions considerably changed maternal visiting contacts during the time in which breastfeeding is initiated. We wanted to know how maternity ward staff and mothers rated the ...

Mathilde Kersting, Erika Sievers, Nele Hockamp, Hermann Kalhoff and Thomas Lücke

Factors affecting infant feeding choices with a focus on barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in Western Jamaica: a qualitative study

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 11 hónap ago

Despite the many benefits of exclusive breastfeeding to infants and mothers, only 33% of Jamaican infants are exclusively breastfed up to the recommend six months. This study was conducted to identify factors ...

Claudia Datnow-Martinez, Brittany Ransom, Soumya J. Niranjan, Chanice Howard, Maung Aung and Pauline E. Jolly

Infant formula donations and code violations during earthquake relief efforts in Türkiye in 2023: an observational study

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 11 hónap ago

On 6 February 2023, an Mw 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Türkiye and north-western Syria, affecting the lives of 4.6 and 2.5 million children, respectively. In such crises, infants who are dependen...

Jiayi Guan, Alessandro Iellamo, Jodine Chase and Mija Ververs

Formal and informal human milk donation in New Zealand: a mixed-method national survey

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 11 hónap ago

Mother’s milk provides optimal nutrition for infants. Donor human milk (DHM) is recommended for low birthweight infants when mother’s milk is unavailable. Little is known about human milk (HM) donation practic...

Shalee Harris, Frank H. Bloomfield and Mariana Muelbert

Experiences of breast milk donors in Sweden: balancing the motivation to do something good with overcoming the challenges it entails

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 11 hónap ago

Infants requiring neonatal care often face initial breastfeeding challenges, leading them to receive expressed breast milk from their mother or donor milk. While emphasizing the mother’s own milk as the gold s...

Ylva Thernström Blomqvist and Emma Olsson

Incidence and factors influencing delayed onset of lactation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

International Breastfeeding Journal

1 év 11 hónap ago

Breastfeeding has many benefits for mothers and infants. Lactogenesis II is one of the key steps in the implementation of breastfeeding. If lactogenesis II occurs more than 72 h after delivery, it is termed de...

Yijuan Peng, Ke Zhuang and Yan Huang

Reliability and validity of the German version of the Iowa infant feeding attitude scale (IIFAS-G) and relations to breastfeeding duration and feeding method

International Breastfeeding Journal

2 év ago

Public health initiatives (e.g., the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative) have led to an increase in breastfeeding rates worldwide. However, as (exclusive) breastfeeding duration is still below WHO recommendatio...

Debora Suppiger, Giancarlo Natalucci and Tilman Reinelt

LATCHES – a memory aide for the principles of attachment for effective breastfeeding: findings of a regional pilot in the Northeast of England and North Cumbria

International Breastfeeding Journal

2 év ago

This paper outlines a pilot of a new memory aide for breastfeeding conducted in the Northeast of England and North Cumbria between April and August 2023. The United Kingdom has some of the lowest rates of brea...

Lynette Harland Shotton, Cheryl Elliot, Roslyn Nunn and Kathryn Lane

Beneficial effects of short-term breastfeeding versus non-breastfeeding in early life against childhood obesity: findings from the US-based population study NHANES

International Breastfeeding Journal

2 év ago

Breastfeeding is widely recognized for its potential to reduce childhood obesity. However, research investigating these benefits in children breastfed for a short duration (up to 6 months) remains limited desp...

Menglin Zhou, Luyao Hu, Fan Li, Jie Wen, Zhaoxia Liang and Danqing Chen

Donor and newborn profiles and their influence on donation volume and duration: a cross-sectional study in a Spanish human milk bank

International Breastfeeding Journal

2 év ago

Human milk banks are essential facilities to provide donated human milk (DHM) to preterm and term infants with health complications. Little is known regarding milk bank donors and how their characteristics may...

Katherine Flores-Rojas, Mercedes Gil-Campos, Isabel Lacort-Peralta, María José Párraga-Quiles and Belén Pastor-Villaescusa

Prenatal intention to human milk feed in the native Hawaiian population: predictors of any human milk feeding from birth to six months postpartum

International Breastfeeding Journal

2 év ago

Rates of non-communicable diseases are disproportionately high among Native Hawaiian (NH) people, and the proportion of NH infants being fed human milk (HM) is the lowest among all ethnicities within the state...

Méabh Murray, Jessie Kai, Amanda Dentinger, Leah Kaplan, Meliza Roman, Eileen O’Brien, John Kearney, Bliss Kaneshiro, Fengqing Zhu and Marie K. Fialkowski

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