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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"Exclusive breastfeeding"”.
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Off to the Breast Start: Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding
<p>Breastfeeding is a beneficial way to provide food for the healthy growth and development of infants. Breastfeeding also provides many health benefits for mothers. Review of evidence based data indicates that breastfeeding exclusively for 6 months is one of the healthiest and most natural …
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Infant and child feeding practices: Analyses of exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding in Namibia
… patterns, practices and factors associated with exclusive breast feeding and complementary feeding among infant (0-6 months) and young children (0-24 months) feeding practices in Namibia. A quantitative cross-sectional research design was used based on the 2013 Namibia Demographic and Health …
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A low cost, sustainable, locally delivered intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding practices in rural Bangladeshi women
Background: Breastfeeding is a well-accepted customary practice in Bangladesh. However, there are barriers to exclusive breastfeeding including the tradition of potentially harmful practices such as prelacteal feeding (PF) and early additional feeding (ADF). Most breastfeeding promotion programmes …
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Influences of HIV on exclusive breastfeeding: an exploration of community-based peer support in rural Malawi
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for 6 months is recommended as the most cost-effective public health intervention to improve child survival particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and is central to achieving Millennium Development Goal number 4 for child health. However, despite the benefits of EBF to …
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Exploring low income working mother's perceptions of community support for exclusive breastfeeding after returning to work
… mother's perceptions of community support for exclusive breastfeeding after returning to work. The results from 12 indepth semi-structured interviews conducted with low income mothers, working full-time in a clothing factory located in the Cape Flats area, were analysed using thematic analysis. …
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Patterns and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding duration among women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is the international gold standard for infant feeding in the first 4-6 months of life. In sub-Saharan Africa, breastfeeding has been adversely affected by the HIV epidemic, due to breastmilk-associated mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) risk in the absence …
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Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates by Reducing Transfers to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Using a Glucose Gel Protocol
<p>In an effort to increase the exclusive breastfeeding rates at a local, acute-care Southern California hospital, the CNL worked with the department of Women’s Services to implement a revised neonatal hypoglycemia protocol with the introduction of glucose gel. Using educational sessions, nursing …
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Factors associated with inadequate exclusive breastfeeding practices of children aged 0-6 months in Mumbwa district: a case of Mulungushi rural health centre.
Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF), the best feeding practice for infants aged from birth to six (6) months has faced challenges of adherence, exposes infants to infections such as diarrhea, despite information on its importance being given to mothers. The main objective of this study was to assess …
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Breastfeeding of preterm infants. Associated factors in infants, mothers, and clinical practice.
Breastfeeding has even more pronounced health benefits for preterm infants than for full-term infants, but preterm infants are less breastfed. There is no consensus in Danish neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) about which clinical methods facilitate breastfeeding. Skin-to-skin contact between …
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Understanding how Infant Formula Information, Communication Channels, and Traditional Health Beliefs Affect Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices among Women in Palawan, the Philippines: A Convergent-parallel Mixed Methods Study
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) means that infants should only receive breast milk for the first six months of life. It is essential for both maternal and child health. In the Philippines, although various institutions have reported differing EBF rates, the overall prevalence remains low. According …
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Breastfeeding practices among Arab women living in the United States
<p>Background: Arab women‟s breastfeeding practices, including exclusive breastfeeding, are shaped by cultural and religious values and beliefs. Many studies have investigated breastfeeding practices among Arab mothers in their Arabic countries, but no published studies were identified that looked …
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The need of lactation consultant for night shift
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>Breastfeeding can provide many health benefits for both mother and baby. To increase the health benefits for patients, a change project will be implemented to increase the rates of exclusive breastfeeding for postpartum patients. The project will be focusing on …
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Does in-hospital breastfeeding self-efficacy predict breastfeeding duration?
Background: Health Canada recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months postpartum with continued breastfeeding up to 2 years and beyond. While 88% of Canadian mothers initiate breastfeeding, only 70% of mothers continue to do so at 4 weeks postpartum and only 14% are exclusively …
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Maternal nutrition, breast milk micronutrients and infant growth in rural Gambia
… Gambia The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life. However, the evidence base to support the adequacy of breast milk with respect to infant micronutrient status, across the duration of exclusive breastfeeding, among women who …
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Breastfeeding Influencing Factors in Thai Adolescent Mothers
Background: Breastfeeding is well established as the optimal method for ensuring healthy infant nutrition. However, many adolescents remain unaware of the role of breastfeeding. Adolescent mothers continue to have the lowest rate of breastfeeding in many countries including Thailand, with only 17% …
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'Luring the infant into life' : exploring infant mortality and infant-feeding in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
… risk'. It aims to show that the introduction of exclusive breastfeeding policies is a manifestation of the state's ideas on how to sustain infant life. In contrast, the introduction of medicine and complimentary feeds reflect the ideas mothers have for sustaining the lives of their infants. This …
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Breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes and practices among adolescent teenage mothers at Crossroads, Western Cape, South Africa
Background: Breastfeeding is important in supporting the normal growth and development of infants and young children. Evidence shows that breastfeeding is protective against infectious diseases such as upper and lower respiratory tract infections, gastrointestinal illnesses, and otitis media, …
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Exploration of the experiences of breastfeeding doctors within the Cape Town Metropole District health service
Exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life is known to be associated with many positive health outcomes. The regulatory environment in South Africa supports this, which has resulted in an improvement in exclusive breastfeeding from 7% in 2003, to 31.6% in 2016. However, it is not known …
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Factors influencing infant feeding practices of mothers in Kabwata Township, Lusaka, Zambia
… in infants. Both WHO and UNICEF recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months both in the context of HIV and otherwise unless exclusiv formula feeding can meet each of five conditions: acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe (AFASS). The modes of infant feeding …
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