ArticleArchives of disease in childhood2006
Does monitoring newborn weight discourage breast feeding?
Article in Archives of disease in childhood, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Designing new UK-WHO growth charts: implications for health staff use and understanding of charts and growth monitoring.Maternal & child nutrition · 2012Article
- Prevention of hypernatraemic dehydration in breastfed newborn infants by daily weighing.European journal of pediatrics · 2009Article
- Postnatal weight monitoring should be routine.Archives of disease in childhood · 2007Article
- Life-threatening hypernatraemic dehydration in breastfed babies.Archives of disease in childhood · 2006Article
- Breast feeding method should ensure rapid weight gain.Archives of disease in childhood · 2006Article
- Low breastfeeding rates and milk insufficiency.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2006Article
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Abstract
backgroundA policy of regular neonatal weight monitoring was introduced to a geographically defined population in 2000. This was combined with targeted breast feeding support for infants reaching specified intervention thresholds.
aimsTo look for evidence of compromise in breast feeding rates as a result of this policy change.
methodsBreast feeding rates at 10 days and 6 weeks were compared for this intervention population and two local non-intervention groups for the years 1999 and 2001. The data were analysed using Poisson regression analysis and the Z-test.
resultsThere was a 3.1% (95% CI 0.8% to 5.5%) rise in the deprivation corrected breast feeding rate at 6 weeks for the intervention population compared to an increase of 0.8% (95% CI -0.8% to 2.3%) for the combined control groups. Multivariate analysis showed that breast feeding rates were adversely influenced by deprivation, but were not significantly influenced by the intervention.
conclusionNo evidence was found to support claims that regular monitoring of newborn weight adversely affects breast feeding rates.
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