Trial reportMaternal & child nutrition2014
Social circumstances that drive early introduction of formula milk: an exploratory qualitative study in a peri-urban South African community.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Exclusive breastfeeding policy, practice and influences in South Africa, 1980 to 2018: A mixed-methods systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of an integrated community-based package for maternal and newborn care on feeding patterns during the first 12 weeks of life: a cluster-randomized trial in a South African township.Public health nutrition · 2015Trial
- Exclusive breastfeeding: an exploratory thematic analysis of the perspectives of breastfeeding mothers and significant others in the Tamale metropolis of Northern Ghana.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Development of a workplace breastfeeding support practice model in South Africa.International breastfeeding journal · 2024Article
- Correlates of early breastfeeding cessation and breastmilk expression in Uganda: a case-control study.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Article
- Beliefs and Norms Influencing Initiation and Sustenance of Exclusive Breastfeeding: Experiences of Mothers in Primary Health Care Facilities in Ermelo, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Health facility users' knowledge, perceptions, and practices about infant feeding in the context of option B+ in South Africa: a qualitative study.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Article
- Male Partners' Roles in Infant Feeding Practices: Perspectives of Black Mothers Living with HIV in Three Countries.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Grandmothers: Central scaffolding sources impacting maternal and infant feeding practices in Colombia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Persistent Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children under Five Years Attending Primary Health Care Facilities in Limpopo Province, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Reported infant feeding practices and contextual influences on breastfeeding: qualitative interviews with women registered to MomConnect in three South African provinces.International breastfeeding journal · 2020Article
- Social circumstances and cultural beliefs influence maternal nutrition, breastfeeding and child feeding practices in South Africa.Nutrition journal · 2020Article
- Breastfeeding advice for reality: Women's perspectives on primary care support in South Africa.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
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- A realist review of infant feeding counselling to increase exclusive breastfeeding by HIV-positive women in sub Saharan-Africa: what works for whom and in what contexts.BMC public health · 2019Review
- Getting schooled: teachers' views on school-based breastfeeding education in Lebanon.International breastfeeding journal · 2019Article
- Breastfeeding in low-resource settings: Not a "small matter".PLoS medicine · 2018Article
- Exploring the Experiences of Middle Income Mothers in Practicing Exclusive Breastfeeding in Nairobi, Kenya.Maternal and child health journal · 2018Article
- Mental health predictors of breastfeeding initiation and continuation among HIV infected and uninfected women in a South African birth cohort study.Preventive medicine · 2017Article
- Poor dietary diversity and low nutrient density of the complementary diet for 6- to 24-month-old children in urban and rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Maternal & child nutrition · 2016Article
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Abstract
Breastfeeding is widely endorsed as the optimal strategy for feeding newborns and young infants, as well as improving child survival and achieving Millennium Development Goal 4. Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first 6 months of life is rarely practised in South Africa. Following the 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) infant feeding recommendations (EBF for HIV-positive mothers with maternal or infant antiretroviral treatment), South Africa adopted breastfeeding promotion as a National Infant Feeding Strategy and removed free formula milk from the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV programme. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of mothers and household members at community level regarding the value they placed on formula feeding and circumstances that drive the practice in a peri-urban community. We conducted in-depth interviews with HIV-positive and HIV-negative mothers in a community-randomised trial (Good Start III). Focus group discussions were held with grandmothers, fathers and teenage mothers. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The following themes were identified; inadequate involvement of teenage mothers; grandmothers who become replacement mothers; fear of failing to practise EBF for 6 months; partners as formula providers and costly formula milk leading to risky feeding practices. The new South African Infant Feeding Strategy needs to address the gaps in key health messages and develop community-orientated programmes with a focus on teenage mothers. These should encourage the involvement of grandmothers and fathers in decision-making about infant feeding so that they can support EBF for optimal child survival.
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