ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2014
Informing the 'early years' agenda in Scotland: understanding infant feeding patterns using linked datasets.
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- Why do mothers mix milk feed their infants? Results from a systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2024Pooled it
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- Classifying early infant feeding status from clinical notes using natural language processing and machine learning.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Levelling up health in the early years: A cost-analysis of infant feeding and healthcare.PloS one · 2024Article
- Measuring disadvantage in the early years in the UK: A systematic scoping review.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Increase of breast-feeding in the past decade in Greece, but still low uptake: cross-sectional studies in 2007 and 2017.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Evaluating the Manitoba Infant Feeding Database: a Canadian infant feeding surveillance system.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2019Article
- Does ethnic diversity explain intra-UK variation in mortality? A longitudinal cohort study.BMJ open · 2019Article
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- Routinely collected infant feeding data: Time for global action.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Article
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- Breastfeeding in England: time trends 2005-2006 to 2012-2013 and inequalities by area profile.Maternal & child nutrition · 2016Article
- Utility of linking primary care electronic medical records with Canadian census data to study the determinants of chronic disease: an example based on socioeconomic status and obesity.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2016Article
- Breastfeeding is associated with reduced childhood hospitalization: evidence from a Scottish Birth Cohort (1997-2009).The Journal of pediatrics · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundProviding infants with the 'best possible start in life' is a priority for the Scottish Government. This is reflected in policy and health promotion strategies to increase breast feeding, which gives the best source of nutrients for healthy infant growth and development. However, the rate of breast feeding in Scotland remains one of the lowest in Europe. Information is needed to provide a better understanding of infant feeding and its impact on child health. This paper describes the development of a unique population-wide resource created to explore infant feeding and child health in Scotland.
methodsDescriptive and multivariate analyses of linked routine/administrative maternal and infant health records for 731,595 infants born in Scotland between 1997 and 2009.
resultsA linked dataset was created containing a wide range of background, parental, maternal, birth and health service characteristics for a representative sample of infants born in Scotland over the study period. There was high coverage and completeness of infant feeding and other demographic, maternal and infant records. The results confirmed the importance of an enabling environment--cultural, family, health service and other maternal and infant health-related factors--in increasing the likelihood to breast feed.
conclusionsUsing the linked dataset, it was possible to investigate the determinants of breast feeding for a representative sample of Scottish infants born between 1997 and 2009. The linked dataset is an important resource that has potential uses in research, policy design and targeting intervention programmes.
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