ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2015
Breastfeeding as a means to prevent infant morbidity and mortality in Aboriginal Canadians: A population prevented fraction analysis.
Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Infant Feeding Practices Among Indigenous Women in Northwest Territories, Canada: Results From the Maternal and Infant Health Project.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- A cohort study of the occurrence of post-term births and its association with perinatal mortality in a rural area in Bangladesh.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- The Marri Gudjaga project: a study protocol for a randomised control trial using Aboriginal peer support workers to promote breastfeeding of Aboriginal babies.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Involvement of Protein Kinase A in Oxytocin Neuronal Activity in Rat Dams with Pup Deprivation.Neurochemical research · 2021Article
- Infant feeding mode predicts the costs of healthcare services in one region of Canada: a data linkage pilot study.BMC research notes · 2020Article
- Sudden infant death and social justice: A syndemics approach.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Article
- The Role of Breastfeeding in Childhood Otitis Media.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2016Review
- Creating exclusive breastfeeding knowledge translation tools with First Nations mothers in Northwest Territories, Canada.International journal of circumpolar health · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesCanadian Aboriginal infants experience poor health compared with other Canadian infants. Breastfeeding protects against many infant infections that Canadian Aboriginals disproportionately experience. The objective of our research was to estimate the proportion of select infant infection and mortality outcomes that could be prevented if all Canadian Aboriginal infants were breastfed.
methodsWe used Levin's formula to estimate the proportion of three infectious outcomes and one mortality outcome that could be prevented in infancy by breastfeeding. Estimates were calculated for First Nations (both on- and off-reserve), Métis and Inuit as well as all Canadian infants for comparison. We extracted prevalence estimates of breastfeeding practices from national population-based surveys. We extracted relative risk estimates from published meta-analyses.
resultsBetween 5.1% and 10.6% of otitis media, 24.3% and 41.4% of gastrointestinal infection, 13.8% and 26.1% of hospitalizations from lower respiratory tract infections, and 12.9% and 24.6% of sudden infant death could be prevented in Aboriginal infants if they received any breastfeeding.
conclusionInterventions that promote, protect and support breastfeeding may prevent a substantial proportion of infection and mortality in Canadian Aboriginal infants.
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