ArticlePloS one2016
Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation: A Comparison between France and French-Speaking Canada.
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- Breastfeeding: The Multifaceted Impact on Child Development and Maternal Well-Being.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Factors Associated with the Duration of Breastfeeding: The Practices of Mexican Mothers in a Megacity and in the Agricultural Town.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Demographic, socioeconomic, and sociocultural factors associated with any breastfeeding in homeless mothers.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Characterization of Infant Feeding Practices and Related-Family Characteristics in the French Nationwide ELFE Birth Cohort.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Reasons for Breastfeeding Cessation in the First Year after Childbirth in Lithuania: A Prospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Observational
- Comparison of national cross-sectional breast-feeding surveys by maternal education in Europe (2006-2016).Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Breastfeeding and behavioural problems: Propensity score matching with a national cohort of infants in Chile.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Breastfeeding and externalising problems: a quasi-experimental design with a national cohort.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreastfeeding is associated with multiple domains of health for both mothers and children. Nevertheless, breastfeeding initiation is low within certain developed countries. Furthermore, comparative studies of initiation rates using harmonised data across multiple regions is scarce.
objectiveThe aim of the present study was to investigate and compare individual-level determinants of breastfeeding initiation using two French-speaking cohorts.
methodsParticipants included ~ 3,900 mothers enrolled in two cohort studies in Canada and France. Interviews, questionnaires, and medical records were utilised to collect information on maternal, family, and medical factors associated with breastfeeding initiation.
resultsRates of breastfeeding initiation were similar across cohorts, slightly above 70%. Women in both Canada and France who had higher levels of maternal education, were born outside of their respective countries and who did not smoke during pregnancy were more likely to initiate breastfeeding with the cohort infant. Notably, cohort effects of maternal education at the university level were found, whereby having 'some university' was not statistically significant for mothers in France. Further, younger mothers in Canada, who delivered by caesarean section and who had previous children, had reduced odds of breastfeeding initiation. These results were not found for mothers in France. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: While some similar determinants were observed, programming efforts to increase breastfeeding initiation should be tailored to the characteristics of specific geographical regions which may be heavily impacted by the social, cultural and political climate of the region, in addition to individual and family level factors.
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