ArticleNutrients2018
Formula Milk Supplementation on the Postnatal Ward: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study.
Article in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Postnatal Unit Experiences Associated With Exclusive Breastfeeding During the Inpatient Stay: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2022Article
- A nation-wide study on the common reasons for infant formula supplementation among healthy, term, breastfed infants in US hospitals.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- Perceived insufficient milk among primiparous, fully breastfeeding women: Is infant crying important?Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Infant Feeding Practices at Hospital Discharge: Findings from the Born in Queensland Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
- Initiation of Breast Milk Expression and Associated Factors Among Mothers of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units of Government Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,2020.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2021Article
- 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
- Breastfeeding and Human Lactation.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Factors associated with infant formula supplementation in Brazilian hospitals: a cross-sectional study.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Breastfeeding rates are low in the UK, where approximately one quarter of infants receive a breastmilk substitute (BMS) in the first week of life. We investigated the reasons for early BMS use in two large maternity units in the UK, in order to understand the reasons for the high rate of early BMS use in this setting. Data were collected through infant feeding records, as well as maternal and midwife surveys in 2016. During 2016, 28% of infants received a BMS supplement prior to discharge from the hospital maternity units with only 10% supplementation being clinically indicated. There was wide variation in BMS initiation rates between different midwives, which was associated with ward environment and midwife educational level. Specific management factors associated with non-clinically indicated initiation of BMS were the absence of skin-to-skin contact within an hour of delivery (
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