ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2020
Breastfeeding practices and associated factors at the individual, family, health facility and environmental levels in China.
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- Factors Influence Breastfeeding Duration after High Risk and Low Risk Pregnancies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effective breastfeeding techniques and associated factors among lactating women: a community-based study, north east Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2024Observational
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- Factors associated with high exclusive breastfeeding rates among preterm infants under 34 weeks of gestation in Da Nang, Vietnam: A retrospective cohort study.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Associations of in-hospital postpartum feeding experiences with exclusive breastfeeding practices among infants in rural Sichuan, China.International breastfeeding journal · 2023Article
- Breastfeeding practices in Northeast China in 2008 and 2018: cross-sectional surveys to explore determinants over a decade.International breastfeeding journal · 2023Article
- Breastfeeding and infant care as 'sexed' care work: reconsideration of the three Rs to enable women's rights, economic empowerment, nutrition and health.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Law matters - assessment of country-level code implementation and sales of breastmilk substitutes in South Asia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Birth and newborn care policies and practices limit breastfeeding at maternity facilities in Vietnam.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Experiences of Thai Mothers in Metropolitan Bangkok.International journal of women's health · 2022Article
- Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding practice among mothers in nine community health centres in Nanning city, China: a cross-sectional study.International breastfeeding journal · 2021Article
- Advice to use infant formula and free samples are common in both urban and rural areas in China: a cross-sectional survey.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
We examined the association between breastfeeding practices and associated factors using cross-sectional data from face-to-face interviews with 9,745 mother-child dyads in China. The study collected information on breastfeeding practices and potential associated factors at the individual, family, health facility and environmental levels in China. We used survey commands in Stata to consider sampling weight and survey design effects. Although breastfeeding was the norm (97.4% ever breastfed), the prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) in 0-11 months old was 8.2%, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in 0-5 months old was 27.8% and breastfeeding on the previous day in 6-11 months old was 77.5%. The prevalence of EIBF was lower for caesarean delivery and among mothers belonging to ethnic minority groups. The prevalence of EBF was higher among mothers who practiced EIBF, received information that encouraged breastfeeding and knew that a baby should be breastfed on demand and exclusively. By contrast, the prevalence of EBF was lower in mothers who received infant formula advice or felt uneasy breastfeeding in public places. The prevalence of breastfeeding on the previous day was higher among mothers whose partners supported breastfeeding and who knew about timing of colostrum production, EBF for 6 months, and to nurse more to stimulate milk production. The prevalence of breastfeeding on the previous day was lower in mothers who received infant formula advice or felt uneasy breastfeeding in public places. In conclusion, we found that the prevalence of EIBF and EBF practices in China was low and associated with factors at individual, family, health facility and environmental levels.
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