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Breastfeeding rates and barriers: a report from the state of Qatar
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to outline breastfeeding barriers faced by women residing in the State of Qatar. METHODS: A cross-sectional study through a telephone interview was conducted at Hamad Medical Corporation, the only tertiary care and accredited academic institution in the State of Q...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110662/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30174463 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S161003 |
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author | Hendaus, Mohamed A Alhammadi, Ahmed H Khan, Shabina Osman, Samar Hamad, Adiba |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to outline breastfeeding barriers faced by women residing in the State of Qatar. METHODS: A cross-sectional study through a telephone interview was conducted at Hamad Medical Corporation, the only tertiary care and accredited academic institution in the State of Qatar. Mothers of children born between the period of January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012 in the State of Qatar were contacted. RESULTS: Of the total 840 mothers who were contacted for the telephone survey, 453 mothers agreed to be interviewed (response rate 53.9%), while 364 (43.3%) did not answer the phone, and 21 (2.5%) answered the phone but refused to participate in the study. The overall breastfeeding initiation rate among the mothers was 96.2%, with 3.8% mothers reporting that they had never breastfed their baby. The percentage of mothers who exclusively breastfed their children in the first 6 months was 24.3%. The most common barriers to breastfeeding as perceived by our participants were the following: perception of lack of sufficient breast milk after delivery (44%), formula is easy to use and more available soon after birth (17.8%), mom had to return to work (16.3%), lack of adequate knowledge about breastfeeding (6.5%), and the concept that the infant did not tolerate breast milk (4.9%). CONCLUSION: Exclusive breastfeeding barriers as perceived by women residing in the State of Qatar, a wealthy rapidly developing country, do not differ much from those in other nations. What varies are the tremendous medical resources and the easy and comfortable access to health care in our community. We plan to implement a nationwide campaign to establish a prenatal breastfeeding counseling visit for all expecting mothers. |
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spelling | pubmed-61106622018-08-31 Breastfeeding rates and barriers: a report from the state of Qatar Hendaus, Mohamed A Alhammadi, Ahmed H Khan, Shabina Osman, Samar Hamad, Adiba Int J Womens Health Original Research OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to outline breastfeeding barriers faced by women residing in the State of Qatar. METHODS: A cross-sectional study through a telephone interview was conducted at Hamad Medical Corporation, the only tertiary care and accredited academic institution in the State of Qatar. Mothers of children born between the period of January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012 in the State of Qatar were contacted. RESULTS: Of the total 840 mothers who were contacted for the telephone survey, 453 mothers agreed to be interviewed (response rate 53.9%), while 364 (43.3%) did not answer the phone, and 21 (2.5%) answered the phone but refused to participate in the study. The overall breastfeeding initiation rate among the mothers was 96.2%, with 3.8% mothers reporting that they had never breastfed their baby. The percentage of mothers who exclusively breastfed their children in the first 6 months was 24.3%. The most common barriers to breastfeeding as perceived by our participants were the following: perception of lack of sufficient breast milk after delivery (44%), formula is easy to use and more available soon after birth (17.8%), mom had to return to work (16.3%), lack of adequate knowledge about breastfeeding (6.5%), and the concept that the infant did not tolerate breast milk (4.9%). CONCLUSION: Exclusive breastfeeding barriers as perceived by women residing in the State of Qatar, a wealthy rapidly developing country, do not differ much from those in other nations. What varies are the tremendous medical resources and the easy and comfortable access to health care in our community. We plan to implement a nationwide campaign to establish a prenatal breastfeeding counseling visit for all expecting mothers. Dove Medical Press 2018-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6110662/ /pubmed/30174463 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S161003 Text en © 2018 Hendaus et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Hendaus, Mohamed A Alhammadi, Ahmed H Khan, Shabina Osman, Samar Hamad, Adiba Breastfeeding rates and barriers: a report from the state of Qatar |
title | Breastfeeding rates and barriers: a report from the state of Qatar |
title_full | Breastfeeding rates and barriers: a report from the state of Qatar |
title_fullStr | Breastfeeding rates and barriers: a report from the state of Qatar |
title_full_unstemmed | Breastfeeding rates and barriers: a report from the state of Qatar |
title_short | Breastfeeding rates and barriers: a report from the state of Qatar |
title_sort | breastfeeding rates and barriers: a report from the state of qatar |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110662/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30174463 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S161003 |
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