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Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data

Breastfeeding practices are critical for child health and growth. This paper investigates demographic factors, socioeconomic status, and information sources that affect breastfeeding practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan. A secondary analysis was performed of data on 10,028 women with a birth in the...

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Autores principales: Noh, Jin-Won, Kim, Young-mi, Akram, Nabeel, Yoo, Ki-Bong, Cheon, Jooyoung, Lee, Lena J., Kwon, Young Dae, Stekelenburg, Jelle
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31091768
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101689
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author Noh, Jin-Won
Kim, Young-mi
Akram, Nabeel
Yoo, Ki-Bong
Cheon, Jooyoung
Lee, Lena J.
Kwon, Young Dae
Stekelenburg, Jelle
author_facet Noh, Jin-Won
Kim, Young-mi
Akram, Nabeel
Yoo, Ki-Bong
Cheon, Jooyoung
Lee, Lena J.
Kwon, Young Dae
Stekelenburg, Jelle
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description Breastfeeding practices are critical for child health and growth. This paper investigates demographic factors, socioeconomic status, and information sources that affect breastfeeding practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan. A secondary analysis was performed of data on 10,028 women with a birth in the preceding two years who had participated in the 2013–14 Maternal and Child Health Program Indicator Survey. Multiple logistic regressions were used to test the association between breastfeeding status (ever breastfed and still breastfeeding) and age, number of living children, residence, education, wealth, information sources about breastfeeding, assistance during delivery, and place of delivery. Of the 9955 women included in the analysis, 97.9% had breastfed and 83.9% were still breastfeeding at the time of the survey. Being in the second, third, or fourth wealth quintiles and receiving breastfeeding information from relatives and friends were associated with ever breastfeeding. Women who were 35 years or older, living in a town/small city, higher maternal education, middle wealth quintile, and receiving breastfeeding information from the media were associated with still breastfeeding. The findings suggest the need to develop interventions considering maternal socioeconomic status and peer counseling interventions. Mass media campaigns to promote breastfeeding practices should be accompanied by governmental restrictions on the marketing of infant formula.
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spelling pubmed-65717422019-06-18 Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data Noh, Jin-Won Kim, Young-mi Akram, Nabeel Yoo, Ki-Bong Cheon, Jooyoung Lee, Lena J. Kwon, Young Dae Stekelenburg, Jelle Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Breastfeeding practices are critical for child health and growth. This paper investigates demographic factors, socioeconomic status, and information sources that affect breastfeeding practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan. A secondary analysis was performed of data on 10,028 women with a birth in the preceding two years who had participated in the 2013–14 Maternal and Child Health Program Indicator Survey. Multiple logistic regressions were used to test the association between breastfeeding status (ever breastfed and still breastfeeding) and age, number of living children, residence, education, wealth, information sources about breastfeeding, assistance during delivery, and place of delivery. Of the 9955 women included in the analysis, 97.9% had breastfed and 83.9% were still breastfeeding at the time of the survey. Being in the second, third, or fourth wealth quintiles and receiving breastfeeding information from relatives and friends were associated with ever breastfeeding. Women who were 35 years or older, living in a town/small city, higher maternal education, middle wealth quintile, and receiving breastfeeding information from the media were associated with still breastfeeding. The findings suggest the need to develop interventions considering maternal socioeconomic status and peer counseling interventions. Mass media campaigns to promote breastfeeding practices should be accompanied by governmental restrictions on the marketing of infant formula. MDPI 2019-05-14 2019-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6571742/ /pubmed/31091768 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101689 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Kwon, Young Dae
Stekelenburg, Jelle
Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data
title Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data
title_full Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data
title_fullStr Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data
title_full_unstemmed Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data
title_short Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data
title_sort factors affecting breastfeeding practices in sindh province, pakistan: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31091768
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101689
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