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Callers’ attitudes and experiences of UK breastfeeding helpline support [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Breastfeeding peer support, is considered to be a key intervention for increasing breastfeeding duration rates. Whilst a number of national organisations provide telephone based breastfeeding peer support, to date there have been no ...
A Oakley, A Sheehan, AB Fallon, B Nor, B Rossman, CL Dennis, CL Dennis, D Hegney, D Wade, Department of Health, E McColl, EHY Wong, ER Meier, G Di Meglio, G Thomson, G Thomson, Gill Thomson, Health and Social Care Information Centre, J Nankunda, J Renfrew Mary, JA Scott, LB Chamberlain, NICE, NICE, Nicola Crossland, P Hoddinott, PA Janssen, PM Rutter, RJ McInnes, SF Wang, T Miller, V Braun, V Schmied, WHO   +33 more
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The cost of not breastfeeding: global results from a new tool

Health Policy and Planning, 2019
Evidence shows that breastfeeding has many health, human capital and future economic benefits for young children, their mothers and countries. The new Cost of Not Breastfeeding tool, based on open access data, was developed to help policy-makers and ...
D. Walters, L. Phan, Roger Mathisen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during breastfeeding—A systematic review

PLoS ONE, 2020
Introduction Oxytocin is a key hormone in breastfeeding. No recent review on plasma levels of oxytocin in response to breastfeeding is available. Materials and methods Systematic literature searches on breastfeeding induced oxytocin levels were conducted
Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg, Anette Ekström-Bergström, Sarah Buckley, C. Massarotti, Z. Pajalić, Karolina Luegmair, Alicia Kotlowska, Luise Lengler, Ibone Olza, S. Grylka-Baeschlin, P. Leahy-Warren, Eleni Hadjigeorgiu, Stella Villarmea, Anna Dencker   +13 more
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A review of the disruption of breastfeeding supports in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in five Western countries and applications for clinical practice

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered how breastfeeding support is provided, resulting in mixed breastfeeding outcomes and experiences for mothers.
S. Turner, Bridget McGann, M. Brockway
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Is breast best?: breastfeeding, motherhood and identity [PDF]

, 2003
Is Breast Best?: breastfeeding, motherhood and identity is concerned with how breastfeeding is both a personal and a political issue. Earle begins with a cross-cultural analysis of the prevalence of breastfeeding, considering differences between and ...
Earle, Sarah
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Promoting maternal-child health by increasing breastfeeding rates: a National Canadian Baby-Friendly Initiative Quality Improvement Collaborative Project

BMJ Open Quality
While breastfeeding has long been an important, globally recognized aspect of population health, disparities exist across Canada. The Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) is a WHO/UNICEF best-practice program that helps ensure families receive evidence-based ...
Khalid Aziz, Nathan Christopher Nickel, Michelle LeDrew, Britney Benoit, Kathleen O'Grady, Jennifer Ustianov, Candi Edwards, Claire Gallant, Sally Loring, Louise Clément, Marina Green, Pam O’Sullivan   +11 more
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Factors associated with post NICU discharge exclusive breastfeeding rate and duration amongst first time mothers of preterm infants in Shanghai: a longitudinal cohort study

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022
Background Breastfeeding is crucial for the preterm infants. Breast milk is not only food but also medicine. Few studies have focused on the longitudinal effects of exclusive breastfeeding outcome of preterm infants separated from their mothers after ...
Xin Jiang, Huixing Jiang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effects of betamethasone on clinical outcome of the late preterm neonates born between 34 and 36 weeks of gestation

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Prenatal corticosteroid administration in preterm labor is one of the most important treatments available to improve neonatal outcomes; however, its beneficial effects on late preterm infants (after the 34th week of gestation) remained unknown.
Yas Arimi, Narges Zamani, Mamak Shariat, Hossein Dalili   +3 more
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Breastfeeding Difficulties and Risk for Early Breastfeeding Cessation

Nutrients, 2019
Although breast milk is the normative feeding for infants, breastfeeding rates are lower than recommended. We investigated breastfeeding difficulties experienced by mothers in the first months after delivery and their association with early breastfeeding
M. Giannì, M. Bettinelli, Priscilla Manfra, Gabriele Sorrentino, E. Bezze, L. Plevani, G. Cavallaro, G. Raffaeli, Beatrice L. Crippa, L. Colombo, D. Morniroli, N. Liotto, P. Roggero, E. Villamor, P. Marchisio, F. Mosca   +15 more
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in East Africa: a systematic review

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020
Background Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recommended for the first six months of age by the World Health Organization. Mothers’ good knowledge and positive attitude play key roles in the process of exclusive breastfeeding practices.
Jean Prince Claude Dukuzumuremyi, K. Acheampong, Julius Abesig, Jiayou Luo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source