| Correlations between welfare initiatives and breastfeeding rates: a 10-year follow-up study. | |
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PMID: 18710434 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIM: To evaluate the prevalence of full breastfeeding during the first 6 months of age and to discover if training programs for health caregivers and welfare initiatives at the community level could improve breastfeeding rates. METHODS: Newborn babies with gestational age > or =36 weeks and birth weight > or =2500 g, discharged from the hospital within the first week of life, without any underlying pathologies, were enrolled in 3-month long sample periods between 1997 and 2006. A questionnaire was distributed to the mothers, to be completed and submitted before hospital discharge. Data were collected from phone interviews at 1, 3 and 6 months. RESULTS: Full breastfeeding rates at hospital discharge showed an oscillation between 69.9% and 87%. The rate decreased in the following months and reached very low levels at 6 months of age (< 24%), with the exception of the last sample period in 2006 (44.9%). CONCLUSION: A simple questionnaire, combined with standardized phone interviews, can be easily reproduced and may be used as an indicator for quality of neonatal care at hospital nurseries. A social and cultural change of the whole community towards breastfeeding promotion will result in increasing breastfeeding rates. |
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Bruno Mordini; Elisa Bortoli; Rossella Pagano; Giulia Barozzi; Fabrizio Ferrari |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2008-08-14 |
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Title: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) Volume: 98 ISSN: 1651-2227 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Paediatr. Publication Date: 2009 Jan |
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Created Date: 2008-12-17 Completed Date: 2009-04-02 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9205968 Medline TA: Acta Paediatr Country: Norway |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 80-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Neonatology, University Hospital, Via Del Pozzo 71, Modena, Italy. mordini.bruno@policlinico.mo.it |
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Breast Feeding
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statistics & numerical data* Confidence Intervals Female Health Policy* Humans Infant Infant Care / statistics & numerical data* Infant, Newborn Italy Male Odds Ratio Pregnancy Prevalence Prospective Studies Questionnaires Residence Characteristics Social Welfare / statistics & numerical data* Time Factors |
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