THE INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS FACTORS ON THE BREASTFEEDING DURATION IN INDJIJA
Keywords:
breastfeeding, breastfeeding duration, infliencesAbstract
Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding of infants up to 6 months of age is recommended by the World Health Organization but also other health organizations. The Decree on the National Breastfeeding Support Program in Serbia set the goal, 60% of babies to 6 months of age should have exclusive breastfeeding. The identification of the factors that influence breastfeeding duration across countries may provide useful information, which could be used to improve breastfeeding rates at national levels and worldwide.
The objective of this study was to assess the breastfeeding prevalence and to recognize factors that affect breastfeeding duration.
Methods: This study uses data which were routinely collected during health visits to the pediatrician. In this study, 1089 surveys were processed.
The results of this study showed that is 5.8% never-breastfed infants; 27.8% of newborns were breastfed within the first hour after birth and 69.6% of the newborns within the first 6h; 69.1% babies who were breastfed 3 months, 53.7% babies who were breastfed 6 months, and 28.5% who were breastfed a year and longer.
Conclusion: Factors affecting the breastfeeding rate and breastfeeding duration were hour of first breastfeeding then mother factors like age, level of education, marital status, parity, delivery type, and baby factors like gestational age and birth weight. The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiatives still need to be improved and the maternal and child health counseling should promote exclusive breastfeeding. A set of physiological, nutritional, environmental, socioeconomic, psychological as well as genetic interactions create a list for successfull breastfeeding.
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