A cohort study of postnatal depression, infant feeding practices and infant growth in Male', the Republic of Maldives

A cohort study was undertaken on 458 mothers and their infants, selected from antenatal clinics in Malé, the capital city of the Republic of Maldives. Details of infant feeding and growth and maternal perinatal depression were recorded. Breastfeeding initiation is 100%, but there is a high rate o...

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Main Author: Abdul Raheem, Raheema
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1591
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description A cohort study was undertaken on 458 mothers and their infants, selected from antenatal clinics in Malé, the capital city of the Republic of Maldives. Details of infant feeding and growth and maternal perinatal depression were recorded. Breastfeeding initiation is 100%, but there is a high rate of prelacteal and early complementary feeds. Perinatal depression rates are similar to other regional countries, but commonly results in early cessation of breastfeeding.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-15912017-02-20T06:38:09Z A cohort study of postnatal depression, infant feeding practices and infant growth in Male', the Republic of Maldives Abdul Raheem, Raheema A cohort study was undertaken on 458 mothers and their infants, selected from antenatal clinics in Malé, the capital city of the Republic of Maldives. Details of infant feeding and growth and maternal perinatal depression were recorded. Breastfeeding initiation is 100%, but there is a high rate of prelacteal and early complementary feeds. Perinatal depression rates are similar to other regional countries, but commonly results in early cessation of breastfeeding. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1591 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Abdul Raheem, Raheema
A cohort study of postnatal depression, infant feeding practices and infant growth in Male', the Republic of Maldives
title A cohort study of postnatal depression, infant feeding practices and infant growth in Male', the Republic of Maldives
title_full A cohort study of postnatal depression, infant feeding practices and infant growth in Male', the Republic of Maldives
title_fullStr A cohort study of postnatal depression, infant feeding practices and infant growth in Male', the Republic of Maldives
title_full_unstemmed A cohort study of postnatal depression, infant feeding practices and infant growth in Male', the Republic of Maldives
title_short A cohort study of postnatal depression, infant feeding practices and infant growth in Male', the Republic of Maldives
title_sort cohort study of postnatal depression, infant feeding practices and infant growth in male', the republic of maldives
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1591