Breastfeeding in Western Saudi Arabia: a prospective cohort study
A cohort of 578 of mothers and their infants from Western Saudi Arabia were followed for six months to document infant feeding practices. Breastfeeding was initiated by 80% of mothers, but only 48.6% were exclusively breastfeeding at discharge. The ‘any breastfeeding’ rate declined to 46% at six mon...
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2016
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| author | Al Juaid, Daifellah A M |
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| description | A cohort of 578 of mothers and their infants from Western Saudi Arabia were followed for six months to document infant feeding practices. Breastfeeding was initiated by 80% of mothers, but only 48.6% were exclusively breastfeeding at discharge. The ‘any breastfeeding’ rate declined to 46% at six months. Most mothers (71.3%) introduced some infant formula before six weeks of age. Younger age, primi-parity, higher socio-economic status, obesity and depression were associated with lower breastfeeding rates. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-529412017-06-27T03:08:24Z Breastfeeding in Western Saudi Arabia: a prospective cohort study Al Juaid, Daifellah A M A cohort of 578 of mothers and their infants from Western Saudi Arabia were followed for six months to document infant feeding practices. Breastfeeding was initiated by 80% of mothers, but only 48.6% were exclusively breastfeeding at discharge. The ‘any breastfeeding’ rate declined to 46% at six months. Most mothers (71.3%) introduced some infant formula before six weeks of age. Younger age, primi-parity, higher socio-economic status, obesity and depression were associated with lower breastfeeding rates. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52941 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Al Juaid, Daifellah A M Breastfeeding in Western Saudi Arabia: a prospective cohort study |
| title | Breastfeeding in Western Saudi Arabia: a prospective cohort study |
| title_full | Breastfeeding in Western Saudi Arabia: a prospective cohort study |
| title_fullStr | Breastfeeding in Western Saudi Arabia: a prospective cohort study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breastfeeding in Western Saudi Arabia: a prospective cohort study |
| title_short | Breastfeeding in Western Saudi Arabia: a prospective cohort study |
| title_sort | breastfeeding in western saudi arabia: a prospective cohort study |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52941 |