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Breastfeeding in Rural China: Association Between Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices

Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Jingxu Zhang, MD

Department of Child, Adolescent and Women's Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Yan Wang, DrPH

Department of Child, Adolescent and Women's Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Bernard Guyer, MD

Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Los índices de lactancia materna bajaron en las últimas décadas en China. Este estudio identifica factores psicosociales y demográficos asociados con las prácticas de lactancia materna. Un total de 599 madres de bebes de 2 a 4 meses de edad se entrevistaron usando un cuestionario estructurado. Casi todos los bebes (95.5%) recibían lactancia materna. Aun asísolo 4.2% recibieron lactancia materna exclusiva y 48.7% lactancia materna completa. La intención de las madres de lactar (OR=1.7, 95% CI: 1.39-2.01) y el apoyo social (OR=1.22, 95% CI: 1.002-1.50) se asociaron a lactancia materna completa. La prevalencia de la lactancia materna disminuyó con la edad de los niños (OR=0.79, 95% CI: 0.63-0.98). Las niñas mostraron mayor probabilidad de recibir lactancia completa que los niños (OR=1.46, 95% CI: 1.06-2.02). Este estudio encontró que las prácticas óptimas de lactancia materna durante los 4 primeros meses de vida no son universales en áreas rurales de China. Los proveedores de salud deben estar mas activamente involucrados en educar y motivar a las madres y sus familiares para adoptar prácticas óptimas de lactancia materna.

This version was published on November 1, 2008

Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 24, No. 4, 377-385 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0890334408319157


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