Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) is an essential practice for child health as well as for maternal health. This study aims to determine trends, prevalence, and factors associated with EIBF in Bangladesh.
Early initiation of breastfeeding, defined as breastfeeding within one hour of birth, halves the risk of neonatal mortality, establishing it as a crucial outcome component in various interventions implemented across South Asian countries. However, the overall effect of these interventions remain ...
Results The prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding was 23.1% (120 of 519 respondents). Maternal and paternal socio-demographic variables, household characteristics, parity, age of the previous child, breastfeeding the previous child or otherwise and the sex of the newborn were not ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends initiating breastfeeding within one hour after birth and exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months. This study investigated the trend, spatio-temporal variation, and determinants of spatial clustering of early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) ...
Educating husbands to support their partners, strengthening infant feeding counseling, promoting institutional delivery, educating women about the benefit of early initiation of breastfeeding, and expanding urban health extension program are important to improve the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in ...
Early initiation of breastfeeding (within an hour of birth) has benefits for newborn health and survival. Optimal breastfeeding supports growth, health, and development. Health facilities provide essential pregnancy, maternal, and newborn care and offer support for early breastfeeding. We examined th...
INTRODUCTION Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) is introducing a newborn to breast milk within the first hour from birth. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding among births at home and in the health facilities, and the determinants of early initiati...
Breastfeeding The prevalence of breastfeeding in France has been the subject of two national surveys (EPIFANE and ELFE [11], [12], [13], [14]): The level of initiation of breastfeeding upon leaving the maternity clinic was approximately 70% with a median duration of 15 weeks after birth...
Maintaining uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact along with counseling on feeding cues (also not done pre-EENC) reduce hypothermia and promote early and effective initiation of breastfeeding [11], [12]. Additionally, introduction of delayed cord clamping, elimination of routine suctioning, and improved...
Early initiation of breastfeeding (within an hour of birth) has benefits for newborn health and survival. Optimal breastfeeding supports growth, health, and development. Health facilities provide essential pregnancy, maternal, and newborn care and offer