Current prevalence, changes, and determinants of breastfeeding practice in China: data from cross-sectional national household health services surveys in 2013 and 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization and the government of China have made many efforts to improve breastfeeding practices. The evidence of breastfeeding practices over the past decade in China is limited. The current study aimed to describe the current prevalence, variation trends, and determinants of breastfeeding practices in China using data from the National Household Health Service Surveys (NHHSS) in 2013 and 2018.

Methods

Women who had at least one live birth in the five years from the 2013 NHHSS numbered 10,544, and 12,766 women from the 2018 NHHSS were included in the current study. The rates of breastfeeding, early initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after birth, exclusive breastfeeding for at least six months since birth, and continued breastfeed

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10416475 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature