Maternal disability and initiation and duration of breastfeeding: analysis of a Canadian cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding as the best method for infant feeding. Known risk factors for breastfeeding non-initiation and early cessation of breastfeeding are diverse and include low breastfeeding self-efficacy, poverty, smoking, obesity, and chronic illness. Although women with disabilities experience elevated rates of these risk factors, few studies have examined their breastfeeding outcomes. Our objective was to examine breastfeeding non-initiation and early cessation of breastfeeding in women with and without disabilities.

Methods

We used data from the 2017-2018 Canadian Community Health Survey. Included were n = 4,817 women aged 15-55 years who had a birth in the last five years, of whom 26.6% had a disability, ascertained using th

SUBMITTER: Brown HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10734132 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature