Promoting breastfeeding in women with gestational diabetes mellitus in high-income settings: an integrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breastfeeding provides many short- and long-term health benefits for mothers and their infants and is a particularly relevant strategy for women who experience Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy. However, breastfeeding rates are generally lower amongst this group of women than the general population. This review's objective is to identify the factors that influence breastfeeding by exploring the experiences and outcomes of women in in high-income health care contexts when there is a history of GDM in the corresponding pregnancy.

Methods

A comprehensive search strategy explored the electronic databases Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science and Scopus for primary studies exploring breastfeeding practices for papers published between January 2011 and June

SUBMITTER: Otter G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10795405 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature