Challenges and Choices in Breastfeeding Healthy, Sick and Preterm Babies: Review.

ABSTRACT: Although breastfeeding is associated with many health-related benefits for both mothers and children, the WHO recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding is not achieved by the majority in any WHO region. This paper aims to present the current state of research on challenges and choices in breastfeeding healthy, sick and preterm babies. The research was organized as a systematic search in PubMed and the study was performed as a narrative review after applying the PRISMA protocol. Finally, n = 57 studies were included. Both barriers and support factors emerge as a complex interaction of individual, group and societal factors, the precise understanding of which is relevant to increasing breastfeeding rates in the future. Knowledge as well as practical skills proved to be generally help

SUBMITTER: Bauer SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11641371 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature