Breastfeeding Promotion in Maternity Wards From a Socioeconomic View.

ABSTRACT: Social disparities in breastfeeding may result in inequalities of maternal and child health-related future perspectives. In-hospital breastfeeding promotion, information, and support impact short- and long-term breastfeeding practices. This study, which was performed in 2021/2022 in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, examined prepandemic interrelations between in-hospital breastfeeding promotion, information, and support in the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, and the socioeconomic structure of the hospitals' catchment areas. Breastfeeding promotion, information, and support were operationalized using a Breastfeeding Promotion Index (BPI) based on the "Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding" postulated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Chil

SUBMITTER: Kurten C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12528546 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature