Factors associated with the maintenance of breastfeeding for 6, 12, and 24 months in adolescent mothers.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated that adolescent mothers present a higher risk of not breastfeeding or of early interruption of this practice. Considering the scarcity of studies investigating the determining factors of breastfeeding in adolescent mothers, and the absence of studies exploring the determining factors of breastfeeding maintenance for different periods of time in a single population of adolescent mothers, the aim of this research was to identify factors associated with breastfeeding maintenance for at least 6, 12, and 24 months in adolescent mothers. METHODS:Data analysis from a randomised control trial involving adolescent mothers recruited at a university hospital in southern Brazil. Participants were followed through the first year of life of their infants and

SUBMITTER: Muelbert M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5984453 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature