The impact of neonatal unit policies on breast milk feeding at discharge of moderate preterm infants: The EPIPAGE-2 cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Facilitating factors and barriers to breast milk feeding (BMF) for preterm infants have been mainly studied in very preterm populations, but little is known about moderate preterm infants. We aimed to analyze hospital unit characteristics and BMF policies associated with BMF at discharge for infants born at 32 to 34 weeks' gestation. EPIPAGE-2, a French national cohort of preterm births, included 883 infants born at 32 to 34 weeks' gestation. We investigated kangaroo care in the first 24 hr, early involvement of parents in feeding support, volume of the unit, BMF information given to mothers hospitalized for threatened preterm delivery, protocols for BMF, presence of a professional trained in human lactation, unit training in neurodevelopmental care, and regional BMF initiation rates in th

SUBMITTER: Mitha A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6859988 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature