Breastfeeding practices in the United Kingdom: Is the neighbourhood context important?

ABSTRACT: Breastfeeding is an important public health issue worldwide. Breastfeeding rates in the United Kingdom, particularly for exclusive breastfeeding, are low compared with other OECD countries, despite its wide-ranging health benefits for both mother and child. There is evidence that deprivation in the structural and social organisation of neighbourhoods is associated with adverse child outcomes. This study aimed to explore whether breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding for at least 3 months, and any type of breastfeeding for at least 6 months were associated with neighbourhood context measured by neighbourhood deprivation and maternal neighbourhood perceptions in a nationally representative U.K.

Sample

A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the Millennium C

SUBMITTER: Peregrino AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6865869 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature