Exploring the barriers and facilitators to the acceptability of donor human milk in eastern Uganda - a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human milk is the best nutrition for all infants. When the mother's own milk is not available, the World Health Organization recommends the use of donated human milk and milk banking for neonates born prematurely or with medical problems. Donor human milk is rarely available in low-resource settings where both the rates of preterm birth and neonatal mortality are highest. The potential to reduce neonatal mortality through use of donated human milk is one that is yet to be fully explored in the African setting. For the introduction of any new health intervention to be successful, determining the barriers and facilitators to its acceptability is a vital first step. There are limited studies on this in sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods

This qualitative study used focus gro

SUBMITTER: Magowan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7165402 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature