Maternal religion and breastfeeding intention and practice in the US Project Viva cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Religion has rarely been studied as a determinant of infant feeding practices. We examined whether religious affiliation is associated with formula feeding vs breastfeeding intention and practice in women from the United States Project Viva cohort.

Methods

Between 1999 and 2002, 2128 pregnant women were recruited in the area of Boston, Massachusetts. They reported by questionnaire their religious affiliation, and their intended and practiced infant feeding mode (exclusive formula feeding vs partial vs exclusive breastfeeding) at different time points. We examined associations of religious affiliation with infant feeding intention and practice by modified Poisson regression and multinomial logistic regression adjusted for known sociodemographic confounders.

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SUBMITTER: Bernard JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245542 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature