Cost-effectiveness evidence for strategies to promote or support breastfeeding: a systematic search and narrative literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global health policy recommends exclusive breastfeeding until infants are 6 months. Little is known about the cost-effectiveness of breastfeeding promotion strategies. This paper presents a systematic search and narrative review of economic evaluations of strategies to support or promote breastfeeding. The aim of the review is to bring together current knowledge to guide researchers and commissioners towards potentially cost-effective strategies to promote or support breastfeeding.

Methods

Searches were conducted of electronic databases, including MEDLINE and Scopus, for economic evaluations relevant to breastfeeding, published up to August 2019. Records were screened against pre-specified inclusion/exclusion criteria and quality was assessed using a published che

SUBMITTER: Camacho EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7712610 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature