Breastfeeding assessment tools for at-risk and malnourished infants aged under 6 months old: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Background: Many small and malnourished infants under 6 months of age have problems with breastfeeding and restoring effective exclusive breastfeeding is a common treatment goal. Assessment is a critical first step of case management, but most malnutrition guidelines do not specify how best to do this. We aimed to identify breastfeeding assessment tools for use in assessing at-risk and malnourished infants in resource-poor settings. Methods: We systematically searched: Medline and Embase; Web of Knowledge; Cochrane Reviews; Eldis and Google Scholar databases. Also the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), CAse REport guidelines, Emergency Nutrition Network, and Field Exchange websites. Assessment tool content was ana

SUBMITTER: Brugaletta C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7898355 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature