Monitoring breastfeeding indicators in high-income countries: Levels, trends and challenges.

ABSTRACT: Monitoring indicators of breastfeeding practices is important to protect and evaluate the progress of breastfeeding promotion efforts. However, high-income countries lack standardized methodology to monitor their indicators. We aimed to update and summarize nationally representative annual estimates of breastfeeding indicators in high-income countries and to describe methodological issues pertaining to the data sources used. A review was conducted through population-based surveys with nationally representative samples or health reports from nationally representative administrative data of electronic surveys or medical records. Methodological aspects and rates of all breastfeeding indicators available were summarized by country. The median and annual growth of breastfeeding in percentage po

SUBMITTER: Vaz JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8189208 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature