Prenatal perception of breastfeeding recommendations predicts early breastfeeding outcomes of participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prenatal psychosocial factors predict breastfeeding practices but are not assessed in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

Objectives

This study examined how prenatal perceptions of WIC's breastfeeding recommendations were associated with early breastfeeding outcomes.

Methods

This study used longitudinal data from a national sample of 2053 pregnant participants in the WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (WIC ITFPS-2) in 2013, the only national data assessing prenatal perceptions of WIC's breastfeeding recommendations. Early breastfeeding outcomes included breastfeeding initiation, breast milk first fed after birth, breastfeeding in the first hour, breast milk first fed after leaving the hospital, an

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8634569 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature