Funding received from breastmilk substitute manufacturers and policy positions of national maternity care provider associations: an online cross-sectional review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Maternity care providers play an essential role in supporting women to breast feed. It is critical that their professional associations limit influence from breastmilk substitute (BMS) manufacturers. Aims of this study were (i) to examine whether maternity care provider associations had policy or positions statements addressing BMS marketing and (ii) to explore the type of funding received by these associations.

Design

An online cross-sectional review.

Setting

National or regional maternity provider professional associations in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada and the UK.

Participants

Twenty-eight maternity care provider (obstetricians, midwives, nurses and others involved in perinatal care) professional association websites.

Interventions<

SUBMITTER: Qassin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8693090 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature