Influence of skin-to-skin contact on breastfeeding: results of the Mexican National Survey of Demographic Dynamics, 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding initiation within the first hour after birth are key recommendations to promote breastfeeding. In Mexico, the National Survey of Demographic Dynamics 2018, known by its Spanish acronym ENADID, collected information about breastfeeding practices. The ENADID survey is probabilistic and allows results to be generalized to the entire population in Mexico.

Methods

Information from a public database featuring 26,587 mother-baby pairs was analyzed by proportions, means and associations, as well as machine learning methods, to conduct a comparison among the pairs according to immediate skin-to-skin contact after delivery status.

Results

Skin-to-skin contact was described by 78.7% of the mothers and was associated with receivin

SUBMITTER: Sampieri CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261042 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature