How do high ambient temperatures affect infant feeding practices? A prospective cohort study of postpartum women in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effects of high ambient temperature on infant feeding practices and childcare.

Design

Secondary analysis of quantitative data from a prospective cohort study.

Setting

Community-based interviews in the commune of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Exclusive breastfeeding is not widely practised in Burkina Faso.

Participants

866 women (1:1 urban:rural) were interviewed over 12 months. Participants were interviewed at three time points: cohort entry (when between 20 weeks' gestation and 22 weeks' postpartum), three and nine months thereafter. Retention at nine-month follow-up was 90%. Our secondary analysis focused on postpartum women (n=857).

Exposure

Daily mean temperature (°C) measured at one weather station in Bobo-Dioulasso.

SUBMITTER: Part C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9535177 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature