Determinants of exclusive breast-feeding discontinuation in southeastern Brazil, 2008-2013: a pooled data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse the determinants of exclusive breast-feeding (EBF) discontinuation in southeastern Brazil between 2008 and 2013.

Design

Secondary cross-sectional data were analysed from three waves of child feeding surveys conducted in the city of Marília, São Paulo, Brazil, in 2008, 2011 and 2013 (n 1645 children under 6 months). Multivariable Poisson regression models were used to test the association between EBF discontinuation and socio-economic, demographic and biomedical factors in a pooled sample and within each survey wave.

Setting

Regionally representative cross-sectional survey from Brazil.

Participants

The analytical sample included 1645 infants under 6 months old.

Results

In the pooled sample, 40·7 % of the infants were exclusively breas

SUBMITTER: Nascimento EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9884781 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature