Factors Associated with Breastfeeding: A Review Study
| Title: | Factors Associated with Breastfeeding: A Review Study |
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| Authors: | Reyhan Rafizadeh-Tafti, Zahra Heydari, Mahmood Karimy, Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh, Marzieh Araban |
| Source: | تحقیقات نظام سلامت, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 69-77 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: | Vesnu Publications, 2020. |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | LCC:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering LCC:Medicine LCC:Medicine (General) |
| Subject Terms: | exclusive breast-feeding, awareness, social support, attitude, review, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066, Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| More Details: | Background: Nowadays, the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding are evident to anyone, however the decision of a mother to feed her baby depends on many factors. Identifying these factors will enable healthcare organizations to raise the breastfeeding rates in different areas at an acceptable level by investing in them. This review study is conducted with the aim of investing factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding. Methods: In this review, 71 articles from Persian and English scientific bases were studied to identify the factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding. Findings: In this review, 39 factors were gathered in five dimensions: Individual and demographic factors, factors related to pregnancy and childbirth, factors related to the childchr('39')s condition, cognitive-perceptual factors, and behavioral factors. Given the findings, almost all studies confirmed the positive and significant impact of motherchr('39')s knowledge on exclusive breastfeeding. Additionally, the positive impact of the education level of family, motherchr('39')s perceived social support and attitude, and vaginal delivery was reported in most studies. Conclusion: The results of this study can be used by all researchers who want to study the relationship between these factors and the exclusive breastfeeding. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | Persian |
| ISSN: | 1735-2363 2322-5564 |
| Relation: | http://hsr.mui.ac.ir/article-1-23-en.html; https://doaj.org/toc/1735-2363; https://doaj.org/toc/2322-5564 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/80fc8b71e0834d2689f651c7d7b351cc |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.80fc8b71e0834d2689f651c7d7b351cc |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 17352363 23225564 |
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| Published in: | تحقیقات نظام سلامت |
| Language: | Persian |