Factors associated with the initiation of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic
Rev. panam. salud publica
; 2(2): 107-14, 1997. tab
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ABSTRACT
The determinants of initiating breast-feeding vary among different populations, but knowledge of them is of fundamental importance for guiding programs to promote breast-feeding. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey of 1991 in the Dominican Republic were used to identify factors associated with the initiation of breast-feeding in a random sample of women of reproductive age. Approximately 93 percent of 2714 mothers reported having begun to breast-feed their live-born child who was currently under 5 years of age, and that percentage had not changed substantially in the past 5 years. A logistic regression analysis was done in which odds ratios were calculated as measures of association. Women who had suffered some type of illness during pregnancy (odds ratio = 2.3), those whose child had a low birth-weight (odds ratio = 2.9), primiparas (odds ratio = 1.9), and those with medium (odds ratio = 1.6) or high (odds ratio = 2.1) income levels showed a significantly higher risk of not starting to breast-feed. These women should be considered priority groups by breast-feeding promotion programs (AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Aleitamento Materno
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Inquéritos Epidemiológicos
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Região do Caribe
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República Dominicana
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Nutrição do Lactente
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Leite Humano
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Dominica
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Republica dominicana
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev. panam. salud publica
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article