Identification of risk factors for short breastfeeding duration in Mexico city through survival analysis12
- 1 February 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ecology of Food and Nutrition
- Vol. 36 (1) , 43-64
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.1997.9991504
Abstract
The objectives of these analyses are to identify in Mexico City recent: a) infant feeding policies in maternity wards, b) infant feeding patterns, and c) socio‐economic, cultural, behavioral and biomedical determinants of breastfeeding. Subjects (n = 518) were recruited in two large public hospitals and followed‐up in their homes at one and four months post‐partum (pp). Breastfeeding rates at four months ranged from 49% to 60%. The main reason given for stopping breastfeeding was insufficient milk. Multivariate survival analyses showed that delivery in a nursery (vs. rooming‐in) ward, maternal employment, having a refrigerator in the household, being a teenaged mother and low maternal motivation for breastfeeding were risk factors for shorter breastfeeding duration. These results may be useful for improving breastfeeding promotion policies in Mexico.Keywords
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