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Predictors of Exclusive Breastfeeding for 6 Months in a National Sample of US Children.
American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP 2018 January 2
PURPOSE: To explore predictors of breastfeeding behavior and seek to replicate prior findings using a recent nationally representative United States (US) sample, which has not been done previously.
DESIGN: Secondary data analysis using the National Survey of Children's Health 2011 to 2012.
SETTING: Households in the 50 US states, the District of Columbia, and the US Virgin Islands.
PARTICIPANTS: Caregivers with a child between 6 months and 6 years of age (n = 26 552).
MEASURES: Caregiver-reported child breastfeeding behavior, child birth weight, child/maternal/family demographics, maternal physical and mental health, and household tobacco exposure.
ANALYSIS: A multinomial logistic regression explored whether child, maternal, and family characteristics predicted exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months or breastfeeding for a suboptimal duration.
RESULTS: Approximately 79% and 17% of the sample-initiated breastfeeding and exclusively breastfed for 6 months, respectively. Child ethnicity/race, maternal education, household tobacco exposure, family composition, and family income predicted odds of both exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and breastfeeding for a suboptimal duration or not exclusively. Normal or high child birth weight and better maternal physical health predicted greater odds of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months.
CONCLUSION: Rates of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months remain low in the United States. Single-parent and step-families, lower income families, non-Hispanic black children, children with exposure to tobacco, and children of mothers with lower education are at greatest risk.
DESIGN: Secondary data analysis using the National Survey of Children's Health 2011 to 2012.
SETTING: Households in the 50 US states, the District of Columbia, and the US Virgin Islands.
PARTICIPANTS: Caregivers with a child between 6 months and 6 years of age (n = 26 552).
MEASURES: Caregiver-reported child breastfeeding behavior, child birth weight, child/maternal/family demographics, maternal physical and mental health, and household tobacco exposure.
ANALYSIS: A multinomial logistic regression explored whether child, maternal, and family characteristics predicted exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months or breastfeeding for a suboptimal duration.
RESULTS: Approximately 79% and 17% of the sample-initiated breastfeeding and exclusively breastfed for 6 months, respectively. Child ethnicity/race, maternal education, household tobacco exposure, family composition, and family income predicted odds of both exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and breastfeeding for a suboptimal duration or not exclusively. Normal or high child birth weight and better maternal physical health predicted greater odds of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months.
CONCLUSION: Rates of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months remain low in the United States. Single-parent and step-families, lower income families, non-Hispanic black children, children with exposure to tobacco, and children of mothers with lower education are at greatest risk.
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