{"id":3479,"date":"2017-07-14T00:17:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T00:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2017-07-14T00:17:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T00:17:06","slug":"does-socioeconomic-status-affect-womens-decisions-not-to-continue-breastfeeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/does-socioeconomic-status-affect-womens-decisions-not-to-continue-breastfeeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Does socioeconomic status affect women’s decisions not to continue breastfeeding?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study has shown that among women who intended to breastfeed, nearly 25% of those defined as socioeconomically (SE) marginalized stopped after only one month, compared to about 7% of the women in the SE privileged group. Interestingly, the reasons for early cessation of breastfeeding differed between the two groups, as reported in\u00a0Health Equity<\/em>, a peer-reviewed open access journal from\u00a0Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The research data included 73 SEM and 378 SEP birthing parents who reported intention to breastfeed at baseline. At one month, 24.7% (18\/73) in the SEM group had ceased breastfeeding compared to 6.9% (26\/378) in the SEP group. In the SEP population, score on the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale (IIFAS) (odds ratio [OR] 3.33, p<\/i>=0.01) was the sole significant determinant. In the SEM population, three significant determinants were identified: unpartnered marital status (OR 5.10, p<\/i>=0.05), <1\u2009h of skin-to-skin contact after birth (OR 11.92, p<\/i>=0.02), and negative first impression of breastfeeding (OR 11.07, p<\/i>=0.01).<\/span><\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Julia Temple Newhook, Memorial University of St. John’s, Canada and coauthors from Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre and the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information, St. John’s, only women\u2019s attitudes about breastfeeding determined the decision to stop the practice early among the SE privileged group. In contrast, the researchers identified three different and significant factors that determined early breastfeeding cessation among the SE marginalized women. These included less than 1 hour of skin-to-skin contact after birth. This and the other factors could be targets for interventions aimed at improving breastfeeding rates and experiences.<\/p>\n

The researchers report their findings in the article entitled \u201cPoverty and Breastfeeding: Comparing Determinants of Early Breastfeeding Cessation Incidence in Socioeconomically Marginalized and Privileged Populations in the FiNaL Study<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAre we missing opportunities to overcome breastfeeding barriers for vulnerable women? This article expands our discussion as we search for solutions,\u201d says\u00a0Health Equity\u00a0<\/em>Editor-in-Chief\u00a0Ana E. N\u00fa\u00f1ez, MD, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Professor of Medicine, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.<\/p>\n

According to the researchers, these results indicate that determinants of breastfeeding cessation differ between SEM and SEP populations intending to breastfeed. Interventions intended on improving the SEM population’s postpartum breastfeeding experience using best practices, increasing support, and ensuring at least 1\u2009h of skin\u2013skin contact may increase breastfeeding rates.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new study has shown that among women who intended to breastfeed, nearly 25% of those defined as socioeconomically (SE) marginalized stopped after only one month, compared to about 7% of the women in the SE privileged group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1677,1178],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsmakers","tag-breastfeeding","tag-child-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3481,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions\/3481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}