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International Breastfeeding Journal

Issue 1/2019

Content (52 Articles)

Open Access Research

External evaluation and self-monitoring of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative’s maternity hospitals in Brazil

Renara Guedes Araújo, Vânia de Matos Fonseca, Maria Inês Couto de Oliveira, Eloane Gonçalves Ramos

Open Access Lactation Research

The IBLCE exam: candidate experience, motivation, study strategies used and predictors of success

Irena Zakarija-Grkovic, Anita Pavicic Bosnjak, Ivan Buljan, Renata Vettorazzi, Linda J. Smith

Open Access Research

Getting schooled: teachers’ views on school-based breastfeeding education in Lebanon

Sara Moukarzel, Christoforos Mamas, Antoine Farhat, Alan J. Daly

Open Access Diarrhea Research

Diarrhoea deaths and disability-adjusted life years attributable to suboptimal breastfeeding practices in Nigeria: findings from the global burden of disease study 2016

Felix Akpojene Ogbo, Anselm Okoro, Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Jacob Olusanya, Ifegwu K. Ifegwu, Akorede O. Awosemo, Pascal Ogeleka, Andrew Page

Open Access Research

Level of exclusive breastfeeding practice in remote and pastoralist community, Aysaita woreda, Afar, Ethiopia

Medhin Tsegaye, Dessalegn Ajema, Solomon Shiferaw, Robel Yirgu

Open Access Care Research

Beyond health care providers’ recommendations: understanding influences on infant feeding choices of women with HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Oladele Vincent Adeniyi, Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Moshood Issah, Eyitayo Omolara Owolabi, Daniel Ter Goon, Gordana Avramovic, John Lambert

Open Access Research

An educational intervention to implement skin-to-skin contact and early breastfeeding in a rural hospital in Mexico

Luis Fernando Sanchez-Espino, Gregorio Zuniga-Villanueva, Jose Luis Ramirez-GarciaLuna

Open Access Lactation Research

Distribution of bioactive factors in human milk samples

Reka A. Vass, Agnes Kemeny, Timea Dergez, Tibor Ertl, Dora Reglodi, Adel Jungling, Andrea Tamas

Open Access Research

“Everybody breastfeeds if they have milk”: factors that shape exclusive breastfeeding practices in informal settlements of Mumbai, India

Sudha Ramani, Nikhat Shaikh, Sushmita Das, Shanti Pantvaidya, Armida Fernandez, Anuja Jayaraman

Open Access Care Research

Infant feeding by South African mothers living with HIV: implications for future training of health care workers and the need for consistent counseling

Nora S. West, Sheree R. Schwartz, Nompumelelo Yende, Sarah J. Schwartz, Lauren Parmley, Mary Beth Gadarowski, Lillian Mutunga, Jean Bassett, Annelies Van Rie

Open Access Care Research

The effects of kangaroo mother care on the time to breastfeeding initiation among preterm and LBW infants: a meta-analysis of published studies

Alemayehu Gonie Mekonnen, Sisay Shewasinad Yehualashet, Alebachew Demelash Bayleyegn

Open Access Research

Determinants of infant breastfeeding practices in Nepal: a national study

Shiva Bhandari, Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman, Binod Shrestha, Sumanta Neupane, Bareng Aletta Sanny Nonyane, Swetha Manohar, Rolf D. W. Klemm, Keith P. West Jr

Open Access Commentary

“Breastfeeding in public” for incarcerated women: the baby-friendly steps

Martha Jane Paynter, Erna Snelgrove-Clarke

Open Access Skin Graft Case report

Impact of childhood burn injuries on breastfeeding: a case report

Zurraini Arabi, Ezura Madiana Md Monoto, Agusmanan Bojeng

Open Access Research

Factors associated with cessation of exclusive breastfeeding at 1 and 2 months postpartum in Taiwan

Pei-Chi Chang, Sin-Fong Li, Hsin-Yi Yang, Li-Chu Wang, Cing-Ya Weng, Kuan-Fen Chen, Wei Chen, Sheng-Yu Fan

Open Access Research

Breastfeeding duration of different age groups and its associated factors among Chinese women: a cross-sectional study

Kun Tang, Yaqian Liu, Ke Meng, Li Jiang, Shihui Tan, Yuning Liu, Jiawen Chen

Open Access Nutrition Research

Regional prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in India

Felix Akpojene Ogbo, Mansi Vijaybhai Dhami, Akorede O. Awosemo, Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Jacob Olusanya, Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu, Pramesh Raj Ghimire, Andrew Page, Kingsley E. Agho

Open Access Research

Role of days postdelivery on breast milk production: a secondary analysis from the EMPOWER trial

Elizabeth V. Asztalos, Alex Kiss, Orlando P. daSilva, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Shinya Ito, David Knoppert, Christoph Fusch, Lajos Kovacs, Annie Janvier, Georges Cauotte, Abhay Lodha, Barbara Bulleid, Doug McMilllan, Balpreet Singh

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Regional prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in India

Felix Akpojene Ogbo, Mansi Vijaybhai Dhami, Akorede O. Awosemo, Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Jacob Olusanya, Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu, Pramesh Raj Ghimire, Andrew Page, Kingsley E. Agho

Open Access Research

It’s okay to breastfeed in public but…

Athena Sheehan, Karleen Gribble, Virginia Schmied

Open Access Lactation Research

The financing need for expanded maternity protection in Indonesia

Adiatma Y. M. Siregar, Pipit Pitriyan, Dylan Walters, Matthew Brown, Linh T. H. Phan, Roger Mathisen

Open Access Research

The association between work related factors and breastfeeding practices among Chinese working mothers: a mixed-method approach

Jiawen Chen, Tong Xin, Junjian Gaoshan, Qiuhong Li, Kaiyue Zou, Shihui Tan, Yuhan Cheng, Yuning Liu, Jingyi Chen, Hanyu Wang, Ying Mu, Li Jiang, Kun Tang

Open Access Short report

Exclusive breastfeeding practices in an urban settlement of Vellore, southern India: findings from the MAL-ED birth cohort

Samarasimha Reddy N., Kulandaipalayam Natarajan Sindhu, Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Anuradha Bose, Gagandeep Kang, Venkata Raghava Mohan

Open Access Research

Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers of infants aged 6 to 12 months in Gwanda District, Zimbabwe

Paddington T. Mundagowa, Elizabeth M. Chadambuka, Pugie T. Chimberengwa, Fadzai Mukora-Mutseyekwa

Open Access Short report

The development and evaluation of a picture tongue assessment tool for tongue-tie in breastfed babies (TABBY)

Jenny Ingram, Marion Copeland, Debbie Johnson, Alan Emond

Open Access Research

Correlates of exclusive breastfeeding practices in rural and urban Niger: a community-based cross-sectional study

Mami Hitachi, Sumihisa Honda, Satoshi Kaneko, Yasuhiko Kamiya

Open Access Gestational Diabetes Research

Prevalence and associated factors of breastfeeding in women with gestational diabetes in a University Hospital in Thailand

Preeyaporn Jirakittidul, Nalinee Panichyawat, Benjaphorn Chotrungrote, Athitaya Mala

Open Access Sectio Ceasarea Research

Determinants of timely initiation of breast milk and exclusive breastfeeding in Malawi: a population-based cross-sectional study

Owen Nkoka, Peter A. M. Ntenda, Victor Kanje, Edith B. Milanzi, Amit Arora

Open Access Research

Donated human milk use and subsequent feeding pattern in neonatal units

Wesam Alyahya, Debbie Barnett, Andrew Cooper, Ada L. Garcia, Christine A. Edwards, David Young, Judith H. Simpson

Open Access Research

Trends and determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding in Ethiopia from 2000 to 2016

Kedir Y. Ahmed, Andrew Page, Amit Arora, Felix Akpojene Ogbo

Open Access Review

Counselling interventions to enable women to initiate and continue breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Alison McFadden, Lindsay Siebelt, Joyce L. Marshall, Anna Gavine, Lisa-Christine Girard, Andrew Symon, Stephen MacGillivray

Open Access Food Allergy Research

The association of infant feeding patterns with food allergy symptoms and food allergy in early childhood

Joacy G. Mathias, Hongmei Zhang, Nelis Soto-Ramirez, Wilfried Karmaus

Open Access Research

Prevalence of breastfeeding in a baby-friendly pediatric practice: an experience in Trieste, Italy

Mariarosa Milinco, Adriano Cattaneo, Anna Macaluso, Paola Materassi, Nicola Di Toro, Luca Ronfani

Open Access Gestational Diabetes Research

The effect of breastfeeding on postpartum glucose tolerance and lipid profiles in women with gestational diabetes mellitus

Alexis Shub, Manisha Miranda, Harry M. Georgiou, Elizabeth A. McCarthy, Martha Lappas

Open Access Lactation Research

Comparison of maternal milk ejection characteristics during pumping using infant-derived and 2-phase vacuum patterns

Hazel Gardner, Jacqueline C. Kent, Ching Tat Lai, Donna T. Geddes

Open Access Research

Characteristics and experiences of peer counsellors in urban Dhaka: a structured interview study

Seema Mihrshahi, Hannah Tait, Rukhsana Haider, Gulshan Ara, Iqbal Kabir, Michael J. Dibley

Open Access Research

Women’s advice to healthcare professionals regarding breastfeeding: “offer sensitive individualized breastfeeding support”- an interview study

Ingrid Blixt, Margareta Johansson, Ingegerd Hildingsson, Zoi Papoutsi, Christine Rubertsson

Open Access Research

Supporting breastfeeding: Tanzanian men’s knowledge and attitude towards exclusive breastfeeding

Janeth Bulemela, Heka Mapunda, Erna Snelgrove-Clarke, Noni MacDonald, Robert Bortolussi