Breastfeeding education, early skin-to-skin contact and other strong determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population: a prospective study

Objective The current study aims to demonstrate independent associations between social, educational and health practice interventions as determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban Ecuadorian population.Design Prospective survival analyses.Setting Ecuadorian mother–child dyads in urban sett...

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Main Authors: Iván Dueñas-Espín, Ángela León Cáceres, Angelica Álava, Juan Ayala, Karina Figueroa, Vanesa Loor, Wilmer Loor, Mónica Menéndez, David Menéndez, Eddy Moreira, René Segovia, Johanna Vinces
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author Iván Dueñas-Espín
Ángela León Cáceres
Angelica Álava
Juan Ayala
Karina Figueroa
Vanesa Loor
Wilmer Loor
Mónica Menéndez
David Menéndez
Eddy Moreira
René Segovia
Johanna Vinces
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Ángela León Cáceres
Angelica Álava
Juan Ayala
Karina Figueroa
Vanesa Loor
Wilmer Loor
Mónica Menéndez
David Menéndez
Eddy Moreira
René Segovia
Johanna Vinces
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description Objective The current study aims to demonstrate independent associations between social, educational and health practice interventions as determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban Ecuadorian population.Design Prospective survival analyses.Setting Ecuadorian mother–child dyads in urban settings.Participants We followed-up 363 mother–baby dyads who attended healthcare centres in Portoviejo, province of Manabi, for a median time (P25–P75) of 125 days (121–130 days).Main outcome measures We performed a survival analysis, by setting the time-to-abandonment of exclusive breastfeeding measured in days of life, that is, duration of exclusive breastfeeding, periodically assessed by phone, as the primary outcome. Crude and adjusted mixed-effects Cox proportional hazards model were performed to estimate HRs for each explanatory variable.Results The incidence rate of abandonment of breastfeeding was 8.9 per 1000 person-days in the whole sample. Multivariate analysis indicated the three most significant protective determinants of exclusive breastfeeding were (a) sessions of prenatal breastfeeding education with an HR of 0.7 (95% CI: 0.5 to 0.9) per each extra session, (b) self-perception of milk production, with an HR of 0.4 (95% CI: 0.3 to 0.6) per each increase in the perceived quantity of milk production and (c) receiving early skin-to-skin contact with an HR of 0.1 (95% CI: <0.1 to 0.3) compared with those not receiving such contact, immediately after birth.Conclusions Prenatal education on breastfeeding, self-perception of sufficient breast-milk production and early skin-to-skin contact appear to be strong protectors of exclusive breastfeeding among urban Ecuadorian mother–baby dyads.
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spelling doaj-art-4286fe1f19274cd58e11a842a6fcad132024-11-21T07:55:12ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552021-03-0111310.1136/bmjopen-2020-041625Breastfeeding education, early skin-to-skin contact and other strong determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population: a prospective studyIván Dueñas-Espín0Ángela León Cáceres1Angelica Álava2Juan Ayala3Karina Figueroa4Vanesa Loor5Wilmer Loor6Mónica Menéndez7David Menéndez8Eddy Moreira9René Segovia10Johanna Vinces111Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institut d`Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pii Sunyer (IDIBAPS), CIBERES, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainInstituto de Salud Pública, Postgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, EcuadorDistrito 13D02, Centro de Salud San Juan, Ministerio de Salud Pública, Manta, Manabí, EcuadorDistrito 09d06, Ministerio de Salud Publica, Portoviejo, Manabí, EcuadorZona 4 Manabí - Santo Domingo Distrito de Salud 13D11 Sucre - San Vicente, Centro de Salud tipo A “San Clemente, Ministerio de Salud Publica, San Clemente, EcuadorDistrito 13D01, Centro de salud Palma Juntas y Centro de Salud de San Pablo, Ministerio de Salud Pública, San Pablo, Manabí, EcuadorDistrito de Salud 13d11, Centro de salud tipo A San Andrés de Canoa”, San Vicente, Ministerio de Salud Pública, San Vicente-Sucre, EcuadorZona 4 Manabí - Santo Domingo, Distrito de Salud 13d01 - Centro de Salud El Limón, Ministerio de Salud Pública, El Limón, EcuadorDistrito 13D01, Centro de Salud tipo A “Pimpiguasi”, Ministerio de Salud Publica, Portoviejo, EcuadorDistrito de Salud 13d11, Centro de Salud Tipo A “Salinas”, San Vicente-Sucre, Ministerio de Salud Publica, San Vicente-Sucre, EcuadorDistrito 13D04, Centro de Salud “Santa Ana”, Ministerio de Salud Pública, Santa Ana, Manabí, EcuadorCentro de Salud Tipo A Carapungo 1, Ministerio de Salud Publica, Quito, EcuadorObjective The current study aims to demonstrate independent associations between social, educational and health practice interventions as determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban Ecuadorian population.Design Prospective survival analyses.Setting Ecuadorian mother–child dyads in urban settings.Participants We followed-up 363 mother–baby dyads who attended healthcare centres in Portoviejo, province of Manabi, for a median time (P25–P75) of 125 days (121–130 days).Main outcome measures We performed a survival analysis, by setting the time-to-abandonment of exclusive breastfeeding measured in days of life, that is, duration of exclusive breastfeeding, periodically assessed by phone, as the primary outcome. Crude and adjusted mixed-effects Cox proportional hazards model were performed to estimate HRs for each explanatory variable.Results The incidence rate of abandonment of breastfeeding was 8.9 per 1000 person-days in the whole sample. Multivariate analysis indicated the three most significant protective determinants of exclusive breastfeeding were (a) sessions of prenatal breastfeeding education with an HR of 0.7 (95% CI: 0.5 to 0.9) per each extra session, (b) self-perception of milk production, with an HR of 0.4 (95% CI: 0.3 to 0.6) per each increase in the perceived quantity of milk production and (c) receiving early skin-to-skin contact with an HR of 0.1 (95% CI: <0.1 to 0.3) compared with those not receiving such contact, immediately after birth.Conclusions Prenatal education on breastfeeding, self-perception of sufficient breast-milk production and early skin-to-skin contact appear to be strong protectors of exclusive breastfeeding among urban Ecuadorian mother–baby dyads.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/3/e041625.full
spellingShingle Iván Dueñas-Espín
Ángela León Cáceres
Angelica Álava
Juan Ayala
Karina Figueroa
Vanesa Loor
Wilmer Loor
Mónica Menéndez
David Menéndez
Eddy Moreira
René Segovia
Johanna Vinces
Breastfeeding education, early skin-to-skin contact and other strong determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population: a prospective study
BMJ Open
title Breastfeeding education, early skin-to-skin contact and other strong determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population: a prospective study
title_full Breastfeeding education, early skin-to-skin contact and other strong determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population: a prospective study
title_fullStr Breastfeeding education, early skin-to-skin contact and other strong determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population: a prospective study
title_full_unstemmed Breastfeeding education, early skin-to-skin contact and other strong determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population: a prospective study
title_short Breastfeeding education, early skin-to-skin contact and other strong determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population: a prospective study
title_sort breastfeeding education early skin to skin contact and other strong determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in an urban population a prospective study
url https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/3/e041625.full
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