Factors associated with initiation of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic
The determinants of initiating breast-feeding vary among different populations, but knowledge of them is of fundamental importance for guiding programs to promote breast-feeding. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey of 1991 in the Dominican Republic were used to identify factors associated wi...
Published in: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English Spanish Portuguese |
Published: |
Pan American Health Organization
1997
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49891997000800003 https://doaj.org/article/cf216f330600413dbf40193a16de7df2 |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cf216f330600413dbf40193a16de7df2 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cf216f330600413dbf40193a16de7df2 2023-05-15T15:05:41+02:00 Factors associated with initiation of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic Leonelo E. Bautista 1997-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49891997000800003 https://doaj.org/article/cf216f330600413dbf40193a16de7df2 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891997000800003&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 doi:10.1590/s1020-49891997000800003 https://doaj.org/article/cf216f330600413dbf40193a16de7df2 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 107-114 (1997) Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 1997 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49891997000800003 2022-12-31T10:06:44Z The determinants of initiating breast-feeding vary among different populations, but knowledge of them is of fundamental importance for guiding programs to promote breast-feeding. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey of 1991 in the Dominican Republic were used to identify factors associated with the initiation of breast-feeding in a random sample of women of reproductive age. Approximately 93% of 2 714 mothers reported having begun to breast-feed their last live-born child who was currently under 5 years of age, and that percentage had not changed substantially in the past 5 years. A logistic regression analysis was done in which odds ratios (psi) were calculated as measures of association. Women who had suffered some type of illness during pregnancy (psi = 2.3), those whose child had a low birthweight (psi = 2.9), primiparas (psi = 1.9), and those with medium (psi = 1.6) or high (psi = 2.1) income levels showed a significantly higher risk of not starting to breast-feed. These women should be considered priority groups by breast-feeding promotion programs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Psi ENVELOPE(-63.000,-63.000,-64.300,-64.300) Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 2 2 107 114 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English Spanish Portuguese |
topic |
Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
spellingShingle |
Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Leonelo E. Bautista Factors associated with initiation of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic |
topic_facet |
Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
description |
The determinants of initiating breast-feeding vary among different populations, but knowledge of them is of fundamental importance for guiding programs to promote breast-feeding. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey of 1991 in the Dominican Republic were used to identify factors associated with the initiation of breast-feeding in a random sample of women of reproductive age. Approximately 93% of 2 714 mothers reported having begun to breast-feed their last live-born child who was currently under 5 years of age, and that percentage had not changed substantially in the past 5 years. A logistic regression analysis was done in which odds ratios (psi) were calculated as measures of association. Women who had suffered some type of illness during pregnancy (psi = 2.3), those whose child had a low birthweight (psi = 2.9), primiparas (psi = 1.9), and those with medium (psi = 1.6) or high (psi = 2.1) income levels showed a significantly higher risk of not starting to breast-feed. These women should be considered priority groups by breast-feeding promotion programs. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Leonelo E. Bautista |
author_facet |
Leonelo E. Bautista |
author_sort |
Leonelo E. Bautista |
title |
Factors associated with initiation of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic |
title_short |
Factors associated with initiation of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic |
title_full |
Factors associated with initiation of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic |
title_fullStr |
Factors associated with initiation of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic |
title_full_unstemmed |
Factors associated with initiation of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic |
title_sort |
factors associated with initiation of breast-feeding in the dominican republic |
publisher |
Pan American Health Organization |
publishDate |
1997 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49891997000800003 https://doaj.org/article/cf216f330600413dbf40193a16de7df2 |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(-63.000,-63.000,-64.300,-64.300) |
geographic |
Arctic Psi |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Psi |
genre |
Arctic |
genre_facet |
Arctic |
op_source |
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 107-114 (1997) |
op_relation |
http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891997000800003&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 doi:10.1590/s1020-49891997000800003 https://doaj.org/article/cf216f330600413dbf40193a16de7df2 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49891997000800003 |
container_title |
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
container_volume |
2 |
container_issue |
2 |
container_start_page |
107 |
op_container_end_page |
114 |
_version_ |
1766337334690709504 |