Exclusive Breastfeeding among Canadian Inuit: Results from the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey

• Main Authors: McIsaac, Kathryn E., Lou, Wendy, Sellen, Daniel, Young, T. Kue
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Aboriginal; Breastfeeding; Epidemiology; Exclusive breastfeeding; Inuit; Nunavut; inuit
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/7130c41b-5a2c-4c42-8493-eae3b4d5c8ed; https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-2ktk-yy71

"Background: Very little population-based research has been conducted around the exclusive breastfeeding practices of Inuit Canadians. Objectives: This research aims to assess the distribution of exclusive breastfeeding among Inuit Canadians and to identify factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding as recommended. Methods: We use data from 188 infant-mother dyads who completed the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, a cross-sectional, population-based survey of Inuit children aged 3 to 5 years. A series of multinomial logistic regression models were run to identify factors associated with 4 exclusive breastfeeding durations (≤ 1 month, > 1-< 5.5 months, 5.5-6.5 months, and > 6.5 months)." (as cited in abstract)