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| Title |
Inadequate prenatal care use and breastfeeding practices in Canada: a national survey of women
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| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12884-016-0889-9 |
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| Authors |
Christy Costanian, Alison K. Macpherson, Hala Tamim |
| Abstract |
Previous studies have demonstrated that prenatal care (PNC) has an effect on women's breastfeeding practices. This study aims to examine the influence of adequacy of PNC initiation and services use on breastfeeding practices in Canada. Data for this secondary analysis was drawn from the Maternity Experiences Survey (MES), a cross sectional, nationally representative study that investigated the peri-and post-natal experiences of mothers, aged 15 and above, with singleton live births between 2005 and 2006 in the Canadian provinces and territories. Adequacy of PNC initiation and services use were measured by the Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index. The main outcomes were mother's intent to breastfeed, initiate breastfeeding, exclusively breastfeed, and terminate breastfeeding at 6 months. Multivariate logistic regression analysis assessed the adequacy of PNC initiation and service use on breastfeeding practices, while adjusting for socioeconomic, demographic, maternal, pregnancy and delivery related variables. Bootstrapping was performed to account for the complex sampling design. Around 75.0 % of women intended to only breastfeed their child, with 90.0 % initiating breastfeeding, while 6 month termination and exclusive breastfeeding rates were at 52.0 % and 14.3 %, respectively. Regression analysis showed no association between adequate PNC initiation or services use, and any breastfeeding practice. Mothers with either a family doctor or a midwife as PNC provider were significantly more likely to have better breastfeeding practices compared to an obstetrician. In Canada, provider type impacts a mother's breastfeeding decision and behavior rather than quantity and timing of PNC. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 113 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 113 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 26 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 11% |
| Researcher | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 21 | 19% |
| Unknown | 22 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 43 | 38% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 22% |
| Psychology | 6 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 23 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 May 2016.
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