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Father's involvement and its effect on early breastfeeding practices in Viet Nam.
- Source :
- Maternal & Child Nutrition; Oct2016, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p768-777, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Fathers have an important but often neglected role in the promotion of healthy breastfeeding practices in developing countries. A community‐based education intervention was designed to mobilize fathers' support for early breastfeeding. This study aimed to evaluate an education intervention targeting fathers to increase the proportion of early breastfeeding initiation and to reduce prelacteal feeding. Quasi‐experimental study design was used to compare intervention and control areas located in two non‐adjacent rural districts that shared similar demographic and health service characteristics in northern Viet Nam. Fathers and expectant fathers with pregnant wives from 7 to 30 weeks gestational age were recruited. Fathers in the intervention area received breastfeeding education materials, counselling services at a commune health centre and household visits. They were also invited to participate in a breastfeeding promotion social event. After intervention, early breastfeeding initiation rate was 81.2% in the intervention area and 39.6% in the control area (P < 0.001). Babies in the intervention area were more likely to be breastfed within the first hour after birth [odds ratio (OR) 7.64, 95% confidence interval (CI) 4.81–12.12] and not to receive any prelacteal feeding (OR 4.43, 95% CI 2.88–6.82) compared with those in the control area. Fathers may positively influence the breastfeeding practices of mothers, and as a resource for early childcare, they can be mobilized in programmes aimed at improving the early initiation of breastfeeding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BREASTFEEDING
BREASTFEEDING promotion
CHI-squared test
COMMUNITY health services
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
COUNSELING
FATHERS
FISHER exact test
GESTATIONAL age
INFANT nutrition
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
RESEARCH methodology
EVALUATION of medical care
PARENTING
PREGNANCY
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
RURAL conditions
MATHEMATICAL variables
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis software
ODDS ratio
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17408695
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Maternal & Child Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118325885
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12207