Breastfeeding practices after a counselling intervention for factory workers in Bangladesh

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ID15535849
AutoresRukhsana Haider (0000-0001-5438-8192, Child Health Research Foundation, autor de correspondencia), Virginia Thorley (0000-0002-1305-5612, The University of Queensland, autor de correspondencia), Jennifer Yourkavitch (0000-0002-7701-1918, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen17
Número2
Páginase13113-e13113
Fecha de publicación2020-11-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMaternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/mcn.13113
PMID33244867
OpenAlexW3107245973
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas41

Breastfeeding may be particularly challenging for female factory workers who have long working hours and inadequate access to health information and care. In Chattogram, Bangladesh, a peer counselling intervention was undertaken to improve infant feeding practices of factory workers. Counselling started during pregnancy and continued until children were 18 months old. This article presents the results of a cross-sectional survey undertaken during 2 weeks in March-April 2017, after the project's conclusion. The aim was to compare breastfeeding practices, specifically early breastfeeding initiation and exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), among factory workers who had received peer counselling in the intervention areas (IA) with those of non-counselled factory workers in the nearby comparison areas (CA). Six female interviewers, trained over 3 days, conducted interviews at the workers' homes. Data were analysed to assess the association of peer counselling with infant feeding practices. Factory workers (N = 382) with infants between 0 and 18 months of age participated in the survey, in IA (n = 188) and in CA (n = 194). Although there were more health facility deliveries among the CA workers, only 43 (22%) of those workers had initiated breastfeeding within 1 h of birth versus 166 (88%) of the IA workers (p < .001). EBF prevalence on 24-h recall in infants aged 0-6 months was only 7/83 (8%) for the CA workers versus 73/75 (97%) for IA workers (p < .001). The survey showed that breastfeeding practices of factory workers in the IA after the intervention were significantly better than those of factory workers in the CA

Breastfeeding · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Intervention (counseling · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Nursing · Pediatrics