Early Breastfeeding Cessation in Rural Senegal

Causes, Modes, and Consequences

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ID11031246
AutoresN Binta Mané (At the time of this study, Binta Mané was with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre IRD de Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Kirsten B. Simondon and François Simondon are with Research Unit 24, Centre IRD de Montpellier. Aldiouma Diallo and Adama M. Marra are with Service Unit 009, Centre IRD de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.), Kirsten Simondon (0000-0002-5909-7332, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Kirsten B Simondon (At the time of this study, Binta Mané was with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre IRD de Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Kirsten B. Simondon and François Simondon are with Research Unit 24, Centre IRD de Montpellier. Aldiouma Diallo and Adama M. Marra are with Service Unit 009, Centre IRD de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.), Aldiouma Diallo (0000-0003-0792-6722, At the time of this study, Binta Mané was with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre IRD de Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Kirsten B. Simondon and François Simondon are with Research Unit 24, Centre IRD de Montpellier. Aldiouma Diallo and Adama M. Marra are with Service Unit 009, Centre IRD de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.), Adama Marra (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Adama M Marra (At the time of this study, Binta Mané was with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre IRD de Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Kirsten B. Simondon and François Simondon are with Research Unit 24, Centre IRD de Montpellier. Aldiouma Diallo and Adama M. Marra are with Service Unit 009, Centre IRD de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.), Francois Simondon (0000-0003-0395-1314, At the time of this study, Binta Mané was with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre IRD de Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Kirsten B. Simondon and François Simondon are with Research Unit 24, Centre IRD de Montpellier. Aldiouma Diallo and Adama M. Marra are with Service Unit 009, Centre IRD de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.)
Año2006
Volumen96
Número1
Páginas139-144
Fecha de publicación2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2004.048553
PMID16373667
PMCIDPMC1470453
OpenAlexW2111965192
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas18

Objectives. We studied reasons for cessation of breastfeeding before the age of 15 months, replacement feeding modes, and child mortality in West Africa. Methods. Data were gathered for 12208 children born between 1987 and 1997 in a rural area of Senegal. Interviews were conducted with caregivers of early-weaned children, and child mortality risks were assessed. Results. Fewer than 1% of children had been weaned early. The main reasons for early weaning were maternal death and new pregnancy (in 41% and 27% of cases, respectively). Twenty percent of children had been relactated by a wet nurse, and 16% had received formula. Many early-weaned children died before the age of 2 years (26%), particularly those weaned early as a result of the mother’s death (hazard ratio = 5.1; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.74, 15.0). Girls had a lower hazard ratio than boys (0.16; 95% CI=0.05, 0.41). Conclusions. Our results showed that early cessation of breastfeeding was rare but that associated mortality was high, especially when the mother had died

Breastfeeding · Child mortality · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Hazard ratio · Population · Pregnancy · Rural area · Weaning · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Infant Nutrition and Health · Medicine · Pediatrics