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| Title |
Exclusive breastfeeding: measurement and indicators
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Breastfeeding Journal, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4358-9-18 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ted Greiner |
| Abstract |
Accurate measurement of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding is complicated by factors related to definitions, timing, duration of recall, methods of analysis, and sample biases. Clearly prospective methods are likely to be more accurate but are too expensive to use in most large-scale surveys. Internationally, most surveys use a point-in-time or current status measurement (usually 24-hour recall) and report their findings using an indicator established by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1991 that involves combining all babies less than six months old in order to obtain a large enough sample size to result in stable proportions that can be compared over time. However, this indicator is complex to understand and explain and is widely misunderstood, even within the breastfeeding community. It is commonly cited in ways that greatly exaggerate how common exclusive breastfeeding actually is. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 22 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 23% |
| Uganda | 2 | 9% |
| Kenya | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 5% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 9 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 82% |
| Scientists | 2 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 245 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| Niger | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 242 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 51 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 13% |
| Researcher | 14 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 41 | 17% |
| Unknown | 61 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 74 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 54 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 7% |
| Psychology | 6 | 2% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 21 | 9% |
| Unknown | 67 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. 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 12 August 2023.
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#2,188,964
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#107
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#24,620
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#2
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