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Early initiation of breastfeeding: a systematic literature review of factors and barriers in South Asia

Overview of attention for article published in International Breastfeeding Journal, June 2016
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Title
Early initiation of breastfeeding: a systematic literature review of factors and barriers in South Asia
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International Breastfeeding Journal, June 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13006-016-0076-7
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Indu K. Sharma, Abbey Byrne

Abstract

Early or timely initiation of breastfeeding is crucial in preventing newborn deaths and influences childhood nutrition however remains low in South Asia and the factors and barriers warrant greater consideration for improved action. This review synthesises the evidence on factors and barriers to initiation of breastfeeding within 1 h of birth in South Asia encompassing Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Studies published between 1990 and 2013 were systematically reviewed through identification in Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, Global Health, MEDLINE and Scopus databases. Twenty-five studies meeting inclusion criteria were included for review. Structured thematic analysis based on leading frameworks was undertaken to understand factors and barriers. Factors at geographical, socioeconomic, individual, and health-specific levels, such as residence, education, occupation, income, mother's age and newborn's gender, and ill health of mother and newborn at delivery, affect early or timely breastfeeding initiation in South Asia. Reported barriers impact through influence on acceptability by traditional feeding practices, priests' advice, prelacteal feeding and discarding colostrum, mother-in-law's opinion; availability and accessibility through lack of information, low access to media and health services, and misperception, support and milk insufficiency, involvement of mothers in decision making. Whilst some barriers manifest similarly across the region some factors are context-specific thus tailored interventions are imperative. Initiatives halting factors and directed towards contextual barriers are required for greater impact on newborn survival and improved nutrition in the South Asia region.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 587 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 90 15%
Student > Bachelor 65 11%
Researcher 41 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 37 6%
Lecturer 36 6%
Other 104 18%
Unknown 215 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 149 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 92 16%
Social Sciences 40 7%
Environmental Science 11 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 2%
Other 64 11%
Unknown 223 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 13 August 2016.
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#4,275,986
of 23,577,654 outputs
Outputs from International Breastfeeding Journal
#176
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#74,437
of 355,723 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Breastfeeding Journal
#4
of 9 outputs
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