TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence and correlates of breast milk feeding in hospitalized preterm infants
AU - Espy, Kimberly Andrews
AU - Senn, Theresa E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by a grant from the Central Research Committee, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine to the first author. We would like to thank Rudolph Foy, M.D., Medical Director, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit staff, and the Medical Records staff at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale for their assistance in conducting this study. The assistance of Jesse Brennan, M.A. and Sylvia Jones, M.A. in data collection also is recognized. The comments from three anonymous reviewer are appreciated. Portions of this paper were presented at the meeting of the International Conference for Infant Studies, July 14–17, 2000.
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - The majority of epidemiological studies of breast feeding have been conducted in healthy, fullterm infant samples. Little is known about the incidence and correlates of breast milk feeding in preterm infants, particularly in those born outside of metropolitan areas. Therefore, hospital medical charts of 151 consecutively admitted preterm infants (≤34 weeks gestational age), in the US, were reviewed and daily feeding, maternal demographic, pregnancy, and infant medical condition information was recorded. About half of the preterm infant sample was fed breast milk, receiving at least one breast milk feeding per day for 44% of their hospital stay. Although maternal demographic variables were important predictors of breast milk feeding, perinatal medical condition of the infant played a unique role in feeding practices in preterm infants. Specific interventions could be targeted to families with preterm infants to modestly increase population breast feeding rates.
AB - The majority of epidemiological studies of breast feeding have been conducted in healthy, fullterm infant samples. Little is known about the incidence and correlates of breast milk feeding in preterm infants, particularly in those born outside of metropolitan areas. Therefore, hospital medical charts of 151 consecutively admitted preterm infants (≤34 weeks gestational age), in the US, were reviewed and daily feeding, maternal demographic, pregnancy, and infant medical condition information was recorded. About half of the preterm infant sample was fed breast milk, receiving at least one breast milk feeding per day for 44% of their hospital stay. Although maternal demographic variables were important predictors of breast milk feeding, perinatal medical condition of the infant played a unique role in feeding practices in preterm infants. Specific interventions could be targeted to families with preterm infants to modestly increase population breast feeding rates.
KW - Breast feeding
KW - Incidence
KW - Preterm infant
KW - USA
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U2 - 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00542-7
DO - 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00542-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 12927472
AN - SCOPUS:0042164580
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 57
SP - 1421
EP - 1428
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
IS - 8
ER -