Background Knowing the intention of mothers is important to plan actions to improve exclusive breastfeeding rates. Aim The objective of this retrospective study was to verify the intention to breastfeed and the intended ...

Abstract Background Despite evidences indicating the superiority of breastfeeding and recent advances in the indicators of breastfeeding in Brazil, exclusive breastfeeding ...

Despite the encouragement of the World Health Organization to ensure breastfeeding, there are contraindications that may make it temporarily or unfeasible. Considering the efforts of Brazilian public agencies to meet this ...

Objective: Maternal mental health difficulties are common during the perinatal period and have a negative impact on breastfeeding practices. Most research has focused on the role of postpartum depression, whereas maternal ...

Experts recommend exclusive breastfeeding from birth to six months because it protects against deadly childhood illness, including respiratory tract infections and diarrhea. We hypothesized that exclusive breastfeeding ...

The scope of this research was to assess the breastfeeding intention among high-risk pregnant women and related factors. It is a cross-sectional, qualitative and quantitative study, with 1,118 high-risk pregnant women who ...

OBJECTIVE: To identify the effect of the category gestational age at term on breastfeeding in he first hour of life, the duration of exclusive breastfeeding, and practice of breastfeeding twelve months from birth. METHOD: ...

Exclusive breastfeeding has generally been considered incompatible with working separated from the infant. This prospective, controlled intervention trial shows that breastfeeding support, including anticipatory counseling ...

The perceptions of the dolescent mothers' of exclusive breastfeeding can be variable according to the different conditions of each mother, since adolescents constitute a social group with their own lifestyles, taking into ...