FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DURATION OF BREASTFEEDING IN QUILOMBOLA WOMEN
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2019.42600Keywords:
Breast feeding. Infant. African Continental Ancestry Group.Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the median duration of total and exclusive breastfeeding in quilombola children and identify which factors interfere in the duration of total breastfeeding. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 207 children younger than 24 months of 27 quilombola communities on a state of northeastern Brazil. The median duration of total and exclusive breastfeeding were calculated in days with Kaplan-Meier estimator and the associated factors obtained through Cox regression. Results: The median duration of total and exclusive breastfeeding was 270 and 60 days, respectively. Maternal age ≥ 30 years [Hazard Ratio (HR): 0.66; 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI): 0.45 - 0.97] was shown to be protective for the continuity of breastfeeding, while the community not certificated (HR: 1.40; 95%CI: 1.03 - 1.89) and juice consumption before six months of life (HR: 1.75; 95% CI: 1.25 - 2.55) were risk factors. Conclusion: The duration of exclusive and total breastfeeding, although high, was below the recommended. The highest maternal age and juice consumption before the age of six months were the only associated factors, evidencing that breastfeeding is susceptible to environmental and physiological conditions.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.42600
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