PMID- 28365239
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180330
LR  - 20211204
IS  - 1878-1799 (Electronic)
IS  - 1871-5192 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 5
DP  - 2017 Oct
TI  - Breastfeeding initiation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in 
      Victoria: analysis of routinely collected population-based data.
PG  - 361-366
LID - S1871-5192(16)30268-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.wombi.2017.02.011 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Increasing breastfeeding rates is one way of improving the short and 
      long term health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (hereafter 
      referred to as Aboriginal). Despite the benefits of breastfeeding and 
      recommendations for strategies to increase breastfeeding among Aboriginal people, 
      there is a lack of available population data. AIM: To use population-based data 
      from Victoria, Australia to compare breastfeeding initiation for Aboriginal and 
      non-Aboriginal women and to explore factors associated with breastfeeding 
      initiation of Aboriginal women. METHODS: Routinely collected infant feeding data 
      obtained from the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection (VPDC) was used. The VPDC 
      is a mandatory, population-based system where maternal and infant data on all 
      Victorian births are collected. FINDINGS: Compared with non-Aboriginal women, 
      Aboriginal women were less likely to attempt to breastfeed their baby (87.2% vs 
      95.3%; p<0.001); more likely to give formula in hospital (39.6% vs 30.6%; 
      p<0.001) and less likely to give the last feed prior to discharge exclusively 
      from the breast (64.4% vs 75.0% p<0.001). For Aboriginal women, factors 
      associated with not initiating breastfeeding were being single, multiparous, 
      smoking and length of stay. Infant factors were gestation less than 37 weeks and 
      low birthweight (<2,500g). CONCLUSION: In Victoria, breastfeeding initiation is 
      lower for Aboriginal women compared with non-Aboriginal women. Further research 
      is needed to explore the effectiveness of interventions that may increase 
      breastfeeding for Aboriginal women.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Australian College of Midwives. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All 
      rights reserved.
FAU - McLachlan, Helen L
AU  - McLachlan HL
AD  - Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School 
      of Nursing and Midwifery La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 
      Electronic address: h.mclachlan@latrobe.edu.au.
FAU - Shafiei, Touran
AU  - Shafiei T
AD  - Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
FAU - Forster, Della A
AU  - Forster DA
AD  - Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; The 
      Royal Women's Hospital,Parkville, Vic, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170329
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Women Birth
JT  - Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
JID - 101266131
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Attitude to Health
MH  - Breast Feeding/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Data Collection
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant Care/methods
MH  - Infant Formula/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Infant, Low Birth Weight
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Victoria
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Aboriginal
OT  - Breastfeeding
OT  - Infant feeding
OT  - Population-based
EDAT- 2017/04/04 06:00
MHDA- 2018/03/31 06:00
CRDT- 2017/04/03 06:00
PHST- 2016/12/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/02/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/02/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/04/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/03/31 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/04/03 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S1871-5192(16)30268-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.wombi.2017.02.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Women Birth. 2017 Oct;30(5):361-366. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2017.02.011. Epub 2017 
      Mar 29.