| Literature DB >> 2199383 |
J M Morse1, C Jehle, D Gamble.
Abstract
A survey of the 'Human Relations Area Files' and ethnographic infant feeding literature from all cultures on the timing of infant feeding revealed that the practice of withholding colostrum from the infant was widespread. Data obtained from 120 cultures showed that in 50 cultures this delay in implementing breastfeeding was more than two days. In many groups, substitute prelacteal feeds were given, while in others, practices such as the use of purgatives exacerbated the risk of dehydration in the infant. The authors warn that nurses and midwives must be aware of the practice of withholding colostrum from the infant, and note that if a mother does not wish to breastfeed in the immediate postpartum, this does not necessarily mean that she wishes to bottle feed the infant.Entities:
Keywords: Anthropology; Anthropology, Cultural; Beliefs; Biology; Breast Feeding; Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Culture; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Friends And Relatives; Health; Health Personnel; Human Milk; Infant Nutrition; Lactation; Literature Review; Marketing; Maternal Physiology; Midwives; Nurses; Nutrition; Physiology; Population; Population Dynamics; Promotion; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Studies; Supplementary Feeding; Taboo; Time Factors
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Year: 1990 PMID： 2199383 DOI： 10.1016/0020-7489(90)90045-k
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Nurs Stud ISSN： 0020-7489 Impact factor: 5.837