Breastfeeding is an important strategy to provide all-around care for newborns during
the %rst six months of life. It has the power to prevent early mortality, malnutrition
and obesity of the child and also prevent some diseases and contribute for
faster recovery of the mother. Moreover it contributes decisively for the establishment
of successful bound between the mother and the child.
The purpose of this study was to contribute for the study of the relation of
breastfeeding with parent’s type of family and education.
An observational, cross-sectional, quantitative study was conducted with 364
children’s attending preschool from a metropolitan area of the norther region of
Portugal and their parents.
Results showed an overall breastfeeding proportion of 88.9%, regardless of the
duration.
Considering duration, results showed that only 38.6% of the children were
breastfed for a period equal or higher to six months, that is WHO’s recommendation.
Adjusted logistic regressions showed that the risk of not breastfeeding
was associated with non-nuclear families (aOR = 3.19) and other types of families
(aOR = 4.36). Regarding education, signi%cant associations were found concerning
mothers low education (aOR = 8.39) and both parents low education (aOR = 10.98).
No relation was found between breastfeed duration and education on overall,
or considering the type of family.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
