Abrahams SW

Adriana Passanha

Almeida GG

Araújo MFM

Bahl R

Barros AJD

Braun MLG

Cattaneo A

Chien L-Y

Colton T

Cotrim LC

DiGirolamo AM

Hosmer DW

Labbok MH

Lamounier JA

Maria Helena D'Aquino Benício

Márcia Cristina Guerreiro dos Reis

Ortiz PN

Parizoto GM

Sônia Isoyama Venâncio

Toma TS

Venâncio SI

Revista de Saúde Pública

ABSTRACT  OBJECTIVE  To evaluate whether the support offered by maternity hospitals is associated with higher prevalences of exclusive and predominant breastfeeding.  METHODS  This is a cross-sectional study including a representative sample of 916 infants less than six months who were born in maternity hospitals, in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, 2011. The maternity hospitals were evaluated in relation to their fulfillment of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. Data were collected regarding breastfeeding patterns, the birth hospital and other characteristics. The individualized effect of the study factor on exclusive and predominant breastfeeding was analyzed using Poisson multiple regression with robust variance.  RESULTS  Predominant breastfeeding tended to be more prevalent when the number of fulfilled steps was higher (p of linear trend = 0.057). The step related to not offering artificial teats or pacifiers to breastfed infants and that related to encouraging the establishment of breastfeeding support groups were associated, respectively, to a higher prevalence of exclusive (PR = 1.26; 95%CI 1.04;1.54) and predominant breastfeeding (PR = 1.55; 95%CI 1.01;2.39), after an adjustment was performed for confounding variables.  CONCLUSIONS  We observed a positive association between support offered by maternity hospitals and prevalences of exclusive and predominant breastfeeding. These results can be useful to other locations with similar characteristics (cities with hospitals that fulfill the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding) to provide incentive to breastfeeding, by means of promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding in maternity hospitals.</jats:p

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