Improving breastfeeding rates in an “at risk” population |
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| Authors: | Kate Mellor Helen Skouteris Cate Nagle |
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| Institution: | 1. Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia;2. School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia;3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia;1. Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA;2. Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire du Stress Traumatique (LST-EA 4560), Toulouse, France;3. School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia;4. Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Victoria 3220, Australia;5. School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia;6. Nutrition and Food Services, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia;1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Geringhap Street, Geelong 3220, Australia;2. Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research – Western Health Partnership, Sunshine Hospital, Furlong Road, St Albans 3021, Victoria, Australia;3. Departments of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne and Women''s Hospitals, Melbourne 3050, Victoria, Australia;4. Monash Centre for Health Research & Implementation, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Level 1, 43-51 Kanooka Grove, Clayton, Locked Bag 29, Clayton 3168, Victoria, Australia;5. Diabetes Education, Mercy Hospital for Women, 163 Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia;6. Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research, James Cook University, 1 James Cook Drive, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia;7. Townsville Hospital and Health Service, 100 Angus Drive, Townsville 4811, Queensland, Australia;8. Diabetes Education Services, Sunshine Hospital, Furlong Road, St Albans 3021, Victoria, Australia;1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood 3125, Victoria, Australia;2. School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood 3125, Victoria, Australia;3. Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 457, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden;4. Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC), University of Gothenburg, Box 457, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden;5. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong, Victoria, Australia;6. The University of Melbourne, The Royal Melbourne and Women''s Hospitals, Parkville, Victoria, Australia;1. School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia;2. IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, PO Box 281, Geelong 3220, Australia;3. School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, PO Box 281, Geelong 3220, Australia |
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| Abstract: | A new public health frontier challenging maternity care is addressing the sub-optimal breastfeeding rates of women who are obese. Despite the World Health Organisation's recommendation that breastfeeding is initiated within the first hour of birth and continued exclusively for six months, less than half of infants and young children globally are optimally breastfed. While initiation rates of exclusive breastfeeding immediately after birth are as high as 90 percent in Australia, this rate dramatically declines in the first few weeks postpartum, with only approximately 15 percent of infants exclusively breastfed to five months of age (less than 6 months). The aim of this paper was to highlight difficulties obese women have breastfeeding and highlight implications for research and practice. |
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