Abstract The World Health Organisation guidance recommends breastfeeding peer support
(BFPS) as part of a strategy to improve breastfeeding rates. In the UK, BFPS is supported by …

Background: Both peer and professional support have been identified as important to the
success of breastfeeding. The aim of this metasynthesis was to examine women's …

brown a., raynor p. & lee m.(2011) Healthcare professionals' and mothers' perceptions of
factors that influence decisions to breastfeed or formula feed infants: a comparative study …

Objectives Breastfeeding confers important health benefits to both infants and their mothers,
but rates are low in the United Kingdom and other developed countries despite widespread …

Aim To explore associations among breastfeeding duration, maternal personality and
maternal attitudes and experiences of breastfeeding. Background Understanding influences …

Background. The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is globally low (35%) in sub‐
Saharan Africa, whereas it is 58% in Ethiopia. Exclusive breastfeeding has the potential to …

Background There are few reliable and valid tools to assess lactation and infant feeding
knowledge and practices. This study tested the psychometric properties of two new scales …

Background Popular parenting literature promotes different approaches to caring for infants,
based around variations in the use of parent-led routines and promoting infant …

OBJECTIVE: to examine factors associated with breast-feeding initiation and duration in
young mothers (≤ 24 years). DESIGN: a retrospective questionnaire completed between six …

In England, 78% of mothers initiate breastfeeding and, in the UK, less than 1% exclusively
breastfeed until 6 months, despite World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to …