@misc{chen_zhang_xu_dong_liu_chen_hu_xiang_zhang_qian_et al._2020,
title={The Rate and Influencing Factors of Exclusive Breastfeeding for the First 6 Months in Nanjing, China},
DOI={10.21203/rs.3.rs-50603/v1},
abstractNote={Abstract
Background: The rates of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months in China are relatively low. The purpose of our study was to investigate the rate and influencing factors of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months in Nanjing, China.Methods: A total of 1261 mothers from six community healthcare centres in the main urban and suburban districts of Nanjing were enrolled from January 2019 to June 2019. A multivariate logistic regression analysis and chi-squared test were used to explore the factors related to exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months.Results: The rate of exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months was 29.4% in our study. A high education level, caesarean delivery, gestational age <37 weeks, having babysitters care for their babies, taking medicine during lactation and using a bottle to feed breast milk were shown to be associated with non-exclusive breast-feeding. The reasons for providing milk formula to babies were different among different stages in the first 6 months. A common reason for giving up exclusive breast-feeding was a perceived insufficiency of breast milk.Conclusion: Investigating the reasons and then implementing the corresponding measures would improve exclusive breast-feeding in the future.},
publisher={Research Square},
author={Chen, Ling and Zhang, Lei and Xu, Qu and Dong, Jing and Liu, Ling Xia and Chen, Min and Hu, Yao Fang and Xiang, Si Jia and Zhang, Min and Qian, Jun and et al.},
year={2020},
month={Aug}
}