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Breast-feeding in Manila, Philippines preliminary results from a longitudinal study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

Mayling Simpson-Hebert  and
Lorna P. Makil
Mayling Simpson-Hebert
Affiliation:
Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
Lorna P. Makil
Affiliation:
Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
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Summary

Longitudinal data collected over a 2-year period (1982–84) on 152 first and second parity mothers who were delivered in a charity maternity hospital in Manila, Philippines, indicate the reasons for never brest-feeding and for early termination of brest-feeding. Socio-Cultural factors and beliefs are more important than physiological problems in minating breast-feeding.

Proper bottle-feeding is too costly for most low-income families. Bottle-fed babies have a higher incidence of diarrhoea. Mothers who change from breast- to bottle-feeding in the first 6 months are 1·7 times as likely to become pregnant in the first year post-partum as mothers Who brest-feed for 7 or more months.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 17 , supplement S9: Breast-feeding and Fertility , 1985 , pp. 137 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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