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INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES AND CHILD HEALTH IN BOLIVIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

RENATA FORSTE
RENATA FORSTE
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Abstract

The effects of breast-feeding and supplementation practices on recent diarrhoea occurrence and stunted growth are modelled using logistic regression techniques. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey of Bolivia, 1989, show that, among children aged 3-36 months at the date of interview, the benefits of breast-feeding to child health were most pronounced among children living in rural poverty. Reduced breast-feeding among these children increased the likelihood of diarrhoea and stunted growth. In addition, the introduction of solid foods to currently lactating infants negatively influenced child health.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 107 - 125
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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