Breastfeeding Practices and Associated Factors among Immigrant Muslim Arab Women Living in a Metropolitan Area of the Southwest of United States.

IF 1.7 Q2 PEDIATRICS Clinical Medicine Insights-Pediatrics Pub Date : 2023-09-21 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1177/11795565231200798
Wafa F Khasawneh, Azza H Ahmed, Megan E Petrov, Elizabeth Reifsnider, Pauline Komnenich
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Background: Muslim Arab immigrants are a fast-growing, under-studied, and underserved minority population in the United States. Little is known about breastfeeding practices in this population.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to describe infant feeding practices and factors associated with these practices among immigrant Muslim Arab women.

Design: A nonexperimental-one group, cross-sectional, descriptive, prospective design was used to identify infant feeding practices among immigrant Muslim Arab women.

Methods: A convenience sample of one hundred sixteen immigrant Muslim Arab women with at least one child five years or younger was recruited from a large metropolitan area in the Southwestern region. Participants completed the social ecological model of health promotion self-reported questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were performed to identify infant feeding practices and logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with these practices.

Results: Immigrant Muslim Arab mothers demonstrate high breastfeeding initiation rates (99.2%) and lengthy breastfeeding duration (M = 11.86, SD = 8.04), but low rates of exclusive breastfeeding at six months (21.6%). The most frequent reasons for early termination of breastfeeding were perceived insufficient milk (44.4%), child was still hungry after breastfeeding (37.5%), and the belief that the child was old enough to stop breastfeeding (32.9%).

Conclusion: Development of educational interventions are needed to improve breastfeeding exclusivity and raise women's awareness of the importance of exclusive breastfeeding. Healthcare providers should help women gain confidence in their ability to produce enough milk to successfully continue breastfeeding.

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居住在美国西南部大都市地区的穆斯林阿拉伯移民妇女的母乳喂养行为及其相关因素。
背景:在美国,穆斯林阿拉伯移民是一个快速增长、研究不足、服务不足的少数群体。对这一人群的母乳喂养做法知之甚少。目的:本研究的目的是描述移民穆斯林阿拉伯妇女的婴儿喂养做法以及与这些做法相关的因素。设计:采用非实验性单组、横断面、描述性、前瞻性设计来确定移民穆斯林阿拉伯妇女的婴儿喂养方式。方法:从西南地区的一个大城市地区招募了116名至少有一个五岁或五岁以下孩子的穆斯林阿拉伯移民妇女。参与者完成了健康促进的社会生态模型自我报告问卷。进行描述性统计以确定婴儿喂养实践,并使用逻辑回归来确定与这些实践相关的因素。结果:移民穆斯林阿拉伯母亲的母乳喂养开始率高(99.2%),母乳喂养持续时间长(M = 11.86,标准差 = 8.04),但6个月时纯母乳喂养率较低(21.6%)。提前终止母乳喂养的最常见原因是母乳不足(44.4%)、孩子在母乳喂养后仍然饥饿(37.5%),以及认为孩子已经到了可以停止母乳喂养的年龄(32.9%)。结论:需要制定教育干预措施,以提高母乳喂养的排他性,并提高妇女对纯母乳喂养重要性的认识。医疗保健提供者应帮助妇女获得信心,相信她们有能力生产足够的牛奶,以成功地继续母乳喂养。
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