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Carlos Javier Avendaño-Vásquez1, Magda Liliana Villamizar-Osorio2, Claudia Jazmin Niño-Peñaranda2
1School of Nursing, Antonio Nariño University, Bogotá 111511, Colombia. cjavasquez@uan.edu.co.
Background:
A progressive decrease in exclusive breastfeeding (BF) is observed in Latin America and the Caribbean compared with global results. The possibility of being breastfed and continuing BF for > 6 months is lower in low birth weight than in healthy-weight infants.
Aim:
To identify factors associated with BF maintenance and promotion, with particular attention to low- and middle-income countries, by studying geographic, socioeconomic, and individual or neonatal health factors.
Methods:
A scoping review was conducted in 2018 using the conceptual model of social determinants of health published by the Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the United States. The extracted data with common characteristics were synthesized and categorized into two main themes: (1) Sociodemographic factors and proximal determinants involved in the initiation and maintenance of BF in low-birth-weight term infants in Latin America; and (2) individual characteristics related to the self-efficacy capacity for BF maintenance and adherence in low-birth-weight term infants.
Results:
This study identified maternal age, educational level, maternal economic capacity, social stratum, exposure to BF substitutes, access to BF information, and quality of health services as mediators for maintaining BF.
Conclusion:
Individual self-efficacy factors that enable BF adherence in at-risk populations should be analyzed for better health outcomes.
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