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- Title
Acceptability of donated breast milk among pregnant women in selected hospitals in central Uganda: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Namuddu, Mary Gorreth; Kiguli, Juliet; Nakibuuka, Victoria; Nantale, Ritah; Mukunya, David
- Abstract
Background: Donated breast milk is considered beneficial to vulnerable infants. Thus, Uganda launched its first human milk bank in November 2021 to provide breast milk to preterm, low birthweight and sick babies. However, there is a scarcity of information on the acceptability of donated breast milk in Uganda. The study sought to assess the acceptability of using donated breast milk and associated factors among pregnant women at a private and a public hospital in central Uganda. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled pregnant women attending antenatal care at the selected hospitals between July and October 2020. All pregnant women recruited had already given birth to at least one child. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire, and we recruited participants through systematic sampling. Used frequencies, percentages and means with standard deviations to summarize variables. Assessed the association between the acceptability of donated milk and selected factors by comparing their arithmetic means using a generalized linear model to allow for clustering at the health facility level. Used a normal distribution and an identity link and calculated the adjusted mean differences together with 95% CIs [generated using robust variance estimators to correct for model misspecification]. Results: A total of 244 pregnant women with a mean age of 30 (± 5.25) years were enrolled. Sixty-one-point 5% (150/244) of the women reported that they would accept donated breast milk. Higher education (adjusted mean difference, technical versus primary level: 1.33; 95% CI 0.64, 2.02), being Muslim (adjusted mean difference, Muslim versus Christian: 1.24; 95% CI 0.77, 1.70), having heard of donated breast milk banking (adjusted mean difference, ever versus never: 0.62; 95% CI 0.18, 1.06) and presence of a serious medical condition (adjusted mean difference, preference of donated milk versus other feeds in a serious medical condition: 3.96; 95% CI, 3.28, 4.64) were associated with acceptability of donated breast milk. Conclusions: The acceptability of using donated breast milk for infant feeding was high among pregnant women. Public sensitization and education campaigns are indispensable for the acceptability of donated milk. These programs should be designed to include women with lower education levels.
- Subjects
UGANDA; HOSPITALS; BREAST milk collection &; preservation; CONFIDENCE intervals; BREAST milk; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology; PREGNANT women; INTERVIEWING; BREAST milk banks; PUBLIC hospitals; BREASTFEEDING; RESEARCH funding; PRENATAL care
- Publication
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1746-4358
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13006-023-00569-x