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- Title
Backsliding on a Key Health Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Breastfeeding Promotion.
- Authors
Lutter, Chessa K.; Chaparro, Camila M.; Grummer-Strawn, Laurence; Victora, Cesar G.
- Abstract
Objectives. We examined trends in breastfeeding promotion investments, breastfeeding promotion activities, and breastfeeding duration in Latin America and the Caribbean from the 1980s to the 2000s. Methods. We obtained financial data from the United States Agency for International Development and the International Code Documentation Center, and we obtained breastfeeding promotion data from surveys of breastfeeding coordinators with ministries of health and with the International Baby Food Action Network. We obtained breastfeeding data from nationally representative surveys conducted between 1986 and 2008. Results. Investment in breastfeeding promotion declined in the 2000s relative to earlier years. For all countries, breastfeeding duration increased between the first and last survey. Of the 12 countries represented in the interval when investment in breastfeeding promotion was high, breastfeeding duration decreased in 1 country. Of the 12 countries represented in the interval when investment was low, breastfeeding duration decreased in 3 countries. Nonetheless, the average annual change in breastfeeding duration for the 2 intervals was positive and similar (0.16 months and 0.21 months). Conclusions. Breastfeeding promotion likely resulted in large improvements in breastfeeding. Investments in breastfeeding promotion have declined, but this does not appear to have adversely affected breastfeeding duration.
- Subjects
LATIN America; WEST Indies; ANALYSIS of variance; BREASTFEEDING; BREASTFEEDING promotion; INFANT weaning; INTERNATIONAL agencies; INVESTMENTS; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; HEALTH policy; QUALITY assurance; SURVEYS; TIME
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol 101, Issue 11, p2130
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2011.300244