Cross-breastfeeding and milk donation in Brazil
The objective of this study was to describe the frequency of cross-breastfeeding, human milk donation to human milk banks and reception of human milk from human milk banks, and to investigate the intersection between cross-breastfeeding and breast milk donation practices. This study used data from t...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) |
| Repository: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.teste-cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br:article/8369 |
| Online Access: | https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/8369 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Aleitamento Materno; Bancos de Leite Humano; Nutrição; Saúde Materna Lactancia Materna; Bancos de Leche Humana; Nutrición; Salud Materna Breastfeeding; Milk Banks; Nutrition; Maternal Health |
| Summary: | The objective of this study was to describe the frequency of cross-breastfeeding, human milk donation to human milk banks and reception of human milk from human milk banks, and to investigate the intersection between cross-breastfeeding and breast milk donation practices. This study used data from the national household-based survey Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019), which collected information from 14,558 children < 5 years old between February 2019 and March 2020. The present study included data from 5,831 biological mothers who reported having breastfed their child < 2 years old at least once and replied questions about cross-breastfeeding, donation and recaption of human milk to human milk banks. Prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were estimated for each stratifier, considering the study complex sample design. Among mothers of children < 2 years old who breastfed their child at least once, 21.1% practiced cross-breastfeeding; breastfeeding another child was more frequent (15.6%) than allowing a child to be breastfed by another woman (11.2%). Among this population, 4.8% of women donated human milk to a human milk bank, and 3.6% reported that their children had received donated human milk. The donation of human milk is a practice recommended by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and has the potential to save thousands of newborns throughout Brazil. In contrast, cross-breastfeeding is contraindicated due to the potential risk of transmitting HIV. There is a need for a broad debate on these practices in Brazil and worldwide. |
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