Human milk banking and milk kinship: Perspectives of mothers in a Muslim country
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Tarih
2015
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Oxford Univ Press
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Aim: The present study aims to determine the knowledge, attitudes and views of mothers regarding infant feeding, breast milk, wet-nursing, milk kinship and human milk banks. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was composed of 1042 mothers who delivered at two different hospitals in Turkey. Results: Almost half of the participating mothers, 49.9%, agreed with the establishment of alternative HMBs in Turkey. Only 7.7% of the mothers in this study expressed views in favour of the establishment of Western-style HMBs. Approximately half of the mothers (42.4%) indicated that they were against the establishment of any kind of HMBs in Turkey. Only 9.2% of the mothers in this study stated that they would volunteer to donate their breast milk to the Western-style HMBs, and only 6.9% of the mothers approved obtaining milk from this type of HMB. Finally, 44.2% of the mothers stated that they would donate their breast milk to the alternative HMBs, and 31.9% of the mothers approved obtaining milk from this type of HMB. Conclusion: This is the first study conducted among mothers in a Muslim community about issues such as infant feeding, breast milk, wet-nursing, milk kinship and HMBs. The majority of the mothers in this study are against the establishment of Western-style HMBs, whereas they have a more positive response to an alternative HMB when their religious concerns are relieved.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
breastfeeding, donor human milk, human milk bank, milk kinship, wet nurse
Kaynak
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
WoS Q Değeri
Q3
Scopus Q Değeri
Q2
Cilt
61
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3
