Karadag, AhmetOzdemir, RamazanAk, MuharremOzer, AliDogan, Derya GumusElkiran, Ozlem2024-08-042024-08-0420150142-63381465-3664https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmv018https://hdl.handle.net/11616/96982Aim: 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.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessbreastfeedingdonor human milkhuman milk bankmilk kinshipwet nurseArticle6131881962582883210.1093/tropej/fmv0182-s2.0-84942250198Q2WOS:000356039800006Q3