Breastfeeding

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how breastmilk can contribute to an infant's physical, cognitive and emotional development but goes on to explore why, despite well-founded benefits, breastfeeding rates remain low in all parts of the world. The paper looks at the literature to determine what is being done to encourage breastfeeding and then explains the implications for nursing professionals.

Outline:
Introduction
Literature Review: What is Being Done?
Implication for Nursing

From the Paper:

"Child malnutrition is one of the most widespread problems the world faces until now. It has been associated to high rates of morbidity and mortality among children in the developing countries. Child malnutrition has been associated with a number of factors that can be addressed by the society. Some of these are poverty and the family's socio-economic status, availability of food and poor diet, immunization, and breastfeeding practice (Brenna, McDonald, Shlomowitz, 2003). In fact, exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months could decrease mortality among children younger than 5 years old to 13% (UNICEF, 2007). South Asia has the highest morbidity and mortality rates among children younger than 5 years old: 70 million children younger than 5 years are from South Asia, and are unlikely to achieve their full growth and development (South Asia Breastfeeding Partners Forum, 2007)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ashworth, A., Shrimpton, R., & Jamil, K. (2008). "Growth monitoring and promotion: review of evidence of impact." Maternal & Child Nutrition, 4: 86-117.
• Bhandari, N., Bahl, R., Mazumdar, S., Martines, J., Black, R. E., & Bhan, M. K. (2003). Lancet, 361: 1418-1423.
• Bhandari, N., Kabir, A. K. M., & Salam, M. A. (2008). "Mainstreaming nutrition into maternal and child health programs: scaling up of exclusive breastfeeding." Maternal & Child Nutrition, 4: 5-23.
• Brennan, L., McDonald, J., & Shlomowitz, R. (2004). "Infant feeding practices and chronic child malnutrition in the Indian states of Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh." Economics & Human Biology, 2: 139-158.
• Gabbe, S. G., Niebyl, J. R., and Simpson, J. L. (2007). Obstetrics: normal and problem pregnancies, 5th ed. PA: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

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