Maternal education and equity in breastfeeding: trends and patterns in 81 low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2019

被引:57
作者
Neves, Paulo A. R. [1 ]
Barros, Aluisio J. D. [1 ]
Gatica-Dominguez, Giovanna [1 ]
Vaz, Juliana S. [1 ]
Baker, Phillip [2 ]
Lutter, Chessa K. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Pelotas, Int Ctr Equ Hlth, Rua Marechal Deodoro 1160,3rd Floor, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
[2] Deakin Univ, Inst Phys Act & Nutr, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[3] RTI Int, 701 13th St, Washington, DC USA
基金
英国惠康基金; 比尔及梅琳达.盖茨基金会;
关键词
Breastfeeding; Equity; Maternal education; Infant formula; Breast-milk substitutes; Developing countries; LATIN-AMERICA; HEALTH; IMPACT; INCREASES; MEXICO; LEAVE;
D O I
10.1186/s12939-020-01357-3
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
BackgroundIn low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), low levels of formal maternal educational are positively associated with breastfeeding whereas the reverse is true among women with higher levels of formal education. As such, breastfeeding has helped to reduce health equity gaps between rich and poor children. Our paper examines trends in breastfeeding and formula consumption by maternal educational in LMICs over nearly two decades.MethodsWe used 319 nationally representative surveys from 81 countries. We used WHO definitions for breastfeeding indicators and categorized maternal education into three categories: none, primary, and secondary or higher. We grouped countries according to the World Bank income groups and UNICEF regions classifications. The trend analyses were performed through multilevel linear regression to obtain average absolute annual changes in percentage points.ResultsSignificant increases in prevalence were observed for early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding across all education categories, but more prominently in women with no formal education for early breastfeeding and in higher level educated women for exclusive breastfeeding. Small decreases in prevalence were seen mostly for women with no formal education for continued breastfeeding at 1 and 2years. Among formula indicators, only formula consumption between 6 and 23months decreased significantly over the period for women with primary education. Analysis by world regions demonstrated that gains in early and exclusive breastfeeding were almost universally distributed among education categories, except in the Middle East and North Africa where they decreased throughout education categories. Continued breastfeeding at 1 and 2years increased in South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia for primary or higher education categories. Declines occurred for the group of no formal education in South Asia and nearly all education categories in the Middle East and North Africa with a decline steeper for continued breastfeeding at 2years. With a few exceptions, the use of formula is higher among children of women at the highest education level in all regions.ConclusionsOver the course of our study, women with no formal education have worsening breastfeeding indicators compared to women with primary and secondary or higher education.
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