Background: Early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding practices have been argued to be one of the … of timely initiation of breastfeeding on child health in Ghana. Methods: Cross sectional data using secondary data based … were used in estimating the effect of breastfeeding and other socio demographic indicators on the health of the child. Data …

The objective of this review was to study where community-based family planning and nutrition programs have been … intervention in community-based nutrition programs, it can have profound effects on maternal and child health and nutrition. When … pregnancy and later for breastfeeding. As a result, short birth intervals are associated with higher maternal and neonatal …

breastfeeding support services at weekends. We use this variation to estimate the effect of breastfeeding on children's development … for a sample of uncomplicated births from low educated mothers. We find that breastfeeding has large effects on children …'s cognitive development, but not on non-cognitive development or health. Regarding mechanisms, we estimate how breastfeeding …

Much research shows that breastfeeding provides short- and long-term health benefits for both mothers and their … children. However, few studies have yet investigated the factors which may promote or inhibit breastfeeding practices in Japan …. To fill this research gap, this paper uses data newly gathered in 2012 on breastfeeding initiation and duration for each …