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Breastfeeding pattern in a population with different levels of poverty in Southern Brazil
Author(s) -
Giugliani E,
Issler R,
Kreutz G,
Meneses C,
Justo E,
Kreutz V,
Pires M
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb13960.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , poverty , population , breast feeding , socioeconomics , environmental health , demography , pediatrics , economic growth , sociology , economics
A cross‐sectional study was conducted on 477 poor children aged 12–59 months in order to investigate their breastfeeding pattern, taking into account the poverty level of their families. Although the population living in extreme poverty had the same pattern of breastfeeding as the rest of the poor population, the former group should still have priority in breastfeeding promotion programs, since they are the population who benefit most with breastfeeding.