Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-vfjqv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T04:49:06.895Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Breast-feeding and child survival in Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Barbara Janowitz ,
Joann Henderson Lewis ,
A. Parnell ,
F. Hefnawi ,
M. N. Younis  and
G. A. Serour
Barbara Janowitz
Affiliation:
International Fertility Research Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Joann Henderson Lewis
Affiliation:
International Fertility Research Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
A. Parnell
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
F. Hefnawi
Affiliation:
Islamic Centre for Population Studies and Research
M. N. Younis
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
G. A. Serour
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

In a retrospective study, the impact of breast-feeding on the survival probabilities of children born to women in hospitals in Cairo, Egypt, is estimated. The analysis shows that early cessation of breastfeeding is associated with higher mortality and the effects are more severe the lower the education level of the mother.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1981 , pp. 287 - 297
Copyright
Copyright © 1981, Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Aykroyd, W.R. (1977) Is breast-feeding best for all infants, everywhere? Nutr. Today, 12, 15.Google Scholar
Bader, M.B. (1976) Breast-feeding: the role of multinational corporations in Latin America. Int. J. Health Serv. 6, 609.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Buchanan, R. (1975) Breast-feeding: Aid to Infant Health and Fertility Control. Population Reports, Series J, No. 4. Population Information Programme, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.Google ScholarPubMed
Cantrelle, P., Ferry, B. & Mondot, J. (1978) Relationships between fertility and mortality in tropical Africa. In: The Effects of Infant and Child Mortality on Fertility, pp. 181–205. Edited by Preston, S. H.. Academic Press, New York.Google Scholar
Cantrelle, P. & Leridon, H. (1971) Breast-feeding, mortality in childhood and fertility in a rural zone of Senegal. Popul. Stud. 25, 505.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Croley, H.T. (1969) United Arab Republic. Country Profiles. The Population Council, New York.Google Scholar
Cunningham, A.S. (1977) Morbidity in breast-fed and artificially fed infants. J. Pediat. 90, 726.Google Scholar
Hefnawi, F., Ismail, H., Younis, N., El-Shaika, Z. & Badraoui, M.H. (1977) The benefit of lactation amenorrhea as a contraceptive. Int. J. Gynaec. Obstet. 15, 60.Google Scholar
Jelliffe, D. & Jelliffe, E.F.P. (1977) Breast is best: modern meanings. N. Engl. J. Med. 297, 912.Google Scholar
Jelliffe, D. & Jelliffe, E.F.P. (1978) Human Milk in the Modern World. University Press,Oxford.Google Scholar
Kamal, I. (1973) Clinical studies of lactation and contraception. In: Egypt: Population Problems and Prospects, pp. 335–351. Edited by Omran, A.. Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Google Scholar
Knodel, J. & Kinter, H. (1977) The impact of breast-feeding patterns on the biometric analysis of infant mortality. Demography, 14, 391.Google Scholar
Knodel, J. & Van De Walle, E. (1967). Breast-feeding, fertility and infant mortality: an analysis of some early German data. Popul. Stud. 21, 109.Google Scholar
Nutrition Institute, Egypt (1979) Arab Republic of Egypt Nutrition Status Survey, 1978. Ministry of Health, Egypt, and Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.Google Scholar
Nyrop, R.F. (1976) Area Handbook for Egypt. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.Google Scholar
Omran, A.R. (1973) Egypt: Population Problems and Prospects. Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Google Scholar
Petros-Barvazian, A. (1975) Maternal and child health and breast-feeding. Mod. Probl. Paediat. 15, 155.Google Scholar
Plank, S.J. & Milanesi, M.L. (1973) Infant feeding and infant mortality in rural Chile. Bull. Wld Hlth Org. 48, 203.Google Scholar
Puffer, R.R. & Serrano, C.V. (1973) Patterns of Mortality in Childhood. Scientific Publication No. 262. Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC.Google Scholar
Rosa, F.W. (1970) International aspects of perinatal mortality. In: Perinatal Mortality, pp. 57–78. Edited by Gold, E. M.. Harper and Row, Hagerstown, Maryland.Google Scholar
Toppozada, H.K. (1968) Progress and problems of family planning in the United Arab Republic. Demography, 5, 590.Google Scholar
Wray, J.D. (1978) Maternal nutrition, breast-feeding and infant survival. In: Nutrition and Human Reproduction, pp. 197–230. Edited by Mosley, W. H., Plenum Press, New York, 1978.Google Scholar