Factors associated with exclusive breast-feeding in Japan: For activities to support child-rearing with breast-feeding

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Kaneko, Akiyo ^a   Kaneita, Yoshitaka ^a   Yokoyama, Eise ^a   Miyake, Takeo ^a   Harano, Satoru ^a   Suzuki, Kenshu ^a   Ibuka, Eiji ^a   Tsutsui, Takako ^a   Yamamoto, Yuko ^a   Ohida, Takashi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Japan; Logistic models; Multiple birth offspring; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MOTHER; NEWBORN; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645020009     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.16.57     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Cunningham AS, Jelliffe DB, Jelliffe EF. Breast-feeding and health in the 1980s: a global epidemiologic review. J Pediatr 1991; 118: 659-66.
2. World Health Organization (WHO). Nutrient adequacy of exclusive breastfeeding for the term infant during the first six months of life. Geneva (Switzerland):WHO, 2001.
3. Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Surveys on the growth of infants and preschool Children in Japan, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.
4. Maternal and Child Health Division. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan. Surveys on the nutrition of infants and preschool children Japan 1985 and 1995.
5. Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. First Longitudinal Survey of Babies in 21st Century of Japan 2001. [cited September 28, 2005]. Available from: http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/database/db-hw/babies2nd/index.html.
6. Statistics and Information Department, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Vital Statistics of Japan. Health and Welfare Statistics Association, Tokyo. 2001. (in Japanese).
7. Giovannini M, Riva E, Banderali G, Scaglioni S, Veehof SH, Sala M, et al. Feeding practices of infants through the first year of life in Italy. Acta Paediatr 2004; 93: 492-7.
8. Ford RP, Mitchell EA, Scragg R, Stewart AW, Taylor BJ, Allen EM. Factors adversely associated with breast feeding in New Zealand. J Paediatr Child Health 1994; 30: 483-9.
9. Clements MS, Mitchell EA, Wright SP, Esmail A, Jones DR, Ford RP. Influences on breastfeeding in southeast England. Acta Paediatr 1997; 86: 51-6.
10. Ahluwalia IB, Morrow B, Hsia J, Grummer-Strawn LM. Who is breast-feeding? Recent trends from the pregnancy risk assessment and monitoring system. J Pediatr 2003; 142: 486-91.
11. Leung GM, Ho LM, Lam TH. Breastfeeding rates in Hong Kong: a comparison of the 1987 and 1997 birth cohorts. Birth 2002; 29: 162-8.
12. Kulski JK, Hartmann PE. Changes in human milk composition during the initiation of lactation. Aust J Exp Biol Med Sci 1981; 59: 101-14.
13. Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Women employment control basis investigation in Japan. 2002. [cited September 28, 2005]. Available from: http://www.mhlw.go.jp/wp/seisaku/jigyou/03jisseki/6-3-1.html. (in Japanese).
14. Reynolds MA, Schieve LA, Martin JA, Jeng G, Macaluso M. Trends in multiple births conceived using assisted reproductive technology, United States, 1997-2000. Pediatrics 2003; 111: 1159-62.
15. Leung GM, Ho LM, Lam TH. Maternal, paternal and environmental tobacco smoking and breast feeding. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2002; 16: 236-45.
16. Widstrom AM, Werner S, Matthiesen AS, Svensson K, Uvnas-Moberg K. Somatostatin levels in plasma in nonsmoking and smoking breast-feeding women. Acta Paediatr Scand 1991; 80: 13-21.
17. Patterson JM, Eberly LE, Ding Y, Hargreaves M. Associations of smoking prevalence with individual and area level social cohesion. J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58: 692-7.
18. Ohida T. Epidemiological study about current status and health effects on mothers and children by pregnant and parturient women's smoking and drinking alcohol in Japan. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Health Sciences Research. 2000. Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Japan. (in Japanese).
19. Dewey KG, Heinig MJ, Nommsen-Rivers LA. Differences in morbidity between breast-fed and formula-fed infants. J Pediatr 1995; 126: 696-702.
20. Victora CG, Smith PG, Vaughan JP, Nobre LC, Lombardi C, Teixeira AM, et al. Evidence for protection by breast-feeding against infant deaths from infectious diseases in Brazil. Lancet 1987; 2: 319-22.
21. Armstrong J, Reilly JJ. Breastfeeding and lowering the risk of childhood obesity. Lancet 2002; 359: 2003-4.
22. Bogen DL, Hanusa BH, Whitaker RC. The effect of breast-feeding with and without formula use on the risk of obesity at 4 years of age. Obes Res 2004; 12: 1527-35.
23. Oddy WH, Holt PG, Sly PD, Read AW, Landau LI, Stanley FJ, et al. Association between breast feeding and asthma in 6 year old children: findings of a prospective birth cohort study. BMJ 1999; 319: 815-9.
24. Acheson L. Family violence and breast-feeding. Arch Fam Med 1995; 4: 650-2.
25. Kabayashi T. Research on formulation of the cooperation in community to prevent, to early detect, and to prevent a recurrence of abuse in Japan. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Health Sciences Research. 2000. Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Japan. (in Japanese).