Exclusive Breastfeeding among Canadian Inuit: Results from the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • McIsaac, Kathryn E.
  • Lou, Wendy
  • Sellen, Daniel
  • Young, T. Kue

• "Background: Very little population-based research has been conducted around the exclusive breastfeeding practices of Inuit Canadians.
  Objectives: This research aims to assess the distribution of exclusive breastfeeding among Inuit Canadians and to identify factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding as recommended.
  Methods: We use data from 188 infant-mother dyads who completed the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, a cross-sectional, population-based survey of Inuit children aged 3 to 5 years. A series of multinomial logistic regression models were run to identify factors associated with 4 exclusive breastfeeding durations (≤ 1 month, > 1-< 5.5 months, 5.5-6.5 months, and > 6.5 months)." (as cited in abstract)

• Date created

  2014-04-15

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Aboriginal
  • Breastfeeding
  • Epidemiology
  • Exclusive breastfeeding
  • Inuit

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-2ktk-yy71

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International