Lockdown-associated hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a large sms survey in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSayed, Nazeeia
dc.contributor.authorBurger, Ronelle
dc.contributor.authorHarper, Abigail
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-11T11:35:45Z
dc.date.available2022-07-11T11:35:45Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, on food security and child health is especially concerning. A rapid, Short Message Service (SMS) Maternal and Child Health survey was conducted in South Africa in June 2020 (n = 3140), with a follow-up in July 2020 (n = 2287). This was a national cross-sectional survey conducted among pregnant women and mothers registered with the MomConnect mhealth platform. Logistic regression was conducted to explore the associations between breastfeeding, maternal depressive symptoms, and hunger in the household. High breastfeeding initiation rates and the early introduction of other foods or mixed milk feeding were found. The prevalence of depressive symptoms in this survey sample was 26.95%, but there was no association between breastfeeding behaviour and depressive symptom scores (OR = 0.89; 95% CI: 0.63, 1.27).en_US
dc.identifier.citationSayed, N. et al. (2022). Lockdown-associated hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a large sms survey in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 351. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010351en_US
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010351
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7581
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectBreastfeedingen_US
dc.subjectHungeren_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleLockdown-associated hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a large sms survey in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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