Informing the ‘early years’ agenda in Scotland: understanding infant feeding patterns using linked datasets
| Autor: | Rachael Wood, Bruce Whyte, Omotomilola Ajetunmobi, Michael Fleming, James D. Chalmers, Diane Stockton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Evidence-Based Public Health Policy and Practice Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Multivariate analysis Epidemiology CHILD HEALTH Young Adult Environmental health Humans Medicine Young adult Infant feeding Health policy Likelihood Functions Infant Welfare business.industry Health Policy Infant Newborn Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant BREAST FEEDING Delivery Obstetric RECORD LINKAGE Logistic Models Health promotion Scotland Socioeconomic Factors Birth Certificates Multivariate Analysis NUTRITION Female Medical Record Linkage business Breast feeding Record linkage Maternal Age |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health |
| ISSN: | 1470-2738 0143-005X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jech-2013-202718 |
| Popis: | Background: Providing infants with the ‘best possible start in life’ is a priority for the Scottish Government. This is reflected in policy and health promotion strategies to increase breast feeding, which gives the best source of nutrients for healthy infant growth and development. However, the rate of breast feeding in Scotland remains one of the lowest in Europe. Information is needed to provide a better understanding of infant feeding and its impact on child health. This paper describes the development of a unique population-wide resource created to explore infant feeding and child health in Scotland.\ud \ud Methods: Descriptive and multivariate analyses of linked routine/administrative maternal and infant health records for 731 595 infants born in Scotland between 1997 and 2009.\ud \ud Results: A linked dataset was created containing a wide range of background, parental, maternal, birth and health service characteristics for a representative sample of infants born in Scotland over the study period. There was high coverage and completeness of infant feeding and other demographic, maternal and infant records. The results confirmed the importance of an enabling environment—cultural, family, health service and other maternal and infant health-related factors—in increasing the likelihood to breast feed.\ud \ud Conclusions: Using the linked dataset, it was possible to investigate the determinants of breast feeding for a representative sample of Scottish infants born between 1997 and 2009. The linked dataset is an important resource that has potential uses in research, policy design and targeting intervention programmes. |
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