Newby Ruth, Brodribb Wendy, Ware Robert S, Davies Peter S W
School of Health, Nursing & Midwifery, University of Southern Queensland, Hervey Bay, QLD, Australia Children's Nutrition Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia.
J Hum Lact. 2015 Aug;31(3):416-24. doi: 10.1177/0890334415584319. Epub 2015 Apr 29.
Optimal nutrition during infancy has benefits to individuals and to society. Australian women actively seek health and nutrition information from a wide variety of sources and have extensive access to the Internet, but its efficacy in supporting recommendation-consistent infant feeding is unknown.
The objectives of this study were to evaluate sources of infant feeding information used by first-time mothers and to describe breast and formula feeding patterns 6 months post birth associated with successful use of the Internet for breastfeeding support.
Healthy women between 18 and 40 years of age in their first pregnancy were recruited to the Feeding Queensland Babies Study by convenience sampling in Brisbane, Australia, between June 2010 and March 2011. Participants completed a questionnaire online when their infants were 6 months of age and a demographic questionnaire.
Health care providers, books, general Internet searches, family, and friends were common sources of breastfeeding information for women during infants' first 6 months. Information sources for infant formula were less often accessed. Of mothers who sought breastfeeding assistance on the Internet, those who found it unhelpful had lower odds of giving breast milk at 6 months (odds ratio [OR] = 0.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.1-0.5) and higher odds of giving formula (OR = 3.3; 95% CI, 1.7-6.5) compared with those who found the help they needed, adjusted for age and socioeconomic status.
Professional, print, and interpersonal information resources for infant feeding are widely accessed by mothers. Online breastfeeding information and support may help women to meet their breastfeeding intentions and to minimize formula use.
婴儿期的最佳营养对个人和社会都有益处。澳大利亚女性积极从各种渠道寻求健康和营养信息，并且广泛使用互联网，但互联网在支持与建议一致的婴儿喂养方面的效果尚不清楚。
本研究的目的是评估初产妇使用的婴儿喂养信息来源，并描述出生后6个月与成功利用互联网获得母乳喂养支持相关的母乳喂养和配方奶喂养模式。
2010年6月至2011年3月期间，通过便利抽样在澳大利亚布里斯班招募了年龄在18至40岁之间的首次怀孕的健康女性参与昆士兰婴儿喂养研究。参与者在其婴儿6个月大时在线完成一份问卷和一份人口统计学问卷。
在婴儿出生后的前6个月，医疗保健提供者、书籍、一般互联网搜索、家人和朋友是女性获取母乳喂养信息的常见来源。获取婴儿配方奶信息的来源较少。在互联网上寻求母乳喂养帮助的母亲中，与那些获得所需帮助的母亲相比，那些认为没有帮助的母亲在6个月时进行母乳喂养的几率较低（优势比[OR]=0.3；95%置信区间[CI]，0.1-0.5），而使用配方奶的几率较高（OR=3.3；95%CI，1.7-6.5），对年龄和社会经济地位进行了调整。
母亲们广泛获取婴儿喂养的专业、印刷和人际信息资源。在线母乳喂养信息和支持可能有助于女性实现母乳喂养意愿并尽量减少配方奶的使用。
