College of Health & Wellness, Department of Health Science, Johnson & Wales University, 8 Abbott Park Place, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK.
Matern Child Health J. 2023 May;27(5):774-794. doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03595-7. Epub 2023 Feb 2.
Low prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in the Arab world is concerning and suboptimal breastfeeding is a leading child health risk factor in several Arab States. Breastfeeding education has the capacity to improve breastfeeding knowledge and practice, thus positively impacting infant and maternal health. The purpose of this review is to identify and examine the impact of breastfeeding promotion interventions across the Arab world.
A scoping review of the literature was conducted across seventeen databases for relevant publications published through October 2021 to find studies in Arab countries, that involved breastfeeding as an intervention component. Twenty-one articles met inclusion criteria and were reviewed.
Individual and community based educational interventions offer the opportunity to positively impact the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of breastfeeding in new mothers in Arab countries. Increased breastfeeding has the potential to lead to improved neonate and maternal health. In addition to significant benefits found across individual and community-based interventions in a variety of Arab countries, there is also evidence that interventions that improve the knowledge of health care professionals and/or the practices of a health care system can contribute to subsequent increases in breastfeeding rates.
Breastfeeding education is a low-cost and high-impact public health tool that can impact infant and maternal health and potentially increase breastfeeding adherence in the Arab world.
阿拉伯世界母乳喂养的低普及率令人担忧，而母乳喂养不足是阿拉伯国家几个国家主要的儿童健康风险因素。母乳喂养教育有能力提高母乳喂养知识和实践，从而对婴儿和产妇健康产生积极影响。本综述的目的是确定并研究阿拉伯世界的母乳喂养促进干预措施的影响。
对 17 个数据库进行了文献范围的综述，以查找 2021 年 10 月之前在阿拉伯国家发表的以母乳喂养为干预内容的相关出版物。有 21 篇文章符合纳入标准并进行了综述。
个人和社区为基础的教育干预为新妈妈提供了积极影响母乳喂养知识、态度和实践的机会。增加母乳喂养的机会可能会改善新生儿和产妇的健康。除了在各种阿拉伯国家的个人和社区为基础的干预措施中发现的显著益处外，还有证据表明，提高卫生保健专业人员知识和/或卫生保健系统实践的干预措施也可以促进随后母乳喂养率的提高。
母乳喂养教育是一种低成本、高影响力的公共卫生工具，可以影响婴儿和产妇的健康，并有可能提高阿拉伯世界的母乳喂养率。
