background and aims: the world health organization and united nations children’s fund (unicef) recommended executive breastfeeding for 6 months after birth. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of executive breastfeeding in iran by a meta-analysis study to be used by policy-makers in order to health programmer plan in this field. methods: in this meta-analysis study, the da...

background the positive effect of breastfeeding on the health of the mother, child and community has been globally accepted, but the rate of breastfeeding is still not at an acceptable level. breastfeeding support can greatly influence the continuity and success of breastfeeding. this qualitative study aimed to explain the iranian women’s experiences of breastfeeding support. materials and meth...

background : exclusive nutrition with breastfeeding is the health provider of the infant and mothers and its continuing would provide more advantages. exclusive nutrition on different communities is affected by different factors. this study aimed to determine continuous exclusive breastfeeding and some of the related factors. methods : this was a descriptive-analysis prospective study. the stud...

background : due to the recognized benefits of breastfeeding, health policies have been based on the promotion of breastfeeding and it seems that one suitable way to promote breastfeeding is electronic learning. in this survey, the impact of a breastfeeding electronic education package on mothers’ knowledge of breastfeeding was evaluated. methods: this quasi-experimental and single blind study ...

Background The positive effect of breastfeeding on the health of the mother, child and community has been globally accepted, but the rate of breastfeeding is still not at an acceptable level. Breastfeeding support can greatly influence the continuity and success of breastfeeding. This qualitative study aimed to explain the Iranian women’s experiences of breastfeeding support. Materials and Meth...

Background  Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and continued breastfeeding up to 2 years or more is a desirable approach for infant’s nutrition. A mother's breastfeeding empowerment is considered an important factor in promoting breastfeeding and identifying its facilitating factors can contribute to the development of effective policies and intervention. This study with a qualita...

introduction: breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to promote children's health. the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and success of breastfeeding. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study in referring of multiple health centers in shiraz, sample of 150 mothers with children aged one to three 3 years were selected usi...

objective: to determine the pattern of breastfeeding in infants who conceived by assisted reproductive techniques (art). materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 312 infants were selected by the non-random consecutive method from art infants who referred by royan institute to child health research department. infants were born between septembers 2007and september 2009 in tehran. infan...

conclusions the prevalence of predominant breastfeeding during the first month postpartum is high in shahroud. interventions to strengthen adherence to who guidelines for breastfeeding should be considered. breastfeeding education providers at the hospitals should emphasize the effects of formula on breastfeeding continuation at early postpartum. background the introduction of fluids to infants...

this study was designed to assess the frequency of exclusive breastfeeding in two health centers of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences in khak sefid, tehran, iran. a total of 175 mothers, referred for the third dose of their infants' dpt vaccination program participated in the study by completing a questionnaire regarding characteristics of their pregnancy, delivery and exclusive br...