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Infant sleep position and breastfeeding in Mississippi: Evidence from 2011 Mississippi Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Objective: This study aimed to estimate prevalence of sleep position and breastfeeding and explore their potential determinants in Mississippi.
Methods: The 2011 Mississippi PRAMS data (n=1,186) were analyzed. The dependent variables were breastfeeding and sleep position, and independent variables were demographic characteristics, number of previous live births, intended pregnancy and healthcare discussions. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square tests were done using SAS 9.3 Proc Survey procedure (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA).
Results: Of 1,186 mothers, 51% were White, 46.8% Black, 55.2% unmarried, most (35.5%) were 20-24 years old, 52.1% had less than $20,000 annual household income, and 47.9% had less than college education. Among all participants, 51.1% had breastfeeding experience. Among those mother who ever breastfed their child, 71.1% had breastfed less than one week. Moreover, 62.5% laid their child on his/her back. There were significant relationships between breastfeeding and discussion about feeding position (p=0.008), getting help for breastfeeding (p=0.001), previous number of births (p=0.005), pregnancy intention (p=0.003), age (p<0.001), race (p<0.001), education (p<0.001), income (p=0.001) and marital status (p<0.001). In addition, our findings showed that annual income (p<0.001), and pregnancy intention (p=0.01) were significantly associated with infant sleep position.
Conclusion: Both breastfeeding and sleep position were significantly associated with pregnancy intention. In addition, breastfeeding had significant relationships with number of previous live births and healthcare discussions indicating a strong need for increased efforts in prenatal care.
Learning Areas:
EpidemiologyPlanning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education
Learning Objectives:
Assess prevalence of infant sleep position and breastfeeding in Mississippi.
Identify determinants of infant sleep positions and breastfeeding.
Keyword(s): Breastfeeding, Health Promotion and Education
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am DrPh student working as a Research Assistant at the Mississippi State Department of Health. I have a solid background in public health research methodology and have worked with underserved populations nationally and internationally for more than 7 years. My experiences include project design, data collection and analysis, preparing abstracts and writing manuscripts.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.