Frequency of “Nursing Strike” among 6-Month-Old Infants, at East Tehran Health Center and Contributing Factors
Objective:An abrupt refusal by the infant to breastfeed is often called “nursing strike”. In fact a common reason for cessation of nursing is infant’s refusal to breast feed. This problem can often be overcome. This paper has aimed to identify the causes of “breast feeding refusal” or “nursing strik...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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| author | Fatemeh Nayyeri Farima Raji Edith Haghnazarian Mamak Shariat Hosein Dalili |
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| description | Objective:An abrupt refusal by the infant to breastfeed is often called “nursing strike”. In fact a common reason for cessation of nursing is infant’s refusal to breast feed. This problem can often be overcome. This paper has aimed to identify the causes of “breast feeding refusal” or “nursing strike” in 6 month old infants visiting the East Tehran health center for their scheduled vaccination of 6 months old.
Materials and methods:Totally 175 six month old infants were enrolled in this study. A questionnaire was filled by mother for each child and later the infants with “nursing strike” were compared with all others.
Results:In this study prevalence of breast feeding refusal in infants was 24%.There was significant relation between the “breastfeeding refusal” and maternal academic education or working status. In this study mothers reported various reasons associated with “refusal breast feeding. According to the mothers playful infant and nasal obstructions were the probable causes for refusal.
Conclusion:There is a diverse variety of factors influencing nursing strike. Most of these factors can be prevented by identifying the background reasons and proper training. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-870f78ceb1564dfcb71047cf97949d5b2022-12-21T21:05:18ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Family and Reproductive Health1735-89491735-93922015-10-0193164Frequency of “Nursing Strike” among 6-Month-Old Infants, at East Tehran Health Center and Contributing FactorsFatemeh Nayyeri0Farima Raji1Edith Haghnazarian2Mamak Shariat3Hosein Dalili4Breast feeding Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBreast feeding Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBreast feeding Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranMaternal, Fetal Neonatal Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBreast feeding Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranObjective:An abrupt refusal by the infant to breastfeed is often called “nursing strike”. In fact a common reason for cessation of nursing is infant’s refusal to breast feed. This problem can often be overcome. This paper has aimed to identify the causes of “breast feeding refusal” or “nursing strike” in 6 month old infants visiting the East Tehran health center for their scheduled vaccination of 6 months old. Materials and methods:Totally 175 six month old infants were enrolled in this study. A questionnaire was filled by mother for each child and later the infants with “nursing strike” were compared with all others. Results:In this study prevalence of breast feeding refusal in infants was 24%.There was significant relation between the “breastfeeding refusal” and maternal academic education or working status. In this study mothers reported various reasons associated with “refusal breast feeding. According to the mothers playful infant and nasal obstructions were the probable causes for refusal. Conclusion:There is a diverse variety of factors influencing nursing strike. Most of these factors can be prevented by identifying the background reasons and proper training.https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/164Nursing strikeBreastfeedingInfantTehran |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Nayyeri Farima Raji Edith Haghnazarian Mamak Shariat Hosein Dalili Frequency of “Nursing Strike” among 6-Month-Old Infants, at East Tehran Health Center and Contributing Factors Journal of Family and Reproductive Health Nursing strike Breastfeeding Infant Tehran |
| title | Frequency of “Nursing Strike” among 6-Month-Old Infants, at East Tehran Health Center and Contributing Factors |
| title_full | Frequency of “Nursing Strike” among 6-Month-Old Infants, at East Tehran Health Center and Contributing Factors |
| title_fullStr | Frequency of “Nursing Strike” among 6-Month-Old Infants, at East Tehran Health Center and Contributing Factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frequency of “Nursing Strike” among 6-Month-Old Infants, at East Tehran Health Center and Contributing Factors |
| title_short | Frequency of “Nursing Strike” among 6-Month-Old Infants, at East Tehran Health Center and Contributing Factors |
| title_sort | frequency of nursing strike among 6 month old infants at east tehran health center and contributing factors |
| topic | Nursing strike Breastfeeding Infant Tehran |
| url | https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/164 |
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