The Impact of Breastfeeding Duration to the Child Survival in Indonesia

Breastfeeding can decrease risk of infant death. But, it is not clear yet the effect of breastfeeding duration to the infant survival after controlled for the other determinant factors. This research is aimed to know the effect of duration of breastfeeding to infant survival in Indonesia after contr...

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Main Authors: Nurmiati Nurmiati, Besral Besral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia 2010-10-01
Series:Makara Journal of Health Research
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Online Access:http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/health/article/view/291
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description Breastfeeding can decrease risk of infant death. But, it is not clear yet the effect of breastfeeding duration to the infant survival after controlled for the other determinant factors. This research is aimed to know the effect of duration of breastfeeding to infant survival in Indonesia after controlled for mother, infant, and environment factors. Data was analyzed by using multiple cox regression models. The result showed that duration of breastfeeding had a significant effect to infant survival in Indonesia. Infant who breastfeed for 6 months or more had 33.3 better survival than those who breastfeed less than 4 months. Infant who breastfeed for 4-5 months had 2.6 time better survival than those who breastfeed less than 4 months. Others determinant of infant survival in Indonesia are the number of under five year children in family and their residence. Its recommended to all party were expected to support the policy conducted by Department of Health to improve the duration of breastfeeding up to 24 months.
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spelling doaj.art-8d9325a4c7a04fa492075edd52300e352023-09-02T06:53:18ZengUniversitas IndonesiaMakara Journal of Health Research2356-36642356-36562010-10-01122475210.7454/msk.v12i2.291283The Impact of Breastfeeding Duration to the Child Survival in IndonesiaNurmiati Nurmiati0Besral Besral1State Health Commissioner, Nangroe Aceh Darussalam Province, Banda Aceh 23242Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424Breastfeeding can decrease risk of infant death. But, it is not clear yet the effect of breastfeeding duration to the infant survival after controlled for the other determinant factors. This research is aimed to know the effect of duration of breastfeeding to infant survival in Indonesia after controlled for mother, infant, and environment factors. Data was analyzed by using multiple cox regression models. The result showed that duration of breastfeeding had a significant effect to infant survival in Indonesia. Infant who breastfeed for 6 months or more had 33.3 better survival than those who breastfeed less than 4 months. Infant who breastfeed for 4-5 months had 2.6 time better survival than those who breastfeed less than 4 months. Others determinant of infant survival in Indonesia are the number of under five year children in family and their residence. Its recommended to all party were expected to support the policy conducted by Department of Health to improve the duration of breastfeeding up to 24 months.http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/health/article/view/291breastfeedingchild survivalduration
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title The Impact of Breastfeeding Duration to the Child Survival in Indonesia
title_full The Impact of Breastfeeding Duration to the Child Survival in Indonesia
title_fullStr The Impact of Breastfeeding Duration to the Child Survival in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Breastfeeding Duration to the Child Survival in Indonesia
title_short The Impact of Breastfeeding Duration to the Child Survival in Indonesia
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child survival
duration
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