International Breastfeeding Journal

Article	Citations
A survey of breastfeeding among women with previous surgery for benign breast disease: a descriptive exploratory study	45
Liquid gold: do we need to fraction fresh colostrum for oral immunotherapy in premature infants?	41
Breastfeeding, nutrition and type 1 diabetes: a case-control study in Izmir, Turkey	38
Breastfeeding, pregnancy, medicines, neurodevelopment, and population databases: the information desert	36
Publisher Correction: Infant and young child feeding practice status and its determinants in UAE: results from the MISC cohort	34
Prenatal intention to human milk feed in the native Hawaiian population: predictors of any human milk feeding from birth to six months postpartum	34
Effectiveness of peer counseling and membership in breastfeeding support groups in promoting optimal breastfeeding behaviors in the Philippines	32
Implementation of early essential neonatal care for newborns delivered by cesarean section in Jiaxing: a single-center prospective randomized controlled trial	32
Human milk bank services and Islamic milk kinship: pathways and processes for ensuring respect for religious law and tradition in the provision of donor human milk for small vulnerable newborns	32
Effectiveness of individualized breastfeeding counseling during the dyad’s stay in rooming-in: a randomized, multicenter, open and parallel study	30
A systematic literature review of breastfeeding interventions among Black populations using the RE-AIM framework	27
Shift-work and breastfeeding for women returning to work in a manufacturing workplace in Taiwan	26
Factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in central Saudi Arabia: a hospital-based survey	25
Impact of personal and environmental factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding practices in the first six months during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand: a mixed-methods approach	22
Determinants of non-exclusive breastfeeding practice during the first 6 months after an elective caesarean birth: a prospective cohort study	21
Economic and environmental impacts of commercial milk formula in Indonesia: estimates and comparisons using the Cost of Not Breastfeeding, Green Feeding, and Mothers’ Milk Tools	21
“It’s more than milk, it’s mental health”: a case of online human milk sharing	20
Beneficial effects of short-term breastfeeding versus non-breastfeeding in early life against childhood obesity: findings from the US-based population study NHANES	20
New latex agglutination assay for the determination of lactoferrin in human milk	19
Does breastfeeding protect children from COVID-19? An observational study from pediatric services in Majorca, Spain	19
Healthcare worker perspectives on mother’s insufficient milk supply in Malawi	19
Prenatal breastfeeding knowledge, attitude and intention, and their associations with feeding practices during the first six months of life: a cohort study in Lebanon and Qatar	18
Sequential interventions to maintain the safety and service provisions of human milk banking in India: keeping up with the call to action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Impact of an intervention for perinatal anxiety on breastfeeding: findings from the Happy Mother—Healthy Baby randomized controlled trial in Pakistan	18
Breastfeeding and employed mothers in Ethiopia: legal protection, arrangement, and support	17

The relationship between creamatocrit and cumulative percentage of total milk volume: a cross-sectional study in mothers of very preterm infants in Bangkok, Thailand	16
Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding by maternal HIV status: a population-based survey in Kenya	16
Acceptability of donated breast milk among pregnant women in selected hospitals in central Uganda: a cross-sectional study	15
Implementing a colostrum-kit reduces the time to first colostrum for neonates admitted to the NICU – a retrospective observational study	15
Breastfeeding-friendly policies and programs in three public Universities in Ghana	15
The link between knowledge of the maternal diet and breastfeeding practices in mothers and health workers in Poland	15
Evaluation of a breastmilk hand expression toolkit: the M.I.L.K survey study	15
Using art to raise awareness of breastfed children with medical complexity	15
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding practice and its association with maternal employment in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Practices supporting cue-based breastfeeding of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units across Europe	14
Associations of in-hospital postpartum feeding experiences with exclusive breastfeeding practices among infants in rural Sichuan, China	14
Mothers’ needs and wishes for breastfeeding support in workplaces in Thailand: a qualitative study	14
Implementing a successful proactive telephone breastfeeding peer support intervention: volunteer recruitment, training, and intervention delivery in the RUBY randomised controlled trial	14
Infant and young child feeding practice status and its determinants in UAE: results from the MISC cohort	14
Axial spondyloarthritis and breastfeeding: a prospective study	14
Artificial intelligence applied to the study of human milk and breastfeeding: a scoping review	14
Influence of skin-to-skin contact on breastfeeding: results of the Mexican National Survey of Demographic Dynamics, 2018	14
How can we support the individual breastfeeding experience? Quantitative results from a mixed-methods study	13
Socioecological predictors of breastfeeding practices in rural eastern Ethiopia	13
Beyond mothers: the crucial role of family caregivers’ knowledge on exclusive breastfeeding in rural western China	13
Breastfeeding mother’s experiences with breastfeeding counselling: a qualitative study	12
Correction: Relationship between breastfeeding and hepatic steatosis in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus	12
Experiences of breast milk donors in Sweden: balancing the motivation to do something good with overcoming the challenges it entails	12
The role of maternal ideations on breastfeeding practices in northwestern Nigeria: a cross-section study	12
Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding of children under six months of age in Cote d’Ivoire	12
Reliability and validity of the German version of the Iowa infant feeding attitude scale (IIFAS-G) and relations to breastfeeding duration and feeding method	12
Association between breastfeeding-friendly environmental factors and breastfeeding practices at 6 months in mothers in Taiwan	11
A mixed-methods study on the association of six-month predominant breastfeeding with socioecological factors and COVID-19 among experienced breastfeeding women in Hong Kong	11
Breastfeeding experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain:a qualitative study	11
Formal and informal human milk donation in New Zealand: a mixed-method national survey	11
Correction: Lactation duration and development of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome in postpartum women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus	11
Association between breastfeeding duration and diabetes mellitus in menopausal women: a machine-learning analysis using population-based retrospective study	11
Comparative analyses of holder pasteurization vs. HTST pasteurization for donor milk: a cost-minimization study applicable to human milk banks	11
Breastfeeding in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: results from a Norwegian quality register	11
The use of prescription medications and non-prescription medications during lactation in a prospective Canadian cohort study	11
Association between breastfeeding, mammographic density, and breast cancer risk: a review	11
The visibility of breastfeeding as a sexual and reproductive health right: a review of the relevant literature	11
Breast milk to blood lead ratios among women from the West Bank of Palestine: a cross-sectional study of associated factors	11
Feeding in the first six months of life is associated with the probability of having bronchiolitis: a cohort study in Spain	11
Teleintervention’s effects on breastfeeding in low-income women in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
The association of breast feeding for at least six months with hemodynamic and metabolic health of women and their children aged three years: an observational cohort study	10
Infant formula donations and code violations during earthquake relief efforts in Türkiye in 2023: an observational study	10
Women’s lived experience of intimate partner violence manifestations during the breastfeeding period: a lifeworld hermeneutic study	10
Prelacteal feeding practice and its associated factors among mothers having children less than 2 years of age in East Africa: a multilevel analysis of the recent demographic and health surveys	10
Correction: Development and prevalence of breastfeeding initiation in a tertiary obstetric center and its influencing factors	10
Induced lactation in a transgender woman: case report	10
Familiar but neglected: identification of gaps and recommendations to close them on exclusive breastfeeding support in health facilities in Malawi	10
Sociodemographic and health-related factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding in 77 districts of Uganda	10
Exclusive breastfeeding and its associated factors among children aged 0–5 months in Sierra Leone: a multilevel analysis	10
Antenatal breastmilk expression for women with diabetes in pregnancy - a feasibility study	9

Prelacteal feeding among infants within the first week of birth in eastern Uganda: evidence from a health facility-based cross-sectional study	9
Effect of lullaby on volume, fat, total protein and albumin concentration of breast milk in premature infants’ mothers admitted to NICU: a randomized controlled trial	9
Translation and validation of the Breastfeeding Motivation Scale in China	9
Maternal disability and initiation and duration of breastfeeding: analysis of a Canadian cross-sectional survey	9
Determinants of delayed onset of lactogenesis II among women who delivered via Cesarean section at a tertiary hospital in China: a prospective cohort study	9
Clinical characteristics of lactational breast abscess caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: hospital-based study in China	9
First-time mothers’ experiences of receiving proactive telephone-based peer support for breastfeeding in Australia: a qualitative study	9
Breastfeeding practices among Syrian refugees in Turkey	9
Breastfeeding with primary low milk supply: a phenomenological exploration of mothers’ lived experiences of postnatal breastfeeding support	9
LATCHES – a memory aide for the principles of attachment for effective breastfeeding: findings of a regional pilot in the Northeast of England and North Cumbria	8
Complications and misdiagnoses associated with infant frenotomy: results of a healthcare professional survey	8
Barriers and challenges of infant feeding in disasters in middle- and high-income countries	8
Fathers’ experiences of feeding their extremely preterm infants in family-centred neonatal intensive care: a qualitative study	8
Correction: Maternity protection entitlements for non-standard workers in low-and-middle-income countries and potential implications for breastfeeding practices: a scoping review of research since 200	8
A systematic review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to exclusive breastfeeding practice in sub-Saharan African countries	8
The costs of suboptimal breastfeeding in Ontario, Canada, and potential healthcare resource impacts from improving rates: a pediatric health system costing analysis	8
The financial need of feeding infants for the first six months of life in West Java Province of Indonesia and the implications of socioeconomic and mental health factors	7
Viable bacterial communities in freshly pumped human milk and their changes during cold storage conditions	7
Decadal trends in the exclusive breastfeeding practices among working Indian mothers: a multi-level analysis	7
Breastfeeding environment and experiences at the workplace among health workers in the Upper East Region of Ghana	7
Exploring women’s perceptions of pain when breastfeeding using online forums	7
Breastfeeding is associated with reduced risks of central obesity and hypertension in young school-aged children: a large, population-based study	7
A report on parent involvement in planning a randomised controlled trial in neonatology and lactation – insights for current and future research	7
The role of state breastfeeding laws and programs on exclusive breastfeeding practice among mothers in the special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)	7
Revival of the mother-baby friendly initiative (MBFI) in South Africa: towards a quality improvement project	7
Lactation duration and development of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome in postpartum women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus	7
Emotional and informational social support from health visitors and breastfeeding outcomes in the UK	7
Laid-back breastfeeding: knowledge, attitudes and practices of midwives and student midwives in Ireland	7
Postnatal women’s breastfeeding beliefs, practices, and support during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional comparative study across five countries	7
Twitter discussions on breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Infant feeding practices and autism spectrum disorder in US children aged 2–5 years: the national survey of children’s health (NSCH) 2016–2020	6
Intersectional inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding practices in India: analysis of national family health survey-4	6
Women’s experiences and views on early breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: quantitative and qualitative findings from the IMAgiNE EURO study	6
A mixed-methods longitudinal study of Marshallese infant feeding beliefs and experiences in the United States: a study protocol	6
The role of paternal support in breastfeeding outcomes: a meta-analytic review	6
A qualitative study exploring teachers’ beliefs regarding breastfeeding education in family and consumer sciences classrooms	6
Impact of cesarean section on timely initiation of breastfeeding in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Women’s experiences with using domperidone as a galactagogue to increase breast milk supply: an Australian cross-sectional survey	6
Partners’ experiences of breastfeeding: a qualitative evaluation of a breastfeeding support intervention in Sweden	6
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breastfeeding in Israel: a cross- sectional, observational survey	5
Breastfeeding by a mother taking cyclosporine for nephrotic syndrome	5
Discrepancies in infant feeding recommendations between grandmothers and healthcare providers in rural Mexico	5
Predictors for timely initiation of breastfeeding after birth in the hospitals of Nepal- a prospective observational study	5
Outcomes of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes as national laws: a systematic review	5
Prevalence of and factors associated with lactational mastitis in eastern and southern Africa: an exploratory analysis of community-based household surveys	5
Kangaroo mother care enhances exclusive breastmilk feeding and shortens time to achieve full enteral feeding in extremely preterm infants requiring non-invasive assisted ventilation	5
Establishing a novel community-focussed lactation support service: a descriptive case series	5
Evaluating the process of practice enhancement for exclusive breastfeeding (PEEB): a participatory action research approach for clinical innovation	5
A randomized controlled, trial on effects of mobile phone text messaging in combination with motivational interviewing versus standard infant feeding counselling on breastfeeding and child health outc	5
Understanding mother-to-child transmission of HIV among mothers engaged in HIV care in Kenya: a case report	5
Structured antenatal milk expression education for nulliparous pregnant people: results of a pilot, randomized controlled trial in the United States	5
Making it “work”: mothers’ perceptions of workplace breastfeeding and pumping at Dutch universities	5
Effect of baby food marketing exposure on infant and young child feeding regimes in Bangkok, Thailand	5
The economic value of human milk from three cohort studies in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy	5
Dysphoric milk ejection reflex among Japanese mothers: a self-administered survey	5
Breastfeeding status and determinants of current breastfeeding of Syrian refugee children in Turkey	5
Evaluation of a new lactation device ‘Lactamo’ designed to apply massage, heat or cold, and compression to the breast	5
Effect of exclusive breastfeeding and other infant and young child feeding practices on childhood morbidity outcomes: associations for infants 0–6 months in 5 South Asian countries using Demographic a	4
Relationship between breastfeeding and hepatic steatosis in women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus	4
The inverted syringe technique for management of inverted nipples in breastfeeding women: a pilot randomized controlled trial	4
Wet-nursing as a new strategy for orphan care in Saudi Arabia	4
Calcium, zinc, and vitamin D in breast milk: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in The Gambia: a population-based study using the 2019–2020 demographic and health survey data	4
Potential cost-savings of breastfeeding promotion to prevent breast cancer: a Monte Carlo simulation	4
Association between exclusive breastfeeding and postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder	4
Human milk composition and infant anthropometrics: overview of a systematic review with clinical and research implications	4
Breastfeeding and cortisol in hair in children	4
Correction: New latex agglutination assay for the determination of lactoferrin in human milk	4
Association between postpartum anxiety and depression and exclusive and continued breastfeeding practices: a cross-sectional study in Nevada, USA	4
Correction to: Effect on breastfeeding practices of providing in-home lactation support to vulnerable women through the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program: protocol for a pre/post intervention study	4
Association between place of birth and timely breastfeeding initiation among Cambodian women: a population-based study	4
Acceptability to donate human milk among postnatal mothers at St. Francis hospital Nsambya, Uganda: a mixed method study	4
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life and associated factors in a low–middle income country	4
Comparing factors associated with overall satisfaction for different forms of remote breastfeeding support in the UK	4
Impact of discontinuation of lactation consultant program on early infant feeding in Manitoba	4
The association between intrapartum interventions and immediate and ongoing breastfeeding outcomes: an Australian retrospective population-based cohort study	4
Evaluation of breastfeeding and infant feeding attitudes among syrian refugees in Turkey: observations of Syrian healthcare workers	4
Reply to the commentary “Liquid gold: do we need to fraction fresh colostrum for oral immunotherapy in premature infants?”	4
Maternal and health care workers’ perspectives on exclusive breastfeeding in the context of maternal HIV infection, in Busia county, western Kenya: a mixed methods cross-sectional survey	4
Management of nipple adenomas during pregnancy: a case report	4

Getting breastfeeding started under pandemic visiting restrictions: lessons learned in Germany	4
The use of Kumpfer’s resilience framework in understanding the breastfeeding experience of employed mothers after returning to work: a qualitative study in China	3
Development and prevalence of breastfeeding initiation in a tertiary obstetric center and its influencing factors	3
Development and validation of a novel self-assessment tool for breastfeeding mothers	3
Investigating factors influencing decision-making around use of breastmilk substitutes by health care professionals: a qualitative study	3
Association of early-term birth and breastfeeding practices with nutritional outcomes in singleton term infants: a multicenter cross-sectional study	3
Breastfeeding success and perceived social support in lactating women with a history of COVID 19 infection: a prospective cohort study	3
Perceptions and experiences related to use of breastmilk from another mother in central Nepal: a qualitative study	3
Donor and newborn profiles and their influence on donation volume and duration: a cross-sectional study in a Spanish human milk bank	3
Breastfeeding and female labor force participation: the probability of survival of children in Nepal under 3 years old	3
Association of prenatal medical risk with breastfeeding outcomes up to 12 months in the All Our Families community-based birth cohort	3
Correction: The role of maternal ideations on breastfeeding practices in northwestern Nigeria: a cross-section study	3
Breastfeeding experiences of Latina migrants living in Spain: a qualitative descriptive study	3
Maternal, fetal, neonatal and breastmilk flecainide concentration during maternal therapy and lactation: a case report	3
Thai novice nurses’ lived experiences and perspectives of breastfeeding and human milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)	3
Maternal employment characteristics as a structural social determinant of breastfeeding after return to work in the European Region: a scoping review	3
Psychometric properties of the original and short Hungarian version of the Iowa infant feeding attitude scale	3
Maternity protection entitlements for non-standard workers in low-and-middle-income countries and potential implications for breastfeeding practices: a scoping review of research since 2000	3
Stepwise transvenous lead extraction due to pacemaker pocket infection following lactational mastitis complicated with breast abscess	3
Oropharyngeal administration of colostrum for preventing necrotizing enterocolitis and late-onset sepsis in preterm infants with gestational age ≤ 32 weeks: a pilot single-center randomized controlled	3
Healthcare providers’ perceived barriers to providing breastfeeding support in Northwest rural China	3
Breastfeeding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander infants from a small rural cohort in Australia	3
Prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding and its associated factors among women in Mauritania: evidence from a national survey	3
Breastfeeding and complementary feeding in fragile settings: the case of Syrian refugees and their host communities in North Lebanon	3