International Breastfeeding Journal

Article	Citations
Integrated breast massage versus traditional breast massage for treatment of plugged milk duct in lactating women: a randomized controlled trial	78
Negative emotional experiences of breastfeeding and the milk ejection reflex: a scoping review	44
Investigating factors influencing decision-making around use of breastmilk substitutes by health care professionals: a qualitative study	40
Thai novice nurses’ lived experiences and perspectives of breastfeeding and human milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)	37
Prenatal intention to human milk feed in the native Hawaiian population: predictors of any human milk feeding from birth to six months postpartum	35
Comparison of bacterial profiles in human milk from mothers of term and preterm infants	34
Implementation of early essential neonatal care for newborns delivered by cesarean section in Jiaxing: a single-center prospective randomized controlled trial	31
Breastfeeding success and perceived social support in lactating women with a history of COVID 19 infection: a prospective cohort study	31
Evaluating the role of breastfeeding peer supporters’ intervention on the inpatient management of malnourished infants under 6 months in Kenyan public hospitals	31
Translation and validation of the Breastfeeding Motivation Scale in China	30
A qualitative study exploring teachers’ beliefs regarding breastfeeding education in family and consumer sciences classrooms	30
Effect of breast milk intake volume on early behavioral neurodevelopment of extremely preterm infants	28
Publisher Correction: Infant and young child feeding practice status and its determinants in UAE: results from the MISC cohort	24
Reasons, associated factors, and attitudes toward breastfeeding mothers’ use of complementary medicine products: a study from Türkiye	24
A survey of breastfeeding among women with previous surgery for benign breast disease: a descriptive exploratory study	22
Individual- and community-level factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in Mozambique: evidence from the 2022–2023 Demographic and Health Survey	22
Lactation induction in a transgender woman: case report and recommendations for clinical practice	20
Anti-SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in human breast milk following SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy: a prospective cohort study	20
Development of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG and IgA antibodies in serum and milk with different SARS-COV-2 vaccines in lactating women	20
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	19
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	19
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on exclusive breastfeeding in non-infected mothers	18
Validation of the Arabic Maternal Breastfeeding Evaluation Scale (MBFES-A) among Lebanese women	18
Antenatal breastmilk expression for women with diabetes in pregnancy - a feasibility study	16
Skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding practices in Nigeria: a study of socioeconomic inequalities	16

One-week recall period gives a more accurate estimate of exclusive breastfeeding practice than 24-h recall among infants younger than six months of age	16
Determinants of breastfeeding practice in Pujehun district, southern Sierra Leone: a mixed-method study	16
Familiar but neglected: identification of gaps and recommendations to close them on exclusive breastfeeding support in health facilities in Malawi	15
Liquid gold: do we need to fraction fresh colostrum for oral immunotherapy in premature infants?	15
Correction: The role of maternal ideations on breastfeeding practices in northwestern Nigeria: a cross-section study	15
Breastfeeding experiences of Latina migrants living in Spain: a qualitative descriptive study	15
Breastfeeding, nutrition and type 1 diabetes: a case-control study in Izmir, Turkey	15
Breastfeeding, pregnancy, medicines, neurodevelopment, and population databases: the information desert	14
Breastfeeding among South Sudanese refugees in protracted settlements in Adjumani district, Uganda: facilitators and barriers	14
The association between breastfeeding and childhood obesity/underweight: a population-based birth cohort study with repeated measured data	14
Shift-work and breastfeeding for women returning to work in a manufacturing workplace in Taiwan	14
Experiences of mothers of NICU preterm infants in milk management out of the hospital: a qualitative study	13
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breastfeeding in Israel: a cross- sectional, observational survey	13
Effect of baby food marketing exposure on infant and young child feeding regimes in Bangkok, Thailand	13
Inequalities in early initiation of breastfeeding in Bangladesh: an estimation of relative and absolute measures of inequality	13
Breastfeeding mothers’ experiences with community physicians in Israel: a qualitative study	13
Evaluating the process of practice enhancement for exclusive breastfeeding (PEEB): a participatory action research approach for clinical innovation	12
Association of early-term birth and breastfeeding practices with nutritional outcomes in singleton term infants: a multicenter cross-sectional study	12
Establishing a novel community-focussed lactation support service: a descriptive case series	12
Teleintervention’s effects on breastfeeding in low-income women in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Is maternal cigarette or water pipe use associated with stopping breastfeeding? Evidence from the Jordan population and family health surveys 2012 and 2017–18	12
Making it “work”: mothers’ perceptions of workplace breastfeeding and pumping at Dutch universities	12
Factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in central Saudi Arabia: a hospital-based survey	12
Feasibility and effectiveness of WhatsApp online group on breastfeeding by peer counsellors: a single-blinded, open-label pilot randomized controlled study	12
Effectiveness of peer counseling and membership in breastfeeding support groups in promoting optimal breastfeeding behaviors in the Philippines	11
Breastfeeding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander infants from a small rural cohort in Australia	11
A systematic literature review of breastfeeding interventions among Black populations using the RE-AIM framework	11
Breastfeeding by a mother taking cyclosporine for nephrotic syndrome	11
Improving breastfeeding support through the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital and Community Initiatives: a scoping review	11
Maternal, fetal, neonatal and breastmilk flecainide concentration during maternal therapy and lactation: a case report	11
Breastfeeding, socioeconomic status, and long-term postpartum weight retention	11
Getting breastfeeding started under pandemic visiting restrictions: lessons learned in Germany	10
Prelacteal feeding is not associated with infant size at 3 months in rural Bangladesh: a prospective cohort study	10
Sociodemographic and health-related factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding in 77 districts of Uganda	10
A training curriculum for an mHealth supported peer counseling program to promote exclusive breastfeeding in rural India	10
A quality improvement project to increase breast milk feeding of hospitalized late preterm infants in China	10
Health professionals’ competencies regarding breastfeeding beyond 12 months: a systematic review	10
Spatial variation and determinants of delayed breastfeeding initiation in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of recent evidence from EDHS 2019	10
Discrepancies in infant feeding recommendations between grandmothers and healthcare providers in rural Mexico	10
Impact of breastfeeding during infancy on functional constipation at 3 years of age: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	10
Effect of antenatal milk expression education on lactation outcomes in birthing people with pre-pregnancy body mass index ≥25: protocol for a randomized, controlled trial	10
Kangaroo mother care enhances exclusive breastmilk feeding and shortens time to achieve full enteral feeding in extremely preterm infants requiring non-invasive assisted ventilation	9
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	9
Does the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine’s Clinical Protocol #36 ‘The Mastitis Spectrum’ promote overtreatment and risk worsened outcomes for breastfeeding families? Commentary	9
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	9
Development of a workplace breastfeeding support practice model in South Africa	9
How much does a liter of donor human milk cost? Cost analysis of operating a human milk bank in Italy	9
Association between breastfeeding and preeclampsia in parous women: a case –control study	9
Breastfeeding with primary low milk supply: a phenomenological exploration of mothers’ lived experiences of postnatal breastfeeding support	9
Resisting stigma: the role of online communities in young mothers’ successful breastfeeding	9

The economic value of human milk from three cohort studies in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy	9
First-time mothers’ experiences of receiving proactive telephone-based peer support for breastfeeding in Australia: a qualitative study	9
Cost analysis of establishing and operating the first human milk bank at Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in Vietnam: an activity-based costing ingredients study	9
Management of nipple adenomas during pregnancy: a case report	9
Exposure to marketing of breastmilk substitutes in Mexican women: Sources and scope	8
Factors associated with post NICU discharge exclusive breastfeeding rate and duration amongst first time mothers of preterm infants in Shanghai: a longitudinal cohort study	8
Structured antenatal milk expression education for nulliparous pregnant people: results of a pilot, randomized controlled trial in the United States	8
Clinical characteristics of lactational breast abscess caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: hospital-based study in China	8
Breastfeeding, feeding practices and stunting in indigenous Ecuadorians under 2 years of age	8
Effects of lactation room quality on working mothers’ feelings and thoughts related to breastfeeding and work: a randomized controlled trial and a field experiment	8
Healthcare worker perspectives on mother’s insufficient milk supply in Malawi	8
Predictors for timely initiation of breastfeeding after birth in the hospitals of Nepal- a prospective observational study	8
Breasts and the city: an urban ethnography of infant feeding in public spaces within Cardiff, United Kingdom	8
Promotion of early and exclusive breastfeeding in neonatal care units in rural Rwanda: a pre- and post-intervention study	8
Eight-year operation status and data analysis of the first human milk bank in East China	8
Prevalence and barriers to early initiation of breastfeeding among urban poor full-time readymade garments working mothers: a mixed-methods study in Bangladesh	7
Determinants of non-exclusive breastfeeding practice during the first 6 months after an elective caesarean birth: a prospective cohort study	7
Breastfeeding status and determinants of current breastfeeding of Syrian refugee children in Turkey	7
Determinants of delayed onset of lactogenesis II among women who delivered via Cesarean section at a tertiary hospital in China: a prospective cohort study	7
Effect of brewer’s yeast or beta-glucan on breast milk supply following preterm birth: the BLOOM study – protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial	7
Prevalence of and factors associated with lactational mastitis in eastern and southern Africa: an exploratory analysis of community-based household surveys	7
Beneficial effects of short-term breastfeeding versus non-breastfeeding in early life against childhood obesity: findings from the US-based population study NHANES	7
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	7
Enablers and inhibitors of exclusive breastfeeding: perspectives from mothers and health workers in Accra, Ghana	7
Understanding mother-to-child transmission of HIV among mothers engaged in HIV care in Kenya: a case report	7
Stakeholders’ views of the Baby Friendly Initiative implementation and impact: a mixed methods study	7
Postpartum women’s views on human milk banking in a city in Southeast China: a cross-sectional survey	6
“They need to see breastfeeding so that they know how to do it”: the construction of motherhood through Instagram brelfies	6
Efficacy of behavioral interventions to improve maternal mental health and breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review	6
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life and associated factors in a low–middle income country	6
Evaluation of a new lactation device ‘Lactamo’ designed to apply massage, heat or cold, and compression to the breast	6
Dysphoric milk ejection reflex among Japanese mothers: a self-administered survey	6
“It’s more than milk, it’s mental health”: a case of online human milk sharing	6
Prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding and its associated factors among women in Mauritania: evidence from a national survey	6
What does early initiation and duration of breastfeeding have to do with childhood mortality? Analysis of pooled population-based data in 35 sub-Saharan African countries	6
Exclusive breastfeeding practices and its determinants in Indian infants: findings from the National Family Health Surveys-4 and 5	5
Determinants of early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding practices among rural mothers from Jaffna District of Sri Lanka	5
Determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in The Gambia: a population-based study using the 2019–2020 demographic and health survey data	5
Using art to raise awareness of breastfed children with medical complexity	5
Factors associated with delayed initiation and non-exclusive breastfeeding among children in India: evidence from national family health survey 2019-21	5
Outcomes of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes as national laws: a systematic review	5
Prelacteal feeding among infants within the first week of birth in eastern Uganda: evidence from a health facility-based cross-sectional study	5
Breastfeeding practices in Northeast China in 2008 and 2018: cross-sectional surveys to explore determinants over a decade	5
Breastfeeding practices among Syrian refugees in Turkey	5
Acceptability to donate human milk among postnatal mothers at St. Francis hospital Nsambya, Uganda: a mixed method study	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	5
Recommendations for breastfeeding during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic	5
Breastfeeding and cortisol in hair in children	4
Fathers’ experiences of feeding their extremely preterm infants in family-centred neonatal intensive care: a qualitative study	4
Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding by maternal HIV status: a population-based survey in Kenya	4
Realities and challenges of breastfeeding policy in the context of HIV: a qualitative study on community perspectives on facilitators and barriers related to breastfeeding among HIV positive mothers i	4
Implementing an education program for nurse-midwives focused on early essential care for breast milk expression among mothers of preterm 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
Association between place of birth and timely breastfeeding initiation among Cambodian women: a population-based study	4
Knowledge attitudes and practice of breastmilk expression and storage among working mothers with infants under six months of age in Kenya	4
A cross-sectional study of lactation room quality and Dutch working mothers’ satisfaction, perceived ease of, and perceived support for breast milk expression at work	4
The costs of suboptimal breastfeeding in Ontario, Canada, and potential healthcare resource impacts from improving rates: a pediatric health system costing analysis	4
Trends in breastfeeding practices and mothers’ experience in the French NutriNet-Santé cohort	4
Administration of breast milk cell fractions to neonates with birthweight equal to or less than 1800 g: a randomized controlled trial	4
Mothers’ strategies for creating positive breastfeeding experiences: a critical incident study from Northern Sweden	4
Health facility users’ knowledge, perceptions, and practices about infant feeding in the context of option B+ in South Africa: a qualitative study	4
Designing and developing a mobile app (BeBo) in a randomized controlled trial study to promote breastfeeding among Vietnamese mothers	4
Breastfeeding in primiparous women with congenital heart disease − a register study	4
Comparing factors associated with overall satisfaction for different forms of remote breastfeeding support in the UK	4
Does breastfeeding protect children from COVID-19? An observational study from pediatric services in Majorca, Spain	4
Vascular endothelial growth factor-A level in human breast milk after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab: a case report	4
Self-efficacy in breastfeeding predicts how mothers perceive their preterm infant’s state-regulation	4
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	4
Human milk composition and infant anthropometrics: overview of a systematic review with clinical and research implications	3
Socioeconomic inequalities in early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding practices in Bangladesh: findings from the 2018 demographic and health survey	3
Theory-based mHealth targeting fathers and mothers to improve exclusive breastfeeding: a quasi-experimental study	3
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	3
New latex agglutination assay for the determination of lactoferrin in human milk	3
The infant feeding methods promoted by South African Instagram influencers in relation to crying and sleeping, 2018–2020: a retrospective digital ethnography	3
Maternal disability and initiation and duration of breastfeeding: analysis of a Canadian cross-sectional survey	3
Implementing a colostrum-kit reduces the time to first colostrum for neonates admitted to the NICU – a retrospective observational study	3
Barriers and challenges of infant feeding in disasters in middle- and high-income countries	3
Complications and misdiagnoses associated with infant frenotomy: results of a healthcare professional survey	3
Prevalence and multivariable predictors of breastfeeding outcomes in the United Arab Emirates: a prospective cohort study	3
Effectiveness of a smartphone-based educational intervention to improve breastfeeding	3

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	3
The relationship between creamatocrit and cumulative percentage of total milk volume: a cross-sectional study in mothers of very preterm infants in Bangkok, Thailand	3
The impact of the 2019/2020 Australian landscape fires on infant feeding and contaminants in breast milk in women with asthma	3
Call to include breastfeeding as a synergistic approach to vaccines for prevention of respiratory syncytial virus disease	3
Association between exclusive breastfeeding and postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder	3
The link between knowledge of the maternal diet and breastfeeding practices in mothers and health workers in Poland	3
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	3
A systematic review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to exclusive breastfeeding practice in sub-Saharan African countries	3
Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months in China: a cross-sectional study	3
Breastfeeding and employed mothers in Ethiopia: legal protection, arrangement, and support	3
Impact of an intervention for perinatal anxiety on breastfeeding: findings from the Happy Mother—Healthy Baby randomized controlled trial in Pakistan	3
Potential cost-savings of breastfeeding promotion to prevent breast cancer: a Monte Carlo simulation	3
The investigation of serum phenylalanine levels based on infant feeding method: a cross-sectional study of children less than two years old with phenylketonuria (PKU)	2
The impact of marriage on breastfeeding duration: examining the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 pandemic on marginalized communities	2
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	2
Breastfeeding mother’s experiences with breastfeeding counselling: a qualitative study	2
Prevalence and predictors of timely initiation of breastfeeding in Ghana: an analysis of 2017–2018 multiple indicator cluster survey	2
Infant and young child feeding practice status and its determinants in UAE: results from the MISC cohort	2
“Work with us… to make it more accessible”. What women with intellectual disabilities want from infant-feeding health resources: an exploratory study	2
Calcium, zinc, and vitamin D in breast milk: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
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	2
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding practice and its association with maternal employment in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
A report on parent involvement in planning a randomised controlled trial in neonatology and lactation – insights for current and future research	2
Promoting breastfeeding in women with gestational diabetes mellitus in high-income settings: an integrative review	2
Practices supporting cue-based breastfeeding of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units across Europe	2
Socioecological predictors of breastfeeding practices in rural eastern Ethiopia	2
Effectiveness of a theory-based educational intervention on enhancing milk donation behavior: a cluster randomized controlled trial	2
Influence of skin-to-skin contact on breastfeeding: results of the Mexican National Survey of Demographic Dynamics, 2018	2
Lactation duration and development of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome in postpartum women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus	2
Breastfeeding needs of mothers of preterm infants in China: a qualitative study informed by the behaviour change wheel	2
Evaluation of a breastmilk hand expression toolkit: the M.I.L.K survey study	2
Achieving global targets on breastfeeding in Thailand: gap analysis and solutions	2
Implementing a successful proactive telephone breastfeeding peer support intervention: volunteer recruitment, training, and intervention delivery in the RUBY randomised controlled trial	2
Lumbar spine bone mineral density in women breastfeeding for a period of 4 to 6 months: systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Associations of in-hospital postpartum feeding experiences with exclusive breastfeeding practices among infants in rural Sichuan, China	2
Acceptability of donated breast milk among pregnant women in selected hospitals in central Uganda: a cross-sectional study	2
Reply to the commentary “Liquid gold: do we need to fraction fresh colostrum for oral immunotherapy in premature infants?”	2
Continuing breastfeeding for at least two years after birth in rural Vietnam: prevalence and psychosocial characteristics	2
Barriers and drivers to exclusive breastfeeding in Kyrgyzstan: a qualitative study with mothers and health workers	2
Improving milk donation behavior through an educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial	2
Mothers’ needs and wishes for breastfeeding support in workplaces in Thailand: a qualitative study	2
Incidence and factors influencing delayed onset of lactation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Risk factors for discontinuation of exclusive breast feeding within 1month: a retrospective cohort study in Japan	2