Facilitators and barriers to breastfeeding practices of internally displaced mothers residing in disaster relief camps in Pakistan : a critical ethnography
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2019-01
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University of Alberta - Faculty of Nursing
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Pakistan is a low to middle income country with high infant and child mortality rates. The country often faces disasters such as earthquakes and floods, that exacerbate the discontinuation of breastfeeding. This study explores the facilitators and barriers to breastfeeding practices of internally displaced mothers residing in disaster relief camps in Pakistan. Breastfeeding-friendly initiatives led by displaced mothers, their family members, the community at large, and country-based and international organizations are instrumental for enhancement of maternal autonomy in breastfeeding. Findings reveal a range of maternal, socio-cultural, economic and geopolitical factors that affect breastfeeding practices.
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, BREAST FEEDING, NATURAL DISASTERS, DISPLACEMENT, ETHNOGRAPHY, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, REFUGEE CAMPS, PAKISTAN, SOUTH ASIA