Maternal education and equity in breastfeeding: trends and patterns in 81 low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2019

• Principais autores: Paulo A. R. Neves (Autor), Aluisio J. D. Barros (Autor), Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez (Autor), Juliana S. Vaz (Autor), Phillip Baker (Autor), Chessa K. Lutter (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), low levels of formal maternal educational are positively associated with breastfeeding whereas the reverse is true among women with higher levels of formal education. As such, breastfeeding has helped to reduce health equity gaps betwe...