World Breastfeeding Week 2024

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world.

Breastfeeding is recognized as an important public health issue with enormous social and economic implications. Infants who do not receive breast milk are likely to experience poorer health outcomes than breastfed infants; mothers who do not breastfeed increase their own health risks.

We are taking the opportunity to support World Breastfeeding Week 2024 by sharing a selection of articles, blogs, and other related breastfeeding research.

This work supports and amplifies research from the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG3 (Good Health & Wellbeing) and SDG5 (Gender Equality).

International Breastfeeding Journal provides an international platform for promoting academic discussions on all aspects of breastfeeding. Our esteemed Editorial Board welcomes high quality submissions on all areas of breastfeeding, including articles on the social and cultural context within which breastfeeding occurs.

Partners’ experiences of breastfeeding: a qualitative evaluation of a breastfeeding support intervention in Sweden
_{Ingrid Blixt, Ove Axelsson & Eva-Lotta Funkquist}
_{Research | Published: 18 January 2024}

Lactation induction in a transgender woman: case report and recommendations for clinical practice
_{Jojanneke E. van Amesfoort, Norah M. Van Mello & Renate van Genugten}
_{Case Report | Published: 11 March 2024}

Laid-back breastfeeding: knowledge, attitudes and practices of midwives and student midwives in Ireland
_{Margaret McGuigan & Patricia Larkin}
_{Research | Published: 19 February 2024}

State paid family leave policies and breastfeeding duration: cross-sectional analysis of 2021 national immunization survey-child
_{Julia Rosenberg, Deanna Nardella & Veronika Shabanova}
_{Research | Published: 26 May 2024}

Mothers’ experiences and perceptions of breastfeeding peer support: a qualitative systematic review
_{Yuanyuan Yang, Huijuan Liu, Xiaoyi Cui & Jingwen Meng}
_{Review | Published: 19 January 2024}

“Work with us… to make it more accessible”. What women with intellectual disabilities want from infant-feeding health resources: an exploratory study
_{Emma Douglass, Clare Johnson, Geraldine Lucas & Sally Dowling}
_{Research | Published: 08 December 2023}

Twitter discussions on breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic
_{Jawahar Jagarapu, Marlon I. Diaz, Christoph U. Lehmann & Richard J. Medford}
_{Research | Published: 04 November 2023}

New Content Item Part of the BMC Series journals, BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth, including the biomedical and sociological aspects of breastfeeding.

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Rates of and factors associated with exclusive and any breastfeeding at six months in Canada: an analysis of population-based cross-sectional data
_{Christina Ricci, Victoria Otterman, Terri-Lyn Bennett, Stephanie Metcalfe, Elizabeth Darling, Sonia Semenic & Susie Dzakpasu [for the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System]}
_{Research | Published: 23 January 2023}

Does benefits-of-breastfeeding language or risks-of-formula-feeding language promote more-positive attitudes toward breastfeeding among midwives and nurses?
_{Ayumi Toda, Keiko Nanishi & Akira Shibanuma}
_{Research | Published: 11 March 2023}

Breastfeeding difficulties in the first 6 weeks postpartum among mothers with chronic conditions: a latent class analysis
_{Natalie V. Scime, Amy Metcalfe, Alberto Nettel-Aguirre, Kara Nerenberg, Cynthia H. Seow, Suzanne C. Tough & Kathleen H. Chaput}
_{Research | Published: 02 February 2023}

The relationship between women’s breastfeeding empowerment and conformity to feminine norms
_{Maryam Dehghani, Ashraf Kazemi, Zeinab Heidari & Fatemeh Mohammadi}
_{Research | Published: 25 April 2023}

Effects of breastfeeding training programmes for midwives on breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
_{Tianci Wang, Meimei Shang & Ka Ming Chow}
_{Research | Published: 18 April 2023}

Featured Articles

All BMC articles are published on the open access model. All articles are free to read, copy, distribute, and use (providing attribution is given).

New Content Item from Reproductive Health

Care at the first postnatal hour in two hospitals of the Adequate Birth Project: qualitative analysis of experiences in two stages of the Healthy Birth research

Breastfeeding in the first hour of life in Brazilian private hospitals participating in a quality-of-care improvement project

from Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Challenges of breastfeeding during COVID-19 and baby friendly protocols adopted at a maternity health center in the northern Emirates of UAE: a comprehensive review

Determinants of complementary feeding practices among children aged 6–24 months in urban slums of Pune, Maharashtra, in India

New Content Item from Journal of Cannabis Research

Cannabis use, decision making, and perceptions of risk among breastfeeding individuals: the Lactation and Cannabis (LAC) Study

Patient caught breastfeeding and instructed to stop: an empirical ethics study on marijuana and lactation

New Content Item from Archives of Public Health

Breastfeeding experience and anxiety in mothers with covid-19 in the postnatal period: a qualitative study

Prevalence and predictors of delayed initiation of breastfeeding among postnatal women at a tertiary hospital in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

from Globalization and Health

Breastfeeding, first-food systems and corporate power: a case study on the market and political practices of the transnational baby food industry in Brazil

For a complete list of relevant BMC articles, please see here.

from Scientific Reports New Content Item

Machine learning analysis for the association between breast feeding and metabolic syndrome in women

The role of breastfeeding and formula feeding regarding depressive symptoms and an impaired mother child bonding

from Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Representation Matters: Content Analysis of Breastfeeding Images in a Commercial Stock Image Bank

Our Collections

International Breastfeeding Journal - Breastfeeding and disability/chronic ill health

International Breastfeeding Journal presents a collection that focus on breastfeeding for women with disabilities (including intellectual and physical disabilities) and those with chronic ill health.

International Breastfeeding Journal - Breastfeeding and COVID-19

The Editor-in-Chief of International Breastfeeding Journal is selecting articles related to COVID-19 published in the journal to highlight in this collection. All articles have been subject to the journal’s normal peer review process and the collection is not sponsored.

This thematic series is ongoing.

BMC Public Health - Health benefits of breastfeeding

a baby breastfeeding from a woman in a white and yellow shirt In support of Sustainable Development Goal 3- Good Health and Well-Being, BMC Public Health has launched this collection calling for research on the health benefits of breastfeeding. We would particularly welcome submissions addressing: The role of breastfeeding in improving health outcomes for children and mothers; breastfeeding promotion interventions; women's perceptions and experiences of breastfeeding; the relationship between breastfeeding and the incidence of infant illnesses; factors Influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding; socio-economic and environmental factors affecting breastfeeding; barriers to exclusive breastfeeding

Submission Deadline: 7 August 2024.

Featured Books

Discover our collection of Springer Books on Breastfeeding.

New Content Item

Book: Twin and Higher-order Pregnancies

Chapter: Breastfeeding Twins and Multiples

This chapter explores the basic physiology of breastfeeding multiples and common problems involved, with a highlight on the importance of antenatal support and preparation.

Book: Natural Cycle and Minimal Stimulation IVF

Chapter: Asthma and Breastfeeding After IVF

IVF therapies are associated with an increased risk of malformations and premature births as well as childhood asthma. This chapter explores the use of breastfeeding as a potential preventative measure.

Book: COVID-19 and Perinatology

Chapter: Management of Neonatal Care During COVID19 Pandemics

WHO encouraged initiation and continuing of breastfeeding in mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. This chapter explores mothers with perinatal COVID-19 infection and neonatal outcomes.