Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Content Analysis, Advanced Maternal Age, Breast Milk
28 Feb 2017
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It is recommended to exclusively breastfeed infants for the first 6 months of the child"s life. Exclusive breastfeeding involves the infant receiving only breastmilk, and no other food. This statement has been adopted globally and is the gold standard in regards to supporting mothers and breastfeeding. The lancet (medical journal) published a series regarding breastfeeding, and its importance. If every mom and infant were to breastfeed according to the who guidelines, 800,000 infant lives would be saved each year (developing and developed countries) An example is a researcher would want to find the association b/w ear infections and breastfeeding, find all the studies regarding this topic, find a general conclusion that you can draw from a body of literature. Similar to systematic review, but uses various statistical methods. Both can help us to find the overall conclusion that we can draw. Short term benefits include decreased risk of ear infections, sids, gi infections and respiratory tract infections.
