Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1997 Oct;87(10):1709-11.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.87.10.1709.

Unintended pregnancy and breast-feeding behavior

T D Dye  1 , M A Wojtowycz, R H Aubry, J Quade, H Kilburn
Affiliations

Unintended pregnancy and breast-feeding behavior

T D Dye et al. Am J Public Health. 1997 Oct.

Abstract

Objectives: This study assessed the effect of unintended pregnancy on breast-feeding behavior.

Methods: All women delivering a live birth between January 1, 1995, and July 31, 1996 (n = 33,735), in the 15-county central New York region were asked whether they had intended to become pregnant and their breast-feeding plans.

Results: Women with mistimed pregnancies, and pregnancies that were not wanted were significantly less likely to breast-feed than were women whose pregnancies were planned. After adjustment for confounding variables and contraindications for breast-feeding, the odds ratios of not breast-feeding remained significant.

Conclusions: Promoting breast-feeding among women with unintended pregnancies is important to improve health status.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. N Engl J Med. 1983 Feb 3;308(5):237-41 - PubMed
    1. J Public Health Manag Pract. 1997 Mar;3(2):37-40 - PubMed
    1. Am J Public Health. 1994 Jan;84(1):89-97 - PubMed
    1. Obstet Gynecol. 1993 Dec;82(6):955-9 - PubMed

Publication types