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Original Article
General Pediatrics
Role of proper postnatal care in continued exclusive breastfeeding among young Indonesian mothers
Wahyu Triadmajani, Shinta Prawitasari, Abdul Wahab
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2024;67(12):686-693.   Published online September 12, 2024
Question: Is proper postnatal care (PNC) associated with exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) practice among young Indonesian mothers?
Finding: Proper PNC elevates the likelihood of EBF among Indonesian adolescent mothers aged 15–19 years.
Meaning: Breastfeeding services should be provided during the early postnatal period to support EBF practice among adolescent mothers. High-quality PNC is a tailored intervention for vulnerable populations.
Early initiation of breastfeeding and factors associated with its delay among mothers at discharge from a single hospital
J. Jenifer Florence Mary, R. Sindhuri, A. Arul Kumaran, Amol R. Dongre
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2022;65(4):201-208.   Published online October 18, 2021
Background: According to the National Family Health Survey– 4, in India, 78.9% of deliveries occur in institutions, although only 42.6% of new mothers initiate breastfeeding within 1 hour of delivery.
Purpose: To estimate the proportion of early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) among new mothers at discharge from a tertiary care hospital and identify the determinants of delayed initiation of breastfeeding among...
Ten years of experience in the prevention of mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus transmission in a university teaching hospital
Jung-Weon Park, Tae-Whan Yang, Yun-Kyung Kim, Byung-Min Choi, Hai-Joong Kim, Dae-Won Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2014;57(3):117-124.   Published online March 31, 2014
Purpose

Administration of antiretroviral drugs to mothers and infants significantly decreases mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission; cesarean sections and discouraging breastfeeding further decreases this risk. The present study confirmed the HIV status of babies born to mothers infected with HIV and describes the characteristics of babies and mothers who received preventive treatment.

Methods

This study retrospectively analyzed medical records of nine infants...