Assessing Maternal Breastfeeding Plans and Perceived Barriers to Optimal Breastfeeding in Kumasi, Ghana
Only one-third of our cohort planned to practice optimal BF. Strengthening family support systems and improving patient education may increase optimal BF rates in Ghana.
Authors
- Julian Thornton Hertz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7396-4789)
- Sharla Rent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8577-478X)
- Larko Domeryo Owusu
- Brigitte Seim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7963-4767)
- George Ofori‐Amanfo
- Adwoa A. Baffoe‐Bonnie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8682-5287)
- John Adabie Appiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0386-6120)
- Ronald N. Goldberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5157-1263)
- Gyikua Plange‐Rhule
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Birth
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.70022
- Primary Topic
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00