Infant feeding experiences and concerns among caregivers early in the COVID-19 State of Emergency in Nova Scotia, Canada.
COVID-19
Perceived Stress Scale
SARS-CoV-2
bottle feeding
breastfeeding
emergency
pandemic
public health
Journal
Maternal & child nutrition
ISSN: 1740-8709
Titre abrégé: Matern Child Nutr
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101201025
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2021
07 2021
Historique:
revised:
24
12
2020
received:
16
10
2020
accepted:
20
01
2021
pubmed:
24
2
2021
medline:
23
6
2021
entrez:
23
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The global emergency caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted access to goods and services such as health care and social supports, but the impact on infant feeding remains unclear. Thus, the objective of this study was to explore how caregivers of infants under 6 months of age perceived changes to infant feeding and other food and health-related matters during the COVID-19 State of Emergency in Nova Scotia, Canada. Four weeks after the State of Emergency began, between 17 April and 15 May 2020, caregivers completed this online survey, including the Perceived Stress Scale. Participants (n = 335) were 99% female and mostly White (87%). Over half (60%) were breastfeeding, and 71% had a household income over CAD$60,000. Most participants (77%) received governmental parental benefits before the emergency, and 59% experienced no COVID-19-related economic changes. Over three quarters of participants (77%) scored moderate levels of perceived stress. Common themes of concern included social isolation, COVID-19 infection (both caregiver and infant), and a lack of access to goods, namely, human milk substitutes ('infant formula'), and services, including health care, lactation support, and social supports. Most COVID-19-related information was sought from the internet and social media, so for broad reach, future evidence-based information should be shared via online platforms. Although participants were experiencing moderate self-perceived stress and shared numerous concerns, very few COVID-19-related changes to infant feeding were reported, and there were few differences by socio-economic status, likely due to a strong economic safety net in this Canadian setting.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33619906
doi: 10.1111/mcn.13154
pmc: PMC7995067
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e13154Subventions
Organisme : Nova Scotia COVID-19 Health Research Coalition
ID : HRC-2020-082
Organisme : Research Nova Scotia, Scotia Scholars Awards
Organisme : Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Graduate Scholarships
Organisme : Canadian Institute of Health Research Canada Graduate Scholarship-Masters Award
Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Maternal & Child Nutrition published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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