Breastfeeding behavior is not associated with health literacy: evidence from the German KUNO-Kids birth cohort study

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-456072
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.45607

Graus, Teresa M. ; Brandstetter, Susanne ; Seelbach-Göbel, Birgit ; Melter, Michael

; Kabesch, Michael

; Apfelbacher, Christian J.

; Fill Malfertheiner, Sara

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Abstract

Purpose Despite the health benefits of full breastfeeding for both infants and mothers, less than 50% of mothers in Germany practice this method for at least 4 months after childbirth. Because of the growing importance of health literacy to improve public health, we investigated the role of maternal health literacy in breastfeeding behavior. Methods We analyzed the data of 1172 mother-child dyads ...