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Article

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Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

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1.6 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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  • March 2020

DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-18400/v2

Abstract

Background The exclusive breastfeeding rate in Ireland is very low with extremely slow annual growth.The population of immigrants in Ireland is increasing. Improving exclusive breastfeeding practice amongimmigrants may contribute to the overall improvement of exclusive breastfeeding rates in Ireland. Thisstudy was conducted to elicit recommendations on improving exclusive breastfeeding rate for six monthsamong Chinese immigrants in Ireland. Methods Fourteen semi-structured in-depth individual interviewswere conducted with Chinese immigrant mothers resident in Ireland, who breastfed exclusively for four to six months.

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https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-18400/v2

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