2024
Commercial milk formula marketing entry points: setting the course of infant and young child feeding trajectories
Vilar-Compte M, Hernández-Cordero S, Pérez-Escamilla R, Tomori C. Commercial milk formula marketing entry points: setting the course of infant and young child feeding trajectories. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 2653. PMID: 39342250, PMCID: PMC11438275, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19997-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocioecological modelHealth professionalsCommercial milk formulaHealth care providersHealth care systemYoung child feedingCare providersCommercial determinantsCare systemChild feedingSocioeconomic statusHealth institutionsBreastfeeding decisionsQualitative studyLack trainingIYCFInfant feedingLife course phaseHealthSocietal levelBreastfeedingProfessionalsCounseling systemCourse phaseSocial norms
2023
The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress
Baker P, Smith J, Garde A, Grummer-Strawn L, Wood B, Sen G, Hastings G, Pérez-Escamilla R, Ling C, Rollins N, McCoy D, Group 2. The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress. The Lancet 2023, 401: 503-524. PMID: 36764315, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01933-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEconomic policyStructural barriersPolitical economyInfluence policyEconomic reformsCare workCorporate powerIdeological factorsPoor womenRights protectionYoung child feedingInternational levelBreastfeeding protectionPolicyConflicts of interestInsufficient fundsEconomic reasonsChild feedingHealth systemCommercial influenceYoung childrenGovernmentReformFormula industryEconomic costs
2017
Becoming Baby Friendly: A Complex Adaptive Systems Toolbox for Scaling up Breastfeeding Programs Globally
Perez‐Escamilla R, Hromi‐Fiedler A, Gubert M. Becoming Baby Friendly: A Complex Adaptive Systems Toolbox for Scaling up Breastfeeding Programs Globally. The FASEB Journal 2017, 31 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.165.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreastfeeding programBreastfeeding promotion programsEvidence-based toolboxYoung child feedingEvidence-based indexDelphi consensus methodologyAreas of infantNewborn survivalHigh-income countriesChild feedingPromotion programsHealth initiativesNutrition ProgramConsensus methodologyTotal scoreGrey literatureIncome countriesAdvisory CommitteeProgram deliverySteering CommitteeInternational agenciesInfantsBabiesFunding information
2016
Impact of the Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative on breastfeeding and child health outcomes: a systematic review
Pérez-Escamilla R, Martinez JL, Segura-Pérez S. Impact of the Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative on breastfeeding and child health outcomes: a systematic review. Maternal And Child Nutrition 2016, 12: 402-417. PMID: 26924775, PMCID: PMC6860129, DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAfrica South of the SaharaAsiaBreast FeedingChild HealthEuropeFemaleHealth EducationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PromotionHospitalsHumansInfantObservational Studies as TopicProgram EvaluationRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSocial SupportTreatment OutcomeUnited NationsUnited StatesWorld Health OrganizationConceptsBaby-Friendly Hospital InitiativeChild health outcomesHealth outcomesSystematic reviewBreastfeeding outcomesHospital InitiativeLong-term breastfeeding outcomesBFHI's Ten StepsInfant health outcomesYoung child feedingDose-response relationshipNarrative systematic reviewBF outcomesBFHI implementationBFHI stepsSteps womenTerm infantsObservational studyChild feedingTen StepsOutcomesBreastfeedingInfantsPrimary aimQuasi-experimental design