Table 2.
Number of healthcare professionals by specialty and healthcare facility (n = 34), and pregnant women and mothers by type of infant feeding practices and children's age (n = 72).
| Healthcare professional (In-depth interviews) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare facility | ||||
| Public | Private | Total | ||
| Neonatologists | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Pediatricians | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Nurses | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Obstetricians/Gynecologists | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| General physicians | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Total | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| Pregnant women and mothers (Focus group discussions) | ||||
| Infant feeding practices | ||||
| Predominant Breastfeeding a | Formula feeding b | Breastfeeding first and currently formula c | Total | |
| Pregnant women (>3 months of pregnancy) | - | - | - | 12 |
| Mothers of babies: | ||||
| 0–6 months | 12 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 6–18 months | - | - | 13 | 13 |
| Total | 12 | 13 | 25 | 62 |
| Mothers (In-depth interviews) | ||||
| Infant feeding practices | ||||
| Breastfeeding | Formula feeding | Breastfeeding first and currently formula c | Total | |
| Mothers | 8 | 2 | - | 10 |
a
Mothers breastfeeding since birth and only occasionally using formula.
b
Mothers feeding with formula since birth.
c
Mothers breastfeeding at the beginning and introducing the formula later.