Table 2.
Breastfeeding rates
| Ref No | Study Author, Year | Emirate | Nationality | Total N (%) |
Prenatal Intention to Breastfeed n (%) |
Initiating Breastfeeding n (%) |
EBF at 3 months n (%) |
ABF at 3 months n (%) |
EBF at 6 months n (%) |
ABF at 6 months n (%) |
EBF at 12 months n (%) |
ABF at 12 months n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [20] |
Ali 2022 |
Northern Emirates (Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Al Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah | UAE Nationals & Non-Nationals | 475 (100%) | Not reported | 222 (47%) | Not reported | Not reported | 222 (47%) | 440 (93%) | Not reported | Not reported |
| [21] | Al Ketbi 2018 | Abu Dhabi | UAE Nationals & Non-Nationals | 354 (100%) | Not reported | 193 (55%) | Not reported | Not reported | 46 (13%) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| [16] | Al Sabbah et al., 2022 | Dubai and Sharjah | Emirati or Arab |
858 [492 in Dubai and 366 in Sharjah] (100%) |
Not reported | 214 (26%)* | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 124 (14%) | Not reported as proportion | Not reported |
| [28] | Al Shahwan 2020 | Sharjah and Ajman | UAE National & Non National | 820 (100%) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| [22] | Cheikh Ismail 2020 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah | UAE National & Non- National | 276 (100%) | Not reported | Not reported | 135 (45%) | (94%) | 11 (4%) | 185 (67%) | 1% | 152 (55%) |
| [23] | Gardner 2015 | Abu Dhabi | Emirati National | 125 (100%) | 116 (93%) | 120 (96%) | 5 (5%) | 88 (70%) | 0 (0%) | 53 (42%) |
0 (0%) ** |
26 (21%) ** |
| [29] | Kaushal 2022 | Dubai | UAE National & Non- National | n/a | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| [25] | Omar 2022 | Dubai | UAE National & Non-National | 668 (100%) | Not reported | 503 (75%) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| [26] | Radwan 2013 | Dubai and Abu Dhabi/ Al Ain | UAE National | 593 (100%) | Not reported | 583 (98%) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| [27] | Radwan 2016 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain | UAE National | 45 (100%) | Not reported | 45 (100%) | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| [30] | Radwan 2021 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Fujairah | UAE National & Non-National | 457 (100%) | Not reported | 316 (69%) | 201 (50%) | 372 (81%) | 100 (22%) | 201 (44%) | Not reported | Not reported |
| [15] | Taha 2018 | Abu Dhabi | UAE National & Non-National | 1822 (100%) | 1655 (91%) | 1741 (96%) | Not reported | 154 (8%) | 27 (1%) | Not reported | Not reported | 8 (0%) |
*EBF = Exclusive breastfeeding, ABF = Any breastfeeding