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. 2019 Jun 5;14(5):334–341. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2018.0039

Table 2.

Breastfeeding Duration (<2 Months Versus ≥2 Months) Prevalence Ratios by In-Hospital Newborn Care Enhancement Measures: Utah Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System 2012–2015, N = 657

Contributing factors Unadjusted Model 1 Model 2
PR (95% CI) PR (95% CI) PR (95% CI)
“Hospital staff gave me information about breastfeeding” 0.93 (0.75–1.15) 0.83 (0.66–1.05) 0.97 (0.76–1.24)
“My baby stayed in the same room with me at the hospital” 0.82 (0.73–0.93) 1.14 (0.99–1.30) 1.05 (0.88–1.26)
“Hospital staff helped me learn how to breastfeed” 1.35 (1.19–1.53) 1.37 (1.20–1.57) 1.25 (1.08–1.44)
“I breastfed in the first hour after my baby was born” 0.68 (0.61–0.75) 0.91 (0.81–1.04) 0.94 (0.82–1.08)
“I breastfed my baby in the hospital” 0.46 (0.41–0.52) 0.61 (0.52–0.71) 0.72 (0.61–0.86)
“My baby was fed only breast milk in the hospital” 0.48 (0.43–0.53) 0.54 (0.49–0.61) 0.57 (0.51–0.64)
“Hospital staff told me to breastfeed whenever my baby wanted” 0.81 (0.72–0.91) 0.97 (0.86–1.10) 0.99 (0.88–1.13)
“Hospital staff gave me a breast pump to use” 1.40 (1.26–1.54) 1.09 (0.98–1.23) 1.04 (0.91–1.18)
“Hospital gave me a gift pack with formula” 1.41 (1.26–1.58) 1.21 (1.08–1.36) 1.20 (1.07–1.36)
“Hospital gave me telephone number to call for help with breastfeeding” 0.85 (0.75–0.96) 0.85 (0.76–0.96) 0.91 (0.80–1.03)
“Hospital staff gave my baby a pacifier” 1.41 (1.22–1.63) 1.18 (1.02–1.36) 1.13 (0.97–1.32)

Model 1: Adjusted for other IHNCEM measures.

Model 2: Adjusted for other IHNCEM measures, maternal age (continuous), race/ethnicity (white/non-Hispanic, white/Hispanic, nonwhite/non-Hispanic, nonwhite/Hispanic), maternal education (0–8 years, 9–11 years, 12 years, 13–15 years, ≥16 years), marital status (yes/no), smoking (yes/no), exercise in last trimester (<1 day/week, 1–2 days/week, 3–4 days/week, ≥5 days/week), vaginal delivery (yes/no), multiples (yes/no), preterm birth, hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, gestational diabetes, birth defect, and length of hospital stay (<1 day, 1–2 days, 3–5 days, 6–14 days, >14 days, still in the hospital).

IHNCEM, in-hospital newborn care enhancement measures; CI, confidence interval; PR, prevalence ratio.