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Titre :	Correlates of breastfeeding frequency among nomadic pastoralists of Turkana, Kenya: a retrospective study (1995)
Auteurs :	SJ Gray, Auteur
Type de document :	Article : texte imprimé
Dans :	American journal of physical anthropology (Vol.98 n°3, Novembre 1995)
Article en page(s) :	pp.239-255
Langues:	Anglais
Index. décimale :	ET.1 (Etude ethnographique)
Catégories :	Afrique de l'Est ; Aménorrhée lactationnelle ; Anthropologie ; Croissance et développement ; Etude rétrospective ; Facteur sociodémographique
Résumé :	In this paper, a carefully structured retrospective study of breastfeeding behavior among nomadic Turkana is used to identify environmental, biobehavioral, and socioeconomic factors associated with variation in breastfeeding frequency among Turkana women. In agreement with the results of a prospective study conducted as part of the same research, the age (growth) and physical development of nurslings show significant correlations with breastfeeding frequency. Maternal physical status, the depth of the maternal social network, and, to a lesser degree, rainfall patterns are also significant. All of these factors appear to influence breastfeeding through their effects on maternal participation in herding activities and related absences from camp. Finally, the study also presents new strategies for collecting and utilizing retrospective data, which are notoriously unreliable and difficult to classify according to operational definitions recently developed for prospective studies. Results of the present study suggest methods by which the quality and reliability of recall data may be enhanced.

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