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Although demographic studies have already addressed infant feeding in sub-Saharan Africa as one of the most important research areas (Jones et al. 2009), few investigations apply multidisciplinary approaches to examine health behavior by looking at socio-economic, cultural, and environmental factors. Recently, individual behaviors including breastfeeding have been globally recognized as measurement indicators for health outcomes of populations (Caldwell et al. 1988). Analysis of social determinants became an important subject in demographic research given their significant effects on health behavioral outcome (Horii et al. 2017).
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Laboratoire d’études et recherches sur les dynamiques sociales et le développement local (LASDEL) conducted a qualitative study commissioned by UNICEF within the framework of the participatory action research of Key Family Practices in the same regions of Niger. According to the findings of their study, time to access health facilities was no longer a critical issue for mothers adopting neonatal infant healthcare practices as promoted by program community volunteers in their villages.
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Horii, N. (2019). What Determined How Soon Mothers Put Their Child to the Breast After Birth in Niger. In: Breastfeeding in Rural Niger. Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22393-9_4
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