Systematic Literature Review
Title:
Suboptimal breastfeeding practices for children under 2 years in rural India
Search Strategy
- Data Sources: Data on the topic was collected with the help of academic databases. So as to be able to derive evidence on the topic of concern, academic databases such as CINHAL, Academic OneFile, Elsevier, PubMed and MEDLINE were searched. Additional articles were also retrieved with the help of Google Scholar. At first, chosen set of keywords were applied so as to obtain research results. These were then narrowed down with the help of search filters. Applied search filters included date of publication (search results were restricted to the period of 2006-present), language of publication and availability of full texts articles.
- Search terms/ keywords: Various keywords were used in combination with each other so as to obtain the desired results. These included “breastfeeding practices” in combination with “2 years”. The keywords “breastfeeding practices” was also combined with “rural India”, “infants”, “young children” and “suboptimal”. A rich variety of results could be obtained with the help of these keywords.
Inclusion/ Exclusion Criteria
- In order to be able to include a wide variety of articles, inclusion criteria were kept lenient. All articles which mentioned breastfeeding practices in rural India were included in this review. Additionally, articles which spoke about perceptions regarding breastfeeding in rural India, termination of breastfeeding along with providing reasons for the same were also included in the review.
- Exclusion criteria on the other hand were kept stringent in order to ensure that the review does not deviate from the topic and only relevant research material is used. Articles with commented on breastfeeding practices where either the mother or the baby was terminally ill were excluded from the review. Further, articles which commented on breastfeeding practices but were not limited to rural India were also excluded from the review.
(I.C. RDS 3103)