International Breastfeeding Journal

期刊简介：Breastfeeding is recognized as an important public health issue with enormous social and economic implications. Infants who do not receive breast milk are likely to experience poorer health outcomes than breastfed infants; mothers who do not breastfeed increase their own health risks.Publications on the topic of breastfeeding are wide ranging. Articles about breastfeeding are currently published journals focused on nursing, midwifery, paediatric, obstetric, family medicine, public health, immunology, physiology, sociology and many other topics. In addition, electronic publishing allows fast publication time for authors and Open Access ensures the journal is easily accessible to readers.

【译文】母乳喂养被认为是一个重要的公共卫生问题，具有巨大的社会和经济影响。没有接受母乳喂养的婴儿可能会比母乳喂养的婴儿健康状况更差；没有进行母乳喂养的母亲会增加自己的健康风险。关于母乳喂养的出版物范围广泛。目前，关于母乳喂养的文章主要发表在专注于护理、助产、儿科、产科、家庭医学、公共卫生、免疫学、生理学、社会学等多个领域的期刊上。此外，电子出版使得作者能够快速发表文章，开放获取确保了期刊对读者易于获取。