[Public opinion on breast-feeding and infant nutrition: results of a questionnaire in North Rhine-Westphalia].
OBJECTIVE
With the intention to create a basis for interventions on the promotion of breast-feeding, the public opinion on breast-feeding and infant nutrition in NRW was assessed.


METHODS
A two-stage random sample of interviewees was drawn for a computer-assisted telephone survey (CATI). Methods applied on the selection of: 1. Households: 1.1. Gabler-Häder (n=1 811); 1.2. Onomastik (n=200); participants with a Turkish background of migration interviewed in German or Turkish language, alternatively: 2. Interviewees: Last Birthday method (n=2 011), age > or =18 years.


RESULTS
Breast milk is the nutrition preferably recommended in the first six months, the knowledge of adjacent issues of infant nutrition has to be improved. The majority accepts supportive measures for breast-feeding. Different sources of information were assessed in Turkish and German participants.


CONCLUSIONS
The survey supplies the background for the development of target group-specific information strategies which take specifically into account of issues attributable to ethnic differences and to reach the relatives and friends of young families, too.
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Akademie für Offentliches Gesundheitswesen, Düsseldorf. sievers@akademie-oegw.de
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Kersting
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D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007229:Infant Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D011639:Public Opinion; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires