title: Human milk banking and milk kinship: Perspectives of mothers in a Muslim country.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study aims to determine the knowledge, attitudes and views of mothers regarding infant feeding, breast milk, wet-nursing, milk kinship and human milk banks.
  
  
  METHODS
  This descriptive cross-sectional study was composed of 1042 mothers who delivered at two different hospitals in Turkey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost half of the participating mothers, 49.9%, agreed with the establishment of alternative HMBs in Turkey. Only 7.7% of the mothers in this study expressed views in favour of the establishment of Western-style HMBs. Approximately half of the mothers (42.4%) indicated that they were against the establishment of any kind of HMBs in Turkey. Only 9.2% of the mothers in this study stated that they would volunteer to donate their breast milk to the Western-style HMBs, and only 6.9% of the mothers approved obtaining milk from this type of HMB. Finally, 44.2% of the mothers stated that they would donate their breast milk to the alternative HMBs, and 31.9% of the mothers approved obtaining milk from this type of HMB.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first study conducted among mothers in a Muslim community about issues such as infant feeding, breast milk, wet-nursing, milk kinship and HMBs. The majority of the mothers in this study are against the establishment of Western-style HMBs, whereas they have a more positive response to an alternative HMB when their religious concerns are relieved.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Inonu University School of Medicine, 44280 Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karadag
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Inonu University School of Medicine, 44280 Malatya, Turkey ramazanoz@yahoo.com.tr.
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Physician, Inonu University School of Medicine, 44280 Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muharrem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ak
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Inonu University School of Medicine, 44280 Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Inonu University School of Medicine, 44280 Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Derya Gumus
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Inonu University School of Medicine, 44280 Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Elkiran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D017784:Milk Banks / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D008895:Milk, Human; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey
keywords: breastfeeding; donor human milk; human milk bank; milk kinship; wet nurse.