BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that donor human milk is superior to artificial infant formula in situations where the baby cannot feed on the mother's breastmilk. The purpose of this study was to determine the acceptability of donor human milk banking among health workers in Zimbabwean urban settings. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted among 535 health workers and 15 key informants. Three referral hospitals were purposively selected and systematic random sampling was used to select the health workers. The study was conducted between October 2017 and October 2018. RESULTS The concept of donor human milk banking was acceptable among health workers. One-third (31%) of the study participants reported that they would accept donor breastmilk for their children while 56% of them would encourage their clients to donate breastmilk. Acceptance of donor human milk banking was associated with a high level of knowledge on breastmilk banks (p = 0.009) and the study participants' health profession (p = 0.001). Clinical staff were more receptive to donor human milk banking compared to non-clinical health workers. Donor human milk banking was not associated with religion (p = 0.498) or marital status (p = 0.714). CONCLUSIONS The results showed that health workers and policy informers would accept the establishment of breastmilk banks subject to resource availability. Commitment to the establishment of breastmilk banks was moderately acceptable among opinion leaders responsible for spearheading health and nutrition policies.

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卫生工作者对捐赠母乳储存的接受度：津巴布韦城市环境的横断面调查。


背景世界卫生组织(WHO)建议，在婴儿无法以母亲母乳喂养的情况下，捐赠母乳优于人造婴儿配方奶粉。本研究的目的是确定津巴布韦城市环境中卫生工作者对捐赠母乳库的接受程度。方法 对 535 名卫生工作者和 15 名关键知情人进行了横断面研究。有目的地选择3家转诊医院，并采用系统随机抽样的方式选择卫生人员。该研究于 2017 年 10 月至 2018 年 10 月期间进行。 结果 捐赠母乳库的概念得到了卫生工作者的认可。三分之一 (31%) 的研究参与者表示，他们愿意为孩子接受捐赠母乳，而其中 56% 的人会鼓励客户捐赠母乳。接受捐赠母乳库与母乳库的高水平知识 (p = 0.009) 和研究参与者的健康专业 (p = 0.001) 相关。与非临床卫生工作者相比，临床工作人员更容易接受捐赠母乳库。捐赠者母乳储存与宗教 (p = 0.498) 或婚姻状况 (p = 0.714) 无关。结论 结果表明，卫生工作者和政策信息提供者会接受在资源可用的情况下建立母乳库。负责主导健康和营养政策的意见领袖对建立母乳库的承诺是可以接受的。