B2127 - Maternal mental health and infant development at one year association with breastfeeding - 19/12/2013

B number: 
B2127
Principal applicant name: 
Dr Ruth Tatiana Amiel Castro (Imperial College London, UK)
Co-applicants: 
Dr Tom O'Connor (University of Rochester Medical Centre, USA), Prof Vivette Glover (Imperial College London, UK), Prof Ulrike Ehlert (University of Zurich, Europe)
Title of project: 
Maternal mental health and infant development at one year: association with breastfeeding.
Proposal summary: 

Aims:

1) To investigate whether attitudes towards breastfeeding and intention to breastfeed (at 32 weeks gestation) are related to maternal mental health during pregnancy (at age 18 and 32 weeks gestation).

2) To investigate whether antenatal attitudes towards breastfeeding are related to the amount of breastfeeding postnatally.

3) To investigate whether postnatal mental health (8 weeks postnatal) is related to the amount of breastfeeding.

4) To analyse whether type of infant feeding, independent of maternal mental health (prenatal and postnatal) is associated with child development (cognitive, behavioural and emotional) at 1 year, allowing for a range of confounders (SES, prenatal smoking, prenatal alcohol, BW, GA, infant growth, family support, parent's education).

5) To investigate to what extent breastfeeding may contribute to cognitive and emotional child development after allowing for a range of confounders (SES, maternal mood, infant growth, family support, parent's education).

Date proposal received: 
Monday, 16 December, 2013
Date proposal approved: 
Thursday, 19 December, 2013
Keywords: 
Breast Feeding, Development
Primary keyword: 
Mental Health