Early skin-to-skin contact, rooming-in, and breastfeeding: a comparison of the 2004 and 2011 National Surveys in Taiwan.

Objectives: We examined progress in the practice of early skin-to-skin contact and rooming-in, and their association with breastfeeding, using national samples of postpartum women in the years 2004 and 2011 in Taiwan.

Methods: This study was a secondary data analysis using 2004 and 2011 national surveys of 12,201 and 12,405 postpartum women, respectively.

Results: More women had early skin-to-skin contact in 2011 than in 2004 (54.