Publications by authors named "Yefan Du"

Objective: To explore the status quo and influencing factors of feeding behaviors of micronutrient powders (MNP), or yingyangbao in Pinyin, the Chinese Romanization system, of baby caregivers in remote rural areas of Sichuan Province.

Methods: In 2019, caregivers of babies aged 6 to 24 months from 6 counties of Sichuan Province were selected as the respondents of the survey through a multistage cluster random sampling method. Data concerning the baby caregivers' attitude of behavior, subjective norms, behavioral intention, and feeding behaviors about MNP feeding were collected with a questionnaire through a structured interview.

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Background: Iron-deficiency anaemia disproportionately affects children in low-income and middle-income areas; Western China is a prime example. Given the health risks associated with childhood anaemia and the large heterogeneity of published studies on this subject, we conducted a systematic review of the evidence regarding anaemia prevalence and associated factors in children under 5 years in Western China.

Methods: We searched for all relevant studies on the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia in children under 5 years in Western China, obtaining research between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2021, in English and Chinese from Medline, Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI, WanFang Data and VIP.

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Objective: To examine Hb level and anaemia status among infants under 6 months of age in rural China.

Design: A cross-sectional survey collected data among infants under 6 months and their primary caregivers in Sichuan, China. Anaemia was defined using both the WHO and China Pediatrics Association thresholds.

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Objective: To investigate the status quo and influencing factors of the first-time complementary food addition behavior of caregivers in the multi-ethnic background in the western rural areas.

Methods: In 2019, a multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling was used to selecting research subjects in western rural areas. A structured questionnaire was designed by ourselves with literature review and expert consultation method, and information such as sociodemographic characteristics, feeding knowledge, and complementary food addition of 1290 caregivers and infants were collected, ordered multi-classification Logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of the first complementary food addition behavior of the Han nationality and the minority nationality.

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Background: Breastfeeding self-efficacy is known to positively influence breastfeeding behaviors. While previous research has studied the determinants of breastfeeding self-efficacy in general, these determinants are unstudied among postpartum women in rural China. This study aims to describe the breastfeeding self-efficacy of postpartum women in rural China and identify determinants of breastfeeding self-efficacy using the Dennis breastfeeding self-efficacy framework.

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Objective: To evaluate the feeding patterns of infants under 6 months of age in rural areas of Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, and to explore the driving factors of different feeding patterns.

Methods: A total of 837 pairs of infants under 6 months of age(<183 days of age) and their primary caregivers(450 male infants and 387 female infants, with an average age of(2.9±1.

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Objective: To evaluate the current status of first food supplement and the nutrition of infants and young children in rural areas inhabited by people of Han, Tibetan, and Yi ethnicities in Sichuan Province, and to explore the relationship between the first ever feeding of food supplement and the nutritional status.

Methods: Using a multi-stage randomized cluster sampling method, we selected 2 Han counties, 2 Tibetan counties and 2 Yi counties in rural areas of Sichuan Province. These counties were previously defined as economically poor counties, but had since been lifted out of poverty.

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With increasing air pollution, silica nanoparticles (SiNPs), as a main inorganic member of PM, have gained increasing attention to its reproductive toxicity. Most existing studies focused on the acute exposure, while data regarding the chronic effect of SiNPs on reproduction is limited. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the chronic toxicity of SiNPs on spermatocyte cells.

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