SynthesisNutrients2022
Factors That Influence the Sustainability of Human Milk Donation to Milk Banks: A Systematic Review.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Human milk banking services: an umbrella review.Public health nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Policies and guidelines supporting the sustainability of human milk donation to milk banks in Switzerland: a document analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a theory-based educational intervention on enhancing milk donation behavior: a cluster randomized controlled trial.International breastfeeding journal · 2025Trial
- Balancing access to donor human milk: Rationing vs expanding use.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026Review
- Providing Choice: Exploring Maternal Perceptions of Infant Feeding When Supplementation Is Required.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Knowledge and perceptions of donor human milk among university health sciences students in southern Ecuador: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Human milk donation in Australia: a qualitative study of donors and potential donors.International breastfeeding journal · 2025Article
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- Bridging the Milk Gap: Integrating a Human Milk Bank-Blood Bank Model to Reinforce Lactation Support and Neonatal Care.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Factors related to milk donation based on the theory of planned behavior in pregnant women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Views on wet nursing and expressing breastmilk for sharing and human milk bank donation among mothers in two parenting social media communities in Vietnam.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with the Prolonged Use of Donor Human Milk at the Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in Vietnam.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Unsung Heroes: The Profile of the Donor at a Southern Italian Milk Bank and Driving Factors in Human Milk Donation.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Disparities in being able to donate human milk impacts upon maternal wellbeing: Lessons for scaling up milk bank service provision.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Donor and newborn profiles and their influence on donation volume and duration: a cross-sectional study in a Spanish human milk bank.International breastfeeding journal · 2024Article
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Abstract
Donor human milk is the recommended alternative for feeding preterm or low birth weight infants when the mother's own milk is unavailable or not in sufficient quantity. Globally, the needs of vulnerable infants for donor human milk exceed the supply. This review aimed to identify the factors impacting the sustainability of human milk donation to milk banks. A systematic review of the literature was performed on eight databases to retrieve articles published until December 2021. The study protocol is available in PROSPERO (#CRD42021287087). Among the 6722 references identified, 10 studies (eight quantitative observational and two qualitative) met the eligibility criteria for a total of 7053 participants. Thirty factors influencing the sustainability of the donations to milk banks were identified and categorized as follows: (1) donation duration, (2) donors' infant features (e.g., gestational age, birth weight), (3) donors' features (e.g., socio-demographic characteristics, milk donation history), and (4) factors related to the milk bank and health care systems (awareness and support). The available evidence suggests that larger volumes of donated milk are associated with a longer duration of donation, as are early donation, previous milk donation, and donors with an infant of smaller weight and gestational age. Supporting and encouraging early donation and recruiting donors with infants of low birth weight and low gestational age could support longer donation times and greater volumes of milk donated. To identify efficient strategies and to draw appropriate recommendations to improve donor milk access, future studies should further explore the issues of the sustainability of human milk donation to milk banks.
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