SUMMARY :Indigenous knowledge is the accumulated knowledge, skill and technology of the local people. It is readily available at no cost and has many advantages over scientific knowledge. The study was conducted at remote villages of Bidar district to document the indigenous storage techniques adopted by the farmers. The documentation was done by direct interview and group discussion methods. Key informants including progressive farmers belonging to small, marginal and big farmer categories, aged farmers, farmwomen and farm labourers were involved during the process of data collection. The results indicate that among the different management practices followed of the control of stored grain pest, sun drying an age old practice has been observed effective and was adopted by more than 80 per cent farmers in the district. The reduced moisture content inhibited the multiplication of stored pests has been well established long back.
BACKGROUND Breast milk is the ideal food for an infant under any circumstance. No other food is required by the infant until six months after birth. Exclusive breast-feeding protects the infant from early malnutrition and infections. Prelacteal feeds are not necessary as breast milk is easily digestible. Benefits of breast-feeding get diluted as its exclusivity decreases. Establishment of lactation starts with early initiation of breast-feeding. Objectives-To assess the breast-feeding and infant feeding practices among mothers of infants aged 0-12 months.
A community based descriptive and cross sectional study was designed to assess the socio economic status, dietary pattern and nutritional status of teenage pregnant girls. This study was conducted in rural areas of Vellore and Dharmapuri districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Convenient sampling method was used to select 139 subjects in their third trimester of pregnancy. Subjects who had registered in Primary Health Centers, Government Hospitals and private hospitals in these areas were selected. Information pertaining to general aspects, anthropometric measurements, nutrient intake, food taboos, special foods consumed during pregnancy was collected by direct interview method using the proforma. The data so collected was statistically analyzed. The findings suggest that most of the participants belonged to low socio economic status. Nutrient intake and anthropometric measurements of the subjects were very low when compared with standards. These results indicate low potential birth outcomes in relation to maternal nutrition.
BACKGROUND: Breast feeding plays an essential and sometimes underestimate role in the treatment and prevention of infant and childhood illness. Improving breast feeding is a highly feasible and cost effective approach to reducing the number of infant who die from infectious disease and malnutrition early in their lives. Continuing to breastfeed alone could save 1 to 1.5 million lives a year. Well over 40% of 10.9 million deaths annually occur due to inappropriate feeding practices , during the 1 st year of life. Lack of breast feeding and especially exclusive breast feeding during the 1 st year of life are important risk factors for infant and child hood morbidity and mortality that are only compounded by inappropriate complementary feeding . Current evidence that Breast feeding is beneficial for infant and child health is based on exclusive observational studies. The experimental intervention increased the duration and degree of breast feeding. These results provide a solid scientific under planning for future interventions to promote Breast feeding. Breast feeding practices appear to be ineffective even in institutions due to lack of knowledge of importance of breast milk , colostrums, and pre-lacteal feeds. In the present study an effort is made to assess the knowledge of breast feeding practices among post natal women and mothers attending immunization clinic. OBJECTIVES: To study the sociodemografic factors influence on breast feeding behavior of post natal mothers and to study the awareness of benefits of colostrums, and effect of media on breast feeding practices. MATERIALS AND METHODS : The present study is a crosssectional, Descriptive Hospital based ,conducted in the post natal ward at Govt Maternity Hospital, sultan Bazar, Hyderabad, A.P., participants are the Mothers who have delivered within 3days of interview, and the Mothers attending immunization clinic , having children below 1 year of age . sample size is 150 Post Natal Mothers and 100 mothers attending immunization clinic in the same hospital selected by simple random sampling technique. METHODOLOGY: interview with a predesigned and pretested semi structured questionnaire administered to 150 randomly selected mothers at the bed side in post natal ward who have delivered 3days prior to the interview. A friendly support was maintained to elicit the response regarding breast feeding practices. the mothers were interviewed in their mother tongue. Study was conducted from November 1 st to December 2004.study variables includes social demographic factors like age, marriage, age at pregnancy, social status, literacy, and their relation to awareness on breast feeding practices etc.
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