A study on association between breastfeeding and its protective role against diarrhoea in under five children in a rural block of West Bengal, India

Biswas, Atanu; Mandal, Asok Kumar

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20163060

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“…This study found that children whom started complementary feeding below the age of six months had diarrhoea. This is similar to the study done in India that showed that 55.6% of children who kept in EBF up to six months were at low risk of developing diarrhoea compared to those who started complementary feeding before completing six months of life (12). Also another study recommended that introducing weaning food to the children made in dirty environment are usually infected with pathogens and are the major risk factor for diarrhoea in under-ve children (11) More factors revealed to have association on diarrhoea in this study were place for waste disposal especially latrines at home.…”

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Environmental factors associated with diarrhoea among under-five children attending at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania: a descriptive cross sectional study

Mathias¹,

Mkalagale²,

Mtshengu³

2020

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Background: Generally, diarrhea is still a second major reason of death and illness in children below the age of five years. It holds breathes of around half a million under five children’s every year and causes million more to be admitted. Every year diarrhea kills around 525000 children of under five years.Although few study have been done in Tanzania to determine factors associated with diarrhea among under five children, but environment factors have not yet well addressed. Therefore, this study seeks to address environmental factors associated with diarrhoea among under-five children attending at Muhimbili National Hospital, in Tanzania. Methods: A quantitative descriptive cross sectional study design of 100 simple randomly participants were selected. Questionnaires were used to collect data form key informants who were mothers/ carers with a child of under-five suffering from diarrhoea admitted at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania. Data were analysed using SPSS. Statistical tests used were mean, median, proportions and chi square. Environmental risk factors associated with diarrhoea were determined with a p value of less than 0.05. Ethical approval and permission to collect data were obtained from relevant authorities.Results: Unsuitable infrastructure for grey water disposal, improper hand washing before feeding the baby and hand washing without using clean water and soap had strongly association with the occurrence of diarrhoea in under-five children attending at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) with P-value of 0.00, 0.00, and 0.01 respectively.Conclusion: Childhood diarrhoea is contributed by various environmental risk factors including unimproved sanitation, lack of hand washing facilities and poor knowledge among caregivers. This calls for the importance of providing health education to the caregivers on the cause, prevention and treatment of diarrhoea among under-five children.

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Environmental factors associated with diarrhoea among under-five children attending at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania: a descriptive cross sectional study

Mathias¹,

Mkalagale²,

Mtshengu³

2020

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“…10 Similar results were seen is a study done in a rural area in India, which found a high incidence of diarrhea in non-breast-fed babies. 11 Breast feeding for six months or more was significantly associated with decreased risk of lower respiratory tract infections in preschool children till four years of age. 12 Protective effect of breast feeding against infections is not limited to infancy.…”

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Breast Feeding Remains a Strong Protection against Infant Infections.

Sohail

Fatima

Riaz³

2019

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Background: Breast feeding prevents infections in infants. Those who are partially or never breast-fed and receiving bottle feeds are at higher risk of infections as compared to exclusive breast-fed infants. The objectives of this study were to record the effect of exclusive breast feeding versus partial and never breast feeding on infections in infants and also to find an association of infection with type of feed, gestation and vaccination status in infants till six months of age.Material and Methods: A total of 500 Infants were included in this cross-sectional study. Information regarding pattern of feeding and infections was obtained by verbal interview of mother and the questionnaire was filled by the study physician. The outcome evaluated was infections in infants till one year of age. Categorical comparisons were made using chi square test. A ‘p’ value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: Out of 500 infants, 59.4% were males. About 59.6% were exclusively breast-fed till 6 months of age, 31.2% were partially breast-fed and 9.2% were never breast-fed. In exclusively breast-fed group, 29.5% infants reported infections as compared to 40.4% in partial breast-fed group and 65.2% in never breast-fed infants (P < 0.000). Similarly, 40.6% of infants in exclusively breast-fed group, 55.1% in partial breast feed and 58.7% in the never breast-fed reported infections in 4-6 months of age, which was statistically significant (P = 0.003). There was no significant difference in infection rates among the three study groups in 7-9 (P=0.192) and 10 -12 months (P=0.42) of age.Conclusions: Exclusive breast feeding till six months of age significantly reduces the risk of infections in infancy.

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“…The exposure variables were the IYCF indicators, de ned in accordance with the World Health Organisation (WHO) de nition for assessing IYCF practices in populations [31]. These IYCF indicators were selected based on past studies from LMICs, which showed that these indicators were associated with diarrhoea [28][29][30][32][33][34].…”

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Associations between infant and young child feeding practices and diarrhoea in Indian children: a regional analysis

Dhami¹,

Ogbo²,

Diallo³

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Background: There are limited data on the association between infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices and diarrhoea across regional India, to inform policy initiatives and advocacy. The present study examined the association between IYCF practices and diarrhoea in regional India. Method: The study used a weighted sample of 90,596 maternal responses from the 2015-16 National Family Health Survey in India. Prevalence estimates of diarrhoea by IYCF indicators were estimated for each administrative region, namely: North (n=11,200), South (n=16,469), East (n=23,317), West (n=11,512), Central (n=24,870) and North-East (n=3,228). Multivariate logistic regressions that adjust for clustering and sampling weights were used to investigate the association between IYCF and diarrhoea in regional India. The IYCF indicators include early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), predominant breastfeeding, bottle feeding, continued breastfeeding at one year, continued breastfeeding at two years, children ever breastfed and the introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods. Results: The prevalence of diarrhoea was lower among infants and young children who were breastfed within 1-hour of birth and those who were exclusively breastfed. Children whose mothers continued breastfeeding at one and two years, and infants who were introduced to complementary foods had a higher prevalence of diarrhoea. Early initiation of breastfeeding and EBF were protective against diarrhoea in the North, East and Central regions of India. However, predominant breastfeeding, bottle-feeding and introduction of complementary foods were risk factors for diarrhoea in Central India. Continued breastfeeding at two years was a risk factor for diarrhoea in Western India. Conclusion: Our study suggests that early initiation of breastfeeding and EBF were protective against diarrhoea in Northern, Eastern and Central India, while predominant breastfeeding, bottle feeding, continued breastfeeding at two years and introduction of solid, semi–solid or soft foods were risk factors for diarrhoea in various India regions. Improvements in IYCF practices are likely to reduce the burden of diarrhoea-related morbidity and mortality across India regions.

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A study on association between breastfeeding and its protective role against diarrhoea in under five children in a rural block of West Bengal, India

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Environmental factors associated with diarrhoea among under-five children attending at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania: a descriptive cross sectional study

Environmental factors associated with diarrhoea among under-five children attending at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania: a descriptive cross sectional study

Breast Feeding Remains a Strong Protection against Infant Infections.

Associations between infant and young child feeding practices and diarrhoea in Indian children: a regional analysis

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