Awareness and Attitude Regarding Breastfeeding and Immunization Practices Among Primigravida Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India

Kumar, Avinash; Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran; Rekha, T; Mithra, Prasanna; Kumar, Nithin; Kulkarni, Vaman; Holla, Ramesh; Bhagawan, Darshan

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2015/11892.5616

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“…48% of the mothers knew that the baby is exposed to sunlight to prevent physiological jaundice. The findings are in accordance with the findings of Kumar et al 8 In the present study, 62% of the mothers knew the meaning of neonate. Only 40% of the mothers knew about the aspects of neonatal care like feeding the baby adequately, keeping the baby warm and protecting the baby from infections.…”

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A study to assess the knowledge of mothers on home based neonatal care at selected area of rural Bangalore

Mohini¹,

Shetty²

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The new born signifies the beginning of life and provides a foundation for future health of the nation. New born care is strongly influenced by women’s social status, health status, home care practices for mother and new born care services. Therefore, the present study has been designed to assess the Knowledge of mothers on home based neonatal care especially among rural mothers.Methods: After the institutional ethical clearance, five hundred mothers having infants belong to Rural Bangalore were selected by a purposive sampling technique. The structured interview schedule containing demographic variables, knowledge of mothers on home based neonatal care with 27 MCQs having four answers was used. The data collected was analysed using SPSS and minitab. The p value less than 0.05 were considered as the level of significance.Results: Mother’s education, occupation, source of information has highly significant relationship with their knowledge (p=0.01). However, religion and family income of the mothers are not associated with their knowledge (p>0.05). The mother’s knowledge, education, occupation, source of information and dietary pattern have significantly associated with their knowledge on home based neonatal care (p<0.05). Conclusion: 64.6% had moderate, 21.8% had inadequate and 14.2% had adequate knowledge on home based neonatal care. The aspect wise mean knowledge score ranged between 55.3% and 65.3%. Though majority had moderate knowledge on neonatal care, mothers need a regular follow up care in the area of practicing neonatal care.

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A study to assess the knowledge of mothers on home based neonatal care at selected area of rural Bangalore

Mohini¹,

Shetty²

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…1 Breastfeeding is beneficial to the child as it is natural with optimal nutrients and has several protective factors against infections. 2 Breastfeeding is eco-friendly and is advantageous to mother, as it reduces the time of bleeding during postnatal period and decreases the risk for malignancies, as well as to the community. 1 The National Family health Survey-3, in India, had revealed that only 46% of children are exclusively breastfed in the 0-1 month age group.…”

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A study to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices of exclusive breast feeding among primi mothers of healthy term neonates in a tertiary care hospital and predictors of failure of establishment of exclusive breast feeding in first six months

Naseem

Mazher

2016

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…In the present study maximum numbers of mothers (82%) named Polio and 75% knew about measles but none could name all the VPD. Knowledge and awareness regarding complete immunization schedule at the primary healthcare level was emphasized in many studies [15,18]. Singh et al [19] reported in their study that mothers had fair knowledge regarding the need for immunization but had poor knowledge regarding vaccine preventable diseases.…”

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A study of knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers on immunization of children in urban slums

Tiwari¹,

Vishwakarma²

2019

Int J Pediatr Res

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Background and Objective: Vaccination is a cost-effective intervention to prevent major illness that contribute to child mortality in the country. Increase in parental knowledge about vaccination will lead to increase in vaccination rates of children. Urban slums constitute one of the high-risk areas of vaccine preventable diseases. The main objective of the study was to determine the mother's knowledge towards childhood immunization and to assess the reasons for incomplete immunization. Material and Methods: A community based, cross-sectional study was conducted in the urban slums of Bhopal city, India. Out of the enlisted slums, 5 slums were chosen. House to house survey was done. After obtaining oral consent, information regarding knowledge, attitude and practices was collected by using a proforma. Results: A total of 300 children in the age group of 0 to 24 months were included in the study. 154 Children out of 300 (51.33%) were fully immunized, 67 (22.33%) were partially immunized and 79 (26.33%) were unimmunized. Majority of the mothers (83.6%) showed positive attitude towards getting their child. About 15.6%participants had the misconception of stopping the immunization if it caused side effects Majority 60% of mothers were unaware about the age-related vaccination. The main reason for partial and non-immunization was found to be lack of information poor infrastructure. Conclusion: Immunization coverage in the urban slums of Bhopal is still short compared to national standards. A lack of information and motivation among the parents is the main reason for this dismal scenario, that needs to be rectified at the earliest

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Awareness and Attitude Regarding Breastfeeding and Immunization Practices Among Primigravida Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India

Cited by 17 publications

References 10 publications

A study to assess the knowledge of mothers on home based neonatal care at selected area of rural Bangalore

A study to assess the knowledge of mothers on home based neonatal care at selected area of rural Bangalore

A study to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices of exclusive breast feeding among primi mothers of healthy term neonates in a tertiary care hospital and predictors of failure of establishment of exclusive breast feeding in first six months

A study of knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers on immunization of children in urban slums

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