Effect of socio demographic profile on knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers regarding breastfeeding of Lucknow district

Abstract

As per National family health survey IV , only 42 percent of children under 6 months are exclusively breastfed. Continuous vigilance over infant feeding ABSTRACT Background: Breastfeeding is the ideal source of nutrition for first six month of life which is globally recognised. There are various advantages of optimal breastfeeding but still breastfeeding rates in Uttar Pradesh is only 56%. This might be attributed to various social, cultural and economical factors. Since there is limited local data on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of women toward breastfeeding. hence, we planned this study to assess knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of mothers regarding breastfeeding and influence of sociodemographic profile on them. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 200 mothers coming to the rural and urban areas of a district with infants between 0-6 months. The data was collected using a predesigned questionnaire based on KAP about breastfeeding. The data was analyzed using (SPSS) version 21.0. Results: Our study shows that regarding knowledge of breastfeeding, in rural group 42% considered colustrum as first breast milk. In contrast in urban group, 63% were aware that it was first breast milk (p=0.003). Regarding practices, 56% of rural women had started breastfeeding within one hour while only 38% of urban women did the same (p=0.011). Regarding attitude, 77% women of urban area agreed regarding goodness of colostrum for health followed by 48% of rural women (p≤0.001). Most of the women agreed to the belief that a baby should burp after feeding (94% rural and 91% urban). Conclusions: The Gap between KAP regarding breastfeeding exists in rural and urban setups. So, proper stratgies should be planned depending on socio-demographic profile.

Prácticas, actitudes y creencias durante la lactancia y sus factores sociodemográficos en las madres del área de CRED del Centro Materno Infantil Los Sureños, Puente Piedra - Lima Perú, 2021

“…Para Hasan et al (27) las actitudes positivas hacia la lactancia se relacionan con ser ama de casa, con nivel educativo de medio -superior, ingresos familiares mensuales medios y haber tenido un parto normal dentro de una institución de salud. El conocimiento vuelve a ser muy importante al momento de realizar esta práctica tan beneficiosa para el niño y su madre, Ojha et al (28) identificaron que las actitudes más favorables se encontraban en las madres que tenían conocimiento sobre la importancia y cualidades del calostro y por extraño que parezca que tengan una procedencia rural va influir positivamente. Para Sparks et al (29) , esta diferencia en la procedencia y la lactancia se debe principalmente al apoyo social que se brindan las madres entre ellas en los entornos rurales, además en las ciudades los aspectos económicos, laborales se asocian con una menor intención de lactancia.…”