Impact of ritual pollution on lactation and breastfeeding practices in rural West Bengal, India

Bandyopadhyay, Mridula

doi:10.1186/1746-4358-4-2

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“…most common reason for delay in early initiation of breastfeeding observed was delay in shifting of mother from labour room or operation theatre, shifting of babies to NICU and various family restrictions. 12 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months was observed in 27% mothers, which was substantially lower than previous studies and as per NFHS 4 data of Punjab state, where it is observed to be 53% (54.8% in urban and 51.1% in rural areas of Punjab) but higher than recent studies which reported 7.8% in study done by Tiwari et al and 16.5% by Bandhyopadhay et al [13][14] Further studies indicate prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is generally low in low resource and developing nations. 15 However, breastfeeding promotion interventions in developing countries have shown to result in 6-fold increase in exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months to achieve MDG 4.…”

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Prospective study to assess knowledge, attitude and breast-feeding practices of post-natal mothers in Punjab, India

Malhotra

Malik

Virk

2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: According to World Health Organization WHO (2009), 'Exclusive breastfeeding means that an infant receives only breast milk from his or her mother, or expressed breast milk and no other liquids or solids, not even water, with exception of oral rehydration solutions, drops consisting of vitamins, minerals supplements or medicines if required'. In India, breastfeeding appears to be influenced by social, cultural and economic factors. In 1991, Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) was formed to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. Further, the government of India has undertaken National Rural Health Mission, which intends to implement Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) through the existing healthcare delivery system. Poor practices and attitudes towards breastfeeding have been reported as major reason for poor health outcomes in developing nations. Methods: Present study is a prospective study carried out among postnatal mothers, attending OPD's and immunization clinic, Department of Paediatrics at Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar from February 2016 till March 2017 over period of 13 months. Total of 1000 mothers were included who met with the inclusion criteria. Inclusion criteria of study were mother of healthy baby (baby weight more than 2.5 kgs), baby without any congenital defect and baby born between 37 to 42 weeks of gestation. Results: The sample of the present study comprised of postpartum mothers (N=1000), among whom 35% (n=350) belonged to 22-25-year age group and only 12.8% (128) were above age group of 31 years. Among total 1000 subjects 28% (n=28) were illiterate. 65.3% (n=653) of the mother were living in the joint family in contrast to 34.5% were having nuclear family. Among total subjects (n=1000) 18.2% were working mothers and rest 81.8% were housewives. 76.4% belonged to rural area and 23.6% to urban area. 60.4% were primigravida and 39.6% were multigravida. Among total subjects 56% delivered normally and 44% by LSCS. In present study, majority of the mothers had prior knowledge regarding importance of colostrum, the first breast milk to baby, i.e 71.8% where as 28.2% were not aware of it. 82% mothers in current study had knowledge about importance of breastfeeding while rest 18 said breastfeeding was not important. Conclusions:The present study concludes that mothers have an average knowledge about breastfeeding and poor breastfeeding practices were followed, thus, it is important to educate mother and families regarding breastfeeding and its importance, we need to strengthen public health education system to promote breastfeeding. Further focus on various factors which play important role in promotion and practices of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding can lead to successful implementation of policies and programmes and in turn help in raising and nurturing a healthy child, a healthy youth for the nation.

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Prospective study to assess knowledge, attitude and breast-feeding practices of post-natal mothers in Punjab, India

Malhotra

Malik

Virk

2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…52.8 percent said that they were aware that Exclusive Breast Feeding is important for the infant, while the rest, i.e., 41.1 percent said that they were not aware about it. 76.1 percent of the respondents said that they considered that pre-lacteal feeds were very important considering its cultural component as well as the nutrient content for the baby whereas 23.9 percent said that pre-lacteal feeds were not important for the baby [41][42][43][44][45][46].…”

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Knowledge and Practices of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Women in Rural Uttar Pradesh

Verma¹,

Dixit²

2016

J Neonatal Biol

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“…There are previous reports on the intake of special dietary food supplements during lactation; these foods are believed to improve health and lactation performance [15,40]. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study so far has reported the effect of dietary food supplements consumption on bone health of mothers.…”

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A Cross-Sectional Study of Postpartum Changes in Bone Status in Indian Mothers

Kajale

Khadilkar

Chiplonkar

et al. 2015

J Obstet Gynecol India

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Background Bone turnover is high during lactation. However, studies on bone status of Indian urban mothers are scarce. Hence, the objective was to conduct a crosssectional study on the lactation-related changes in bone health status of Indian mothers postpartum using Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) at 3 time points: within a week of delivery, at 1-and 3-years postpartum. We also explored the association of dietary calcium intake, physical activity, serum vitamin D status, and dietary traditional food supplements (Dietary Food supplements) with bone health. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted; 300 full-term, healthy primiparous women (28.6 ± 3.4 year) were randomly selected and categorized into 3 groups: 128 mothers within 7 days of delivery (Group A), 88 with 1-year-old children (B), and 84 with 3-year-old children (C). Anthropometry, lactation history, physical activity, diet, biochemical tests (vitamin D, parathyroid hormone), body composition, areal bone mineral density (a-BMD) at total body (TB), AP spine (APS), and dual neck femur (DF) were assessed by DXA (GE-Lunar DPX). Results Significantly higher APS-BMD (mean ± SD) was observed in Group C (1.107 ± 0.098 g/cm 2 ) than that in A (1.045 ± 0.131 g/cm 2 ) (p \ 0.05). When adjusted for breastfeeding practices, mean (±standard error) APS-BMD was lowest in women in Group A (1.024 ± 0.013 g/cm 2 ),

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Impact of ritual pollution on lactation and breastfeeding practices in rural West Bengal, India

Cited by 102 publications

References 24 publications

Prospective study to assess knowledge, attitude and breast-feeding practices of post-natal mothers in Punjab, India

Prospective study to assess knowledge, attitude and breast-feeding practices of post-natal mothers in Punjab, India

Knowledge and Practices of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Women in Rural Uttar Pradesh

A Cross-Sectional Study of Postpartum Changes in Bone Status in Indian Mothers

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