Infant and young child feeding practices amongst children referred to the paediatric outpatient department

Sapra, Devyani; Ray, Shuvanan; Jindal, Ayushi; Patrikar, Seema

doi:10.1016/j.mjafi.2014.04.002

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“…Beliefs toward CF were highly highlighted among IDI and FGD participant mothers. This study corroborates with different literatures across the globe: India, 14 Brazil, 10 North Cameroon, 15 Rwanda, 17 Northwest Ethiopia 43 and Latina mothers. 44 This study revealed that vegetables and meats are not given to the child because of the perception of the mothers that vegetables are less important to the child and meat-related perception that the child’s stomach is unable to digest and causes illness.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Even though the mothers understood the importance of EBF for 6 months, they failed to adhere to the recommended EBF practices which also potentially influenced the health benefit of breast feeding. Also, this study corroborates similar findings in the literature across different countries: United Arab Emirates, 14 Somalia 19 and Ethiopia. 30 Suboptimal breast feeding was commonly expressed by mothers due to their perceived insufficiency of breast milk.…”

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Barriers and coping responses towards infant and young child feeding practices in rural Ethiopia: a descriptive qualitative study

Gizaw,

Sopory,

Sudhakar

2023

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveTo explore barriers and coping responses toward infant and young child practices (IYCFP) in rural Ethiopia.MethodsA descriptive qualitative study using semi-structured in-depth interviews and focus group discussions was conducted with 98 mothers having infants and young children aged 0–24 months in rural Ethiopia. The mothers were selected purposively by stratifying into four age groups of infants and young children in months: 0–5, 6–8, 9–12 and 13–24. Thematic analysis was performed to elucidate the main ideas regarding the barriers and coping responses to IYCFP across the participant stratum using ATLAS.ti analytical software (V.7.5.18).ResultsTwo main themes emerged from the data. First, there was a discourse on optimal IYCFP that reflects the knowledge and efforts to adhere to recommendations for early breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breast feeding for the first 6 months and introduction of complementary foods at 6 months. Second, in a discourse on struggling with everyday realities, barriers against optimal feeding practices and coping responses were presented. Mothers’ responses in the four age strata as barriers to IYCFP were inadequate knowledge towards breast milk, perceived insufficiency of breast milk, beliefs, mothers’ excessive workload, limited partner support, food price inflation and shortage, gender roles, dowry demand and cultural understanding of marriage. Relying on cheaper food items and backyard garden was used to cope with the barriers.ConclusionsBarriers towards IYCFP are numerous which extend from intrapersonal to sociocultural factors. Therefore, reducing mothers’ work burden to enable appropriate IYCFP by empowering women economically and addressing gender inequalities through collective societal approaches for promoting appropriate feeding is vital in rural communities.

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Barriers and coping responses towards infant and young child feeding practices in rural Ethiopia: a descriptive qualitative study

Gizaw,

Sopory,

Sudhakar

2023

BMJ Open

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“…In India, IYCF practices have improved substantially over the past decade, but still remain sub-optimal [ 8 – 12 ]. In 2012, the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding to age six months was 65%, up from 46% in 2005–2006, but with wide variation between states.…”

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“…Effective interventions to promote optimum breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices, including counseling, food supplementation and food based comprehensive approaches, micronutrient interventions and general supportive strategies, are being established [ 8 , 9 ]. However, for best outcomes at a national level, such interventions need to be supported by appropriate policies and guidelines.…”

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Policy content and stakeholder network analysis for infant and young child feeding in India

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BackgroundOver the last decade, infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators in India have improved. However, poor IYCF practices are still apparent, associated with pervasive high rates of child under-nutrition. Interventions to improve IYCF need augmentation by appropriate policy support to consolidate gains. The aim of this study was to identify opportunities to strengthen and support IYCF policies through a policy content and stakeholder network analysis.MethodsIYCF policies and guidelines were systematically mapped and coded using predetermined themes. Six ‘net-map’ group interviews were conducted for stakeholder analysis with data analyzed using ORA (organizational risk analyzer, copyright Carley, Carnegie Mellon University) software. The study was carried out at a national level and in the states of Maharashtra and unified Andhra Pradesh.ResultsThirty relevant policy documents were identified. Support for IYCF was clearly apparent and was actioned within sectoral policies and strategic plans. We identified support for provision of information to mothers and caregivers in both sectoral and high-level/strategic policy documents. At a sectoral level, there was support for training health care workers and for enabling mothers to access IYCF. Opportunities to strengthen policy included expanding coverage and translating policy goals into implementation level documents.At the national level, Ministry of Women and Child Development [MoWCD], Ministry of Health and Family Welfare [MoHFW] and the Prime Minister’s Nutrition Council [PMNC] were the most influential actors in providing technical support while MoHFW, MoWCD, and Bill Melinda Gates Foundation were the most influential actors in providing funding and were therefore influential stakeholders in shaping IYCF policies and programs.ConclusionWe identified a wide range of strengths in the IYCF policy environment in India and also opportunities for improvement. One key strength is the integration of IYCF policies into a range of agendas and guidelines related to health and child development service delivery at the national and state level. However, the lack of a specific national policy on IYCF means that there is no formal mechanism for review and monitoring implementation across sectors and jurisdictions. Another opportunity identified is the development of IYCF policy guidelines in emergencies and for tribal populations.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4339-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…In a similar study done by Sapra et al showed that 57% (n=100) mothers started breastfeeding within an hour and 88% of the mothers had given pre-lacteal feed. 12 Exclusive breastfeeding was done by 47.8% of the mothers. They have also found that mothers agreed to strong family beliefs as the reason for giving pre-lacteal feed.…”

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Feeding practices and knowledge regarding vaccination in mothers of under 5 children: a questionnaire based study in a metropolitan city hospital of India

Ray

Meena

Solanki³

et al. 2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: India has a high burden of under five mortality. Faulty feeding practices and mortality due to vaccine preventable diseases is a major hurdle. Objective was to assess breast feeding practices and vaccination status of children of less than 5 years by age and its correlation with socio-demographic profile.Methods: This was a cross- sectional descriptive study involving children of nine months to five years.Results: Health seeking behavior in terms of adequate antenatal checkup and institutional deliveries was quite high; but only one third of children had early initiation of breast feeding and the main reason was delay in rooming-in. Early breast feeding had significant correlation with the greater duration of breast feeding and the duration of exclusive breast feeding was significantly associated with the literacy status of mother. Only 34% of children were vaccinated on time and frequent migration was the cause of delay in 25%. Ground level workers were the main source of information regarding vaccination in this study population.Conclusions: Feeding practices were not satisfactory. Institutional fallacies also came into focus such as delayed rooming-in. Awareness regarding vaccination was inadequate and was incomplete in majority of children. General awareness and health seeking behavior of our community still need enhancement to a great extent.

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Infant and young child feeding practices amongst children referred to the paediatric outpatient department

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Barriers and coping responses towards infant and young child feeding practices in rural Ethiopia: a descriptive qualitative study

Barriers and coping responses towards infant and young child feeding practices in rural Ethiopia: a descriptive qualitative study

Policy content and stakeholder network analysis for infant and young child feeding in India

Feeding practices and knowledge regarding vaccination in mothers of under 5 children: a questionnaire based study in a metropolitan city hospital of India

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