Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Mothers Regarding Breastfeeding in a South Indian Hospital

Chinnasami, Balaji; Sundar, Subash; Kumar, Jagathis; Sadasivam, Kanimozhi; Pasupathy, Sekar

doi:10.13005/bpj/926

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“…Colostrum on other hand has got immunologic benefit for the newborn and therefore should be fed to the baby. Our study shows according 68.9% respondent colostrum should be fed to the new born baby, which is similar to the study done by Chinnasami et al 19 where 75% had correct knowledge about colostrum and also study done by Pandey et al 17 showed 78.1% mothers of younger generation agreed that colostrum to be fed to the baby. The lower values on regards to colostrum intake is due to prevalent traditional cultural customs and negative perception on colostrum feeding, as first milk is very dirty and so must be discarded.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Breast feeding practices of children among urban slum dwellers is considered poor leading to various conditions of ill health and malnutrition Our study revealed that only 47.8% of the respondent had the correct knowledge regarding EBF which was almost similar to study done by Ouchi et al 12 where (31%) mothers had adequate knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding and in a study done by Abasiattai et al 13 showed (42.0%) of antenatal attendees were able to define exclusive breastfeeding correctly. However, the figure obtained in this study is low when compared to the study done by Oluwatosin et al 14 19 showed 80% of the mothers had the knowledge to initiate breastfeeding within one hour of delivery. In our study lower percentage result of early initiation of breastfeeding is may be due to ignorance, wrong perception that pure mothers milk comes only after 2 or 3days.…”

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confidence: 84%

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Awareness of Exclusive Breastfeeding among the Women of Reproductive Age Group in Urban Slums

Das¹

2018

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confidence: 84%

Awareness of Exclusive Breastfeeding among the Women of Reproductive Age Group in Urban Slums

Das¹

2018

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“…[8][9][10] In the current study 31.2% of the study participants received prelacteal feeding in the first three days of life which was higher compared to the studies of Dandekar et al (28%), Tarikul et al (26.8%). 11,12 Among 247 study participants, exclusive breastfeeding for six months was received by 10.2% of infants which was alike compared to other studies conducted by Sahithyaa J et al [13][14][15][16] Maternal perception that only breastfeeding is not sufficient to fulfill the need and growth of infant were found to be strong factor in early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding. Maternal factors like inadequate secretion of breastmilk, maternal illness and household responsibilities were found to influence exclusive breastfeeding.…”

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confidence: 73%

A study on feeding practices among mothers with children aged less than two years in rural area of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

Ali

Govindasamy

Soubramanian

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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In India, according to National Family Health Survey-4, 45% were initiated breastfeeding within one hour of birth. The trend of exclusive breastfeeding for six months has increased from 46% in 2005-06 to 55% in 2015-16. 52.6% of children were introduced on complementary feeding. Only 9.8% of children received minimum acceptable diet for 6 to 24 months. 4 Despite several programmes and policies implemented by the ABSTRACT Background: Adequate nutrition in first 24 months through optimal Infant and Young Child feeding is fundamental for the development of the child. Hence assessment of Infant and Young child feeding practices rank among the most effective intervention is to meet the deficit improve the child health. Hence this study is conducted with the objective to assess the prevalence and factors influencing infant and young child feeding practices among the rural mothers of children aged less than two years. Methods: A cross sectional study was undertaken in the rural area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu from January 2017 to August 2017. 247 children of age less than two years were selected by two stage random sampling method. Data was collected house to house using pretested questionnaire and WHO infant and young child feeding questionnaire. Proportions were calculated and Chi square was applied. Results: The median age of the study participants were 9±7.1 months. 226 (91.5 %) were given colostrum and 163 (66%) were initiated breastfeeding within one hour after birth. 58.6% of children were introduced on soft/solid/semi solid food at the end of 6 to 8 months. In multiple logistic regression education of the mother, working status of the mother, number of antennal visits and place of delivery were associated with appropriate feeding practices. Conclusions: Maternal decision determines how an infant to be fed but it reflects the atmosphere by how they are influenced and adopted the decision.

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“…Demand feeding was practiced by only17.5 percent of the mothers in the study done by Chinnasam et al 9 .…”

Section: Breast Feeding Practices Of the Mothersmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Bhattathiry and Ethirajan 11 also noticed that the information about health care was obtained from health care workers by 69 percent of the women. According to Chinnasam et al, 9 'When doctors were preferred as counselors there was a positive impact on breast feeding' .…”

Section: Breast Feeding Practices Of the Mothersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge and Practice of Breast Feeding among Young Adult Women in Rural Tamil Nadu

Devi¹,

Ponne²

2017

FoodSci: Indian Journal of Research in Food Science and Nutrition

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The best gift of a mother to her baby is breast milk. The breast feeding practices vary among different regions. Hence the present cross sectional study was conducted among the rural young mothers to evaluate their knowledge about the advantages of breast feeding and to study their breast feeding and sanitary practices. This study was conductedamong 150 women living in 9 villages of Bargur taluk who were selected using convenience sampling method with the inclusion criteria that they were 18 to 25 years old, married and having at least one 1 to 5 years old child. A pretested schedule was used to collect data regarding their general information, knowledge about breast feeding and their breast feeding and sanitary practices. Though all the selected rural mothers were having poor socio economic status, they had a good knowledge about the advantages of breast feeding and correct breast feeding practices. Because of the good sanitary habits of the mothers, their children did not suffer from any infectious diseases for the past fifteen days.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Mothers Regarding Breastfeeding in a South Indian Hospital

Cited by 24 publications

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Awareness of Exclusive Breastfeeding among the Women of Reproductive Age Group in Urban Slums

Awareness of Exclusive Breastfeeding among the Women of Reproductive Age Group in Urban Slums

A study on feeding practices among mothers with children aged less than two years in rural area of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

Knowledge and Practice of Breast Feeding among Young Adult Women in Rural Tamil Nadu

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