Knowledge on Breastfeeding and Practices on Initiation of Breastfeeding Among Post Caesarean Mothers Admitted in Selected Hospitals, Goalpara, Assam With a View to Develop an Information Booklet: A Descriptive Study

Abstract

Breast feeding has been seen as one of the unique biological and emotional inuence on the health of both mother and infant. It is an important determinant of infant health which prevents malnutrition and infections. Cesarean section is a surgery, it can certainly bring about some challenge for mothers who want to breastfeed. Whether it's planned or unexpected, the surgical delivery of a child can affect breastfeeding. Pain, anesthesia, the emotions of a Cesarean Section can affect breastfeeding. One of important factor increases the chances of a successful continuation of breastfeeding is early initiation of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is associated with reduced infant and under-5 mortality and morbidity, protects the neonate from infection and promotes ideal nutrition with lower acute and severe malnutrition. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge on breastfee Aim: ding and practices on initiation of breastfeeding among post caesarean mothers admitted in the selected hospitals, Goalpara, Assam with a view to develop an information booklet. Method and Materials: A descriptive design was used in this study and purposive sampling technique for obtaining adequate sample for the study. Study was undertaken on 100 post caesarean mothers in selected Hospitals of Goalpara, Assam. Study was umdertaken on 100 post caesarean mothers who fulls the inclusion criteria. Structured knowledge questionnaire and observation checklist was used to assess the knowledge and practices respectively. In this study, Nola j Pender's Modied health promotion model was used for Conceptual framework. A total of 100 post caesarean mothers Results: from Civil Hospital, Maternity & Child Health Centre Goalpara, Assam participated in this study. Out of 100 respondents it was found that majority i.e 75% of the respondents have inadequate knowledge, 25% of the respondents have moderate knowledge and none of them have adequate knowledge towards breastfeeding with the mean 6.54 and SD of 2.35. It was also found majority i.e 70% respondents had fair practice, 20% had poor practice and only 10% had good practice towards initiation of breastfeeding with mean of 4.91 and SD of 1.77. The co-relation between knowledge and practice were 0.278 which shows a fair positive correlation between knowledge and practice. There is signicant association of knowledge with no of parity and practices with age, educational level, monthly family income and number of parity on initiation of breast feeding among post caesarean mothers. Thus, this study gives the area to Conclusion: improve knowledge and practice of post caesarean mothers on initiation of breastfeeding. Educational and hands on training can be implemented.