Prevalence, knowledge, attitudes and factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Hasan, Mehedi; Hassan, Md. Nazmul; Khan, M. Masroor A.; Tareq, Md. Abu; Afroj, Mst. Shakila

doi:10.18332/popmed/140132

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“…Regarding to the women's knowledge about breastfeeding, this study showed the majority of the study sample had a good knowledge regarding breastfeeding. These results were not agree with the results of two studies reported by (Hasan, Hassan, Khan, Tareq, & Afroj, 2021) in Bangladesh, and (Al Ketbi et al, 2018) in Abu-Dhabi the findings were 58.6% and 51.2% respectively.…”

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Factors Affecting Knowledge And Practice towards Breastfeeding in Women Who Have Recently Delivered in Duhok City

Abdullah

Abdulmalek²

2022

UOD

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Background: Breastfeeding has been found to have a positive influence on a child's health even after 12 months of postpartum. The World Health Organization and United Nation Children Fund recommend a continued breastfeeding for up 2 years or beyond. Breastfeeding is widely known for its benefits to both mother and infant. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors that affect breastfeeding knowledge and practice of women who recently delivered in Duhok city. Method: A cross-sectional study, using a self-administered questionnaire among women who attended Duhok Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology between 14 November 2021 and 14 February 2022. All the participants were women aged 18-40 years. Result: All the participants were married women and multiparas ≥2 babies, aged 18-40 years with mean age of 29.22±5.6, more than one third (38.5%) was below 30 years old, and (33.5%) were having primary school educational levels. The women knowledge about breastfeeding in all of 400 recruited women were good in (91%) of them with a positive practice in (58.8%). The most common factors for discontinuing breastfeeding completely before 2 years in the previous deliveries were "insufficient breast milk production" in (36%), "felt it was the time to stop" in (34.3%), and "became pregnant or wanted to become pregnant again" was in (24.8%) of the study sample. The relation between the mode of delivery and women’s practices toward breastfeeding was a highly significance (P= 0.001). Conclusion: The most common barriers or factors responsible for stopping breastfeeding were the “felt it was time to stop" as lactating factors and "insufficient breast milk production" as psychological factor. Breastfeeding knowledge and practice were found to be modifiable factors that affect breastfeeding. The vast majority of the study sample had good knowledge about breastfeeding, with positive practices toward breastfeeding in half of the study sample

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Factors Affecting Knowledge And Practice towards Breastfeeding in Women Who Have Recently Delivered in Duhok City

Abdullah

Abdulmalek²

2022

UOD

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“…In contrast to family income, which had a p-value > 0.05 and was statistically insignificant, mothers who were older (> 25 years), had greater levels of education (> the 10th grade), were housewives, and had more children had a good understanding of and practice in breastfeeding. Except for family wealth, this result was consistent with the study conducted by Bangladeshi researchers Hassan M et al [10]. However, Hassan M. et al found that family income had a statistically significant p-value (<0.05), which is different from the results of the current study (p-value=>0.05) [10]…”

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“…A total of 400 mothers were included in the study, with 78% of them under the age of 25 and the remaining 22% above. Compared to the current study, Hasan M et al found that 54.5% of mothers were under the age of 24 [10] since the current study included 77% of primi mothers whereas their study only included 52.9%. In accordance with the location of this medical college, 93% of mothers were from rural areas, while only 7% were from metropolitan areas.…”

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Knowledge of Breastfeeding Practices Among Mothers Attending a Tertiary Care Setting in East India

Rajak¹,

mandal²,

Jana³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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BackgroundHuman milk offers a neonate a balanced diet for healthy growth and development, in addition to its myriad of benefits like preventing stunting, protecting against infectious and chronic diseases, and decreasing infant mortality. ObjectiveTo assess the knowledge of mothers and other factors that contribute to breastfeeding practices. MethodsThis is a one-year hospital-based cross-sectional study that included 400 mothers who followed up with the hospital for the healthcare of their child, aged between six and 24 months. A survey was used for data collection. ResultsNinety-three percent of the mothers were from the countryside, and 78% of them were under 25 years of age. Eighty-seven percent of mothers worked at home, while 83% of mothers were part of nuclear households. Ninety-nine percent of mothers delivered their neonates at a medical facility, and 77% of mothers did so for the first time. Only 53% of mothers resorted to exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), even though 68% of mothers were aware of its significance. Thirty-six percent of mothers adopted EBF, while only 23% of women were aware that breastfeeding should be started within the first hour of childbirth. Working women (p=0.000), mothers with several children (p=0.000), mothers older than 25 years of age (p=0.002), and mothers with higher education levels than the 10th grade (p=0.000) showed good understanding and practice of breastfeeding, which was statistically significant (p<0.5). ConclusionThe levels of breastfeeding awareness and practice among mothers fell short of both national statistics and WHO recommendations. All helpful information about breastfeeding should be shared with the community at large to improve the data currently available.

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“…Factors affecting good practices differed from others studies in literature. In Hasan et al (2021), mode of delivery, number of children, and education level were among factors that affected practice of mothers.…”

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confidence: 99%

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of mothers regarding infant feeding in Lebanon

Chehade

Soubra

Dano

2022

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Background: Breastmilk provides all nutrients, immunologic agents, hormones and antibodies that protect the infant from certain diseases and infections. Many barriers can make it difficult for mothers to initiate and maintain breastfeeding. It is important that pregnant women develop a positive attitude, sufficient knowledge and proper practices to ensure breastfeeding for their newborns and consequently impact the health of the community. Method: This study aims at assessing knowledge, attitude and practices of Lebanese mothers regarding infant feeding. A cross-sectional, online survey- based study was conducted on a group of 254 Lebanese mothers to elicit data about regarding infant feeding. Statistical analysis was carried out using the statistical software SPSS, version 22.0. Descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis and multivariable logistic regression were performed to identify associated factors of good knowledge, good attitude, and good practices. Results: 78.3% of participants reported good knowledge while 21.7% showed poor knowledge, 69% reported a good attitude while 31% showed a poor attitude, and 78 (30.7%) reported good practice, while 176 (69.3%) showed poor practice. Education level and health problems during pregnancy were associated with BF knowledge (P-value less than 0.05). Age (p-value= 0.04), marital status (p-value = 0.016), educational level (p-value = 0.03), religiosity (p-value = 0.003), time since last delivery (p-value = 0.01), and knowledge score were significantly associated with attitude score. Practice scores showed a significant association with the following factors: religiosity (p-value = 0.01), family income per month (p-value= 0.012), and attitude score (p-value ˂0.0001). Conclusions: Breastfeeding education and support should be accessible to all women, especially ones with low educational qualifications and no past breastfeeding experience.

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Prevalence, knowledge, attitudes and factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

Factors Affecting Knowledge And Practice towards Breastfeeding in Women Who Have Recently Delivered in Duhok City

Factors Affecting Knowledge And Practice towards Breastfeeding in Women Who Have Recently Delivered in Duhok City

Knowledge of Breastfeeding Practices Among Mothers Attending a Tertiary Care Setting in East India

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of mothers regarding infant feeding in Lebanon

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