Knowledge, attitude and determinants of breastfeeding among ante-natal women at a teaching hospital at Wayanad, Kerala: A cross-sectional study
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Medical Paediatrics and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Breastfeeding is best gift for child from mother It is safe adequate to fulfill nutrition in early life provides with immunity for protection from various diseases Exclusive breastfeeding is affected due to various cultural practices which exists or due to lack of knowledge of mother and other family members or because mother has to return to work and doesnt have enough maternity leaves or proper feeding area in the workplace The present study is done to assess knowledge and attitude of antenatal women towards breastfeeding Material and Methods120 women who had come for routine antenatal checkup to DM WIMS hospital Wayanad Kerala were included in the present study A semistructured questionnaire containing various aspects of breast feeding and basic information of the participants was used to assess the knowledge attitude and find determinants of breast feeding Results558 participant were in the age group 1825yrs The mean age of study participant was 254 years 50 of the participants were nulliparous 30 primiparous and 20 were multiparous 433 of the study participants knew the importance of breastfeeding and only 375 knew about colostrum 933 participants considered breast milk healthier than artificial substitute like formula milk etc Majority of participants received information about breastfeeding from media 54 and doctors 41 77 of participants said presence of strangers affect breastfeeding and 56 said crche should be available at all work places A significant association was seen between age and breastfeeding pvalue 0003 and also between age and knowledge of colostrum pvalue 0002 in the present study Association between parity and breastfeeding and parity and colostrum was also found to be significant in our study with pvalue 0001 and 0007 respectively ConclusionIn the present we found that mothers knowledge and attitude towards breastfeeding was favorable but still more efforts are required to reach WHO recommended prevalence of 90Keywords Breastfeeding knowledge attitude colostrum Wayanad
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Arun T. Mithrason, K. A. Manoj Narayana, Vijatha Thomas
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