Study of Breastfeeding Practices in Children Living in East District of Sikkim
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 12
Abstract
Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for healthy growth & development of infants. It is also an integral part of reproductive process with important implications for the health of mother. WHO recommends Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) during the first six months of life for optimal growth & development of infants.1 Although breastfeeding is nearly universal in both India (95.7%) & Sikkim (98.1%), only 46.4% of infants in the country & 37.2%in Sikkim are exclusively breastfed.2Our study aims to study the prevalence of breastfeeding practices & various factors influencing it & the prevailing infant practices in the East district of Sikkim. This community based descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in children in the age group of 6 months to 2 years living in East district of Sikkim over aperiod of 1 year (November 2013 – October 2014).A total of 650 children were included in the study. Majority of the patients, 461(70.9%) belonged to the age group of 18 – 24 months. All of the children were breastfed. However, prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months was only 46.5% with 97.2% initiated on breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth & 8.9% were given pre lacteal feeds. Practice of EBF for 6 months was foundto have significant association (p<0.05) among women of younger age group, lower educational status, women with normal BMI (54%)& children with low birth weight (85.7%). Among working women only 9.9% practiced EBF for 6 months. Pre lacteal feeds was practiced more among obese mothers (47.3%).Though breastfeeding was universal, there has not been improvement in the EBF practices in the state with more than half of children not receiving EBF for 6 months. Deep rooted customs & belief that mother’s milk is not sufficient for the baby seems to be the main reason for early introduction of complementary food.
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Manisha Rai, Dechenla Tsering Bhutia
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