Bassam Rubayyi Almutairi et al KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE OF SAUDI WOMEN IN RIYADH CITY TOWARDS BREASTFEEDING Bassam Rubayyi Almutairi et al (original) (raw)

KNOWLEDGE AND BARRIERS OF BREASTFEEDING AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTERS OF ALADL AND AL-SHARAYA'A SECTORS, MAKKAH AL- MUKARRAMAH, 2016. CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Background:- Breastfeeding is the best nutrition that newborn need for optimal growth and development. It has a short and long term benefits for both maternal and infants. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of the breastfeeding knowledge and the barriers to breastfeeding among health care workers in Primary health care, at Makkah, 2016. Method:- A cross-sectional study was conducted among All Healthcare working mothers who have a child aged 5 years or younger working in the Primary health care centers of Al-Adel and Al-Sharaya?a sectors of Ministry of health, at Makkah Al-Mukarramah. Result:- Ninety-two from 95 mothers participated in the study with response rate (96.8%), 72 (78.3%) were Saudi, with mean age score 33.3?5.6. The majority (85-92.4%) were married, 84 (91.3%) reported previous experience with breastfeeding, 43 (46.7%) reported receiving bottle feeding at the hospital, only 9 (9.8%) cases admitted to NICU. The majority (74-80.4%) reported using both methods for feeding the baby (breastfeeding and bottle), Only 11 (12%) mothers reported current breastfeeding. The mean score of knowledge level was 9.3?2.1 rang (2-12), where the majority (83.7%) had sufficient knowledge. The main barrier reported by 82 (89.1%) was back to work, followed by 62(67.4%) inadequate breast milk. Conclusion:- The study findings showed that the participants had sufficient level of breastfeeding importance, however, still there is a gap between knowledge, practice, and attitude due to several barriers. The main barriers were back to work and inadequate breast milk.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Breastfeeding-An Extensive Review

Journal of Armed Forces Medical College, Bangladesh

Breastfeeding has been accepted as the most vital intervention for reducing infant mortality and ensuring optimal growth and development of children. Breastfeeding is also considered as the most economical and easily accessible complete nutrition for every new born child1. Poor breastfeeding practices are widespread. It is estimated that sub-optimal breastfeeding, especially non-exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life, results in 1.4 million deaths and 10% of the disease burden in children younger than 5 years of age2. Reviews of studies from developing countries showed that infants who were not breast fed were 6 to 10 times more likely to die in the first months of life than infants who are breast fed3. The World Health Organization has stated that in 2000, only 16% of mothers in Pakistan exclusively breast feed for a period of three months, as compared to other developing countries where the ratio is higher like Bangladesh (46%), India (37%), and Sri Lanka (84%)4. M...

Knowledge and Attitude of Breastfeeding among Women in Al-Madina Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia, 2017

2018

Background: breastfeeding is considered to be beneficial for both babies and mothers. Objective: this study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude of breastfeeding among women in Al-Madina Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: this was an analyticalcross-sectional study and it was carried out in Al- Madina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the year 2017. Data were collected by electronic self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Results: data were collected from 388 female. The majority of the respondents were above 36 years old (48.2%). More than half of our respondents 225 (58.0%) were unemployed and 277 (71.4%) had a college-level education or higher. 138 (35.6%) of the women were exclusively feeding their baby by breastfeeding, while the majority of the respondents 220 (56.7%) chose a mix of both breast and formula feeding. The percentage of women who received hospital education regarding breastfeeding was equal to the women who had not received the hospital education 1...

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Saudi Women Regarding Breast Feeding at Makkah Al Mukkaramah

Background: Breastfeeding (BF) is the normal way of feeding infants and young children. Breast milk has disease-fighting antibodies that can help protect infants from several types of illnesses. Mothers who breastfeed have a lower risk of some health problems, including breast cancer and type 2 diabetes. Large percentage of saudi women do not breastfeed their infants despite of the fact that, Islam is very clear in encouraging breastfeeding until a child is two years of age. This study aims to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of Saudi women regarding breast feeding. Subjects and Methods: A descriptive design was used in this study. It was conducted at the post-partum department, Heraa General Hospital, Makkah Al-Mukaramh. A convenient sample of 120 mothers were involved in this study. Three tools were used in the present study. The first tool was an interviewing assessment sheet, used to collect socio-demographic data, obstetric history and knowledge regarding BF. The second tool was an attitude scale, that ranged from positive, neutral and negative attitude toward breast feeding.. The third tool was an observational checklist to observe mothers during BF and newborn latching on. Results: The results of this study revealed that, less than one fifth of the mothers (17.5%) had poor knowledge regarding breast feeding, less than one half of them (43.3%) had negative attitude and slightly more than one third of them (35.0%) had average to poor latching on practices. Conclusion and recommendations: older (40-50 years old), highly educated and working mothers had excellent knowledge, positive attitude and good latching on practice. It was recommended to, encourage baby–friendly hospital initiative as one of the strategies to support and promote breastfeeding. Intensify breastfeeding education among mothers, with emphasis on the advantages of the early initiation of breastfeeding.

Knowledge and Practices of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Mothers in Al-Mukalla, Yemen, 2021

2023

of breast feeding; Breastfeeding promotion network of India; Aaganwadi workers; Antenatal checkup It has also been seen that the cases of diarrhoea and pneumonia which are two of the most important causes of neo-natal and infant mortality are more common and more severe in those children who are artificially fed (WHO/UNICEF (2003) Global strategy for infant and young child feeding. Geneva, World Health Organization). It has been seen that breast feeding had an important role in the proper and better cognitive development of the baby [1-5]. In 1929, Hoefer and Hardy had observed that there was a positive association between breastfeeding and the intelligence among children aged between 7 to 13 years. Further in 1950, Douglas reported that the duration of breastfeeding had an inverse relationship with the age at which the child started walking. For the mother, it has been further seen

Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending primary health care centers in Abha city

International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health, 2014

Background: Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is viewed as a major public health intervention to reduce the child mortality, particularly, in the neonates and infants. Aims & Objectives: To study the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding exclusive breastfeeding as well as to identify its determinants and explore barriers against it among mothers in Abha City. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was adopted. It included all mothers, who have a child aged 6-12 months, attending primary health care centers within the Abha city. An Arabic validated questionnaire was used for data collection. It comprises 3 parts as follows: personal characteristics, knowledge about breast feeding and attitude toward breastfeeding. Results: A total of 600 women, with children aged between 6 months and 12 months, from those registered in PHCC in Abha were included in the study. Their age ranged between 18 and 47 years with a mean of 31.4±5 years. Most of them were Saudi (88.2%) and university graduated (78.7%). Overall mothers' breastfeeding knowledge was good among more than half of them (55.3%) and excellent among 30.7% of them while it was unsatisfactory among 14% of the mothers. Positive attitude towards breastfeeding was reported among 62.2% of the participants while negative attitude was reported among more than one-third of them (37.8%). Breastfeeding in the first 6 months was practiced by 24.7% of the participated mothers. Of them, only 7.3% practiced exclusive breast feeding. In the multivariate analysis, governmental workers had significant double probability of not practicing exclusive breastfeeding as opposed to house wives (adjusted OR= 1.9, 95%CI= 1.02-4.3). Women delivered by caesarean section were at double risk for non-practicing exclusive breastfeeding compared to those delivered normally (adjusted OR= 2.1, 95%CI= 1.2-10.4). Women who did not have breastfeeding education were at higher risk of not practicing exclusive breastfeeding than those have it (adjusted OR=1.9, 95%CI=1.06-11.2). Work-related problems (46.2%), insufficient breast milk (34.2%), maternal health problems (14.9%) and neonatal health problems (9.7%) are the commonly reported barriers against exclusive breastfeeding. Conclusion: Breastfeeding exclusivity among our sample is suboptimal, compared to the current WHO recommendations, despite the relatively higher level of knowledge. Irrespective of maternal educational status, many misconceptions are prevalent regarding breastfeeding practices that need special emphasis in health education campaigns.

Patterns of breastfeeding practice during the first 6 months of life in Saudi Arabia

Saudi medical journal, 2008

‫في‬ ‫األولى‬ ‫األشهر‬ ‫الستة‬ ‫في‬ ‫الطبيعية‬ ‫الرضاعة‬ ‫منط‬ ‫لتقييم‬ ‫الهدف:‬ ‫الوطني‬ ‫للحرس‬ ‫الطبية‬ ‫العزيز‬ ‫عبد‬ ‫امللك‬ ‫ملدينة‬ ‫التابعني‬ ‫األطفال‬ ‫السعودية.‬ ‫العربية‬ ‫اململكة‬ ‫بالرياض,‬ ‫العزيز‬ ‫عبد‬ ‫امللك‬ ‫مدينة‬ ‫في‬ ‫مقطعية‬ ‫دراسة‬ ‫عملت‬ ‫الطريقة:‬ ‫الذين‬ ‫من‬ ‫طفل‬ 578 ‫من‬ ‫عينة‬ ‫أخذت‬ ‫م.‬ 2005 ‫عام‬ ‫الطبية‬ ‫أربعة‬ ‫في‬ ‫العمر‬ ‫من‬ ‫أشهر‬ ‫ستة‬ ‫بفترة‬ ‫اخلاص‬ ‫للتطعيم‬ ‫أحضروا‬ ‫متت‬ ‫باملستشفى.‬ ‫السليم‬ ‫الطفل‬ ‫عيادة‬ ‫أولية‬ ‫صحية‬ ‫رعاية‬ ‫مراكز‬ ‫منط‬ ‫و‬ ‫ااألطفال‬ ‫و‬ ‫األمهات‬ ‫عن‬ ‫املعلومات‬ ‫جمع‬ ‫و‬ ‫األمهات‬ ‫مقابلة‬ ‫ملنظمة‬ ‫بالرضاعة‬ ‫اخلاصة‬ ‫التعاريف‬ ‫استخدمت‬ ‫الطبيعية.‬ ‫الرضاعة‬ ‫املعلومات.‬ ‫لتحليل‬ ‫العاملية‬ ‫الصحة‬ ‫العينة‬ ‫في‬ ‫الطبيعية‬ ‫بالرضاعة‬ ‫االبتداء‬ ‫نسبة‬ ‫ظهرت‬ ‫النتائج:‬ ‫أطفالهم‬ ‫أعطوا‬ ‫األمهات‬ ‫(%59).معظم‬ ‫الدراسة‬ ‫في‬ ‫املأخوذة‬ ‫الستة‬ ‫(%49)خالل‬ ‫سوائل‬ ‫أو‬ )83.4%( ‫صناعي‬ ‫حليب‬ )1.7%( ‫املطلقة‬ ‫الطبيعية‬ ‫الرضاعة‬ ‫نسبة‬ ‫كانت‬ ‫األولى.‬ ‫األشهر‬ ‫الصناعي)‬ ‫احلليب‬ ‫مع‬ ‫األم‬ ‫(حليب‬ ‫اجلزئية‬ ‫الطبيعية‬ ‫الرضاعة‬ ‫و‬ ‫عمر‬ ‫عند‬ ‫الطبيعية‬ ‫الرضاعة‬ ‫ممارسة‬ ‫نسبة‬ ‫(%8.87).إنخفضت‬ ‫احلليب‬ ‫إلدخال‬ ‫املصاحبة‬ ‫العوامل‬ ‫متثلت‬ .)50%( ‫إلى‬ ‫أشهر‬ ‫ستة‬ ‫كفاية‬ ‫لعدم‬ ‫األمهات‬ ‫أعذار‬ ‫و‬ ‫الوالدة‬ ‫بعد‬ ‫األول‬ ‫اليوم‬ ‫في‬ ‫الصناعي‬ ‫مع‬ ‫الصناعي‬ ‫احلليب‬ ‫الستعمال‬ ‫وثيقة‬ ‫عالقة‬ ‫وجدت‬ ‫احلليب.‬ ‫احلمل‬ ‫منع‬ ‫حبوب‬ ‫استخدام‬ ‫و‬ ‫األم‬ ‫عمل‬ ‫و‬ ‫األم‬ ‫عند‬ ‫األطفال‬ ‫عدد‬ ‫األستروجني.‬ ‫على‬ ‫احملتوية‬ ‫جدا‬ ‫متدني‬ ‫املطلقة‬ ‫الطبيعية‬ ‫الرضاعة‬ ‫انتشار‬ ‫معدل‬ ‫كان‬ ‫خامتة:‬ ‫التوجه‬ ‫هي‬ ‫اجلزئية‬ ‫الطبيعية‬ ‫الرضاعة‬ ‫كانت‬ ‫املدروسة.‬ ‫العينة‬ ‫في‬ ‫انحدار‬ ‫صاحبه‬ ‫حيث‬ ‫األولى‬ ‫األشهر‬ ‫الستة‬ ‫في‬ ‫لإلرضاع‬ ‫السائد‬ ‫الطبيعية.‬ ‫الرضاعة‬ ‫ملدة‬ ‫سريع‬ Objective: To assess the breastfeeding practices in the first 6 months of infants at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at KAMC in 2005. Infants who attended the primary care centers and well-baby clinic of the hospital for the 6-month's vaccine were included. Mothers were interviewed to collect information on the mothers, infants, and their breastfeeding practice. World Health Organization definitions were used for classification of infant nutrition patterns.

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES REGARDING BREASTFEEDING AMONG FEMALE SCHOOL TEACHERS AT QASSIM REGION

Background: Breastfeeding is the ideal way of feeding infants, which has a great impact on them, their mothers, their health care costs and the whole society. It has many benefits for both the mother and the infant. The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for up to 6 months of age, and to continue breastfeeding for two years or longer with proper complementary nourishments. Despite its benefits, breastfeeding rates and duration vary among countries and regions and the pattern have changed the changing community of Saudi Arabia. There are limited data regarding breastfeeding among female schoolteachers in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to assess breastfeeding knowledge, attitude and practice of female schoolteachers in Qassim region, Saudi Arabia and to identify factors that affect breastfeeding knowledge, attitude and practice among them. Methods: A cross-sectional study using a questionnaire was conducted among female schoolteachers Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. Breastfeeding knowledge, attitude and practice of participants who had at least one child aged five years or younger at the time of the study was assessed with emphasis on their experience with the last child. Results: A total of 526 women had an age range of 22 to 49 years. About 211 (41.2%) women started breastfeeding their newborns after the first day while 124 (24.2%) start feeding within half an hour after delivery. Child health was the main motivation for breastfeeding among 441 (83.8 %) of the respondents. Exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months was reported in only 14 (3%) of the participants. The main cause of early cessation of breastfeeding was insufficient breast milk, which was reported by 344 (65.4%) of participants followed by work related reasons. Conclusion: Although teacher mothers knew well about importance of breastfeeding to the child health, exclusive breastfeeding rate is very low. The most common cause of the early cessation of breastfeeding and early introduction of artificial milk was breast milk insufficiency. This is mostly due to inappropriate breastfeeding techniques and practices. Physicians and health care workers should emphasize the importance of exclusive breastfeeding and should explain the right techniques and practices of breastfeeding during pregnancy and early after delivery.

Breastfeeding and Weaning Practices in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 1994

The World Health Organization recommends the practice of exclusive breastfeeding of infants for the first 6 months after birth. Breastfeeding, the simplest, healthiest and least expensive feeding method that fulfills the infant's needs for nutrition and growth and it also reduces child morbidity and mortality. Although breastfeeding is a common practice in India, several factors like some cultural beliefs and misconceptions etc. affect poor breast feeding practices. Most of the people do not properly understand the importance of the knowledge about breastfeeding how it should be given, the timings, duration, correct techniques and appropriate time of weaning mother's milk. The study was taken up to assess the knowledge, attitude and actual practices of breastfeeding in the mothers of children less than 2 years of age who attended the Immunization clinic. This was a Observational (Crosssectional) study at Immunization clinic of Hi-Tech Medical College &Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha for 3 months period. 286 mothers who visited the immunization clinic whose children were less than 2 years of age were part of the cohort. Predesigned and pretested questionnaire were used to interview the mothers. The data were analyzed in percentile. Knowledge of initiation of breastfeeding within half an hour to one hour of birth was there in 52.78% mothers And 40% had an idea about the importance of colostrum. The meaning of Exclusive breastfeeding was known to 34.97% while almost 48% mothers initiated breastfeeding within half an hour of birth, 75% fed colostrum to their newborns, 61% were practicing exclusive breastfeeding for first 6 months and 90% were practicing night feeds. Inappropriate attachment and positioning was observed in 55% of mothers. Only 15% started weaning (supplementary feeding) after 6 months of baby's age. To give prelacteal feeds, non initiation of breastfeeding soon after birth, giving supplementary foods (Weaning) earlier and avoid exclusive breastfeeding are some of the cultural practices still prevalent in many areas and societies. The study showed that the mothers lacked knowledge regarding breastfeeding practices which could be imparted early during antenatal visits to the mothers and their spouses for support, sensitizing the health care givers and improving infrastructure for a successful breastfeeding initiation.

Knowledge and Attitude of Exclusive Breast-Feeding Among Saudi Women in Primary Health Care Centers in Jeddah City , Saudi Arabia

2017

Breast-feeding has several health benefits for the infant and the mother as well. Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) indicates that feeding a child only breast milk without any supplementation. However, medication or supplements are acceptable. Practicing EBF is based on women's knowledge as well as their attitude toward it. Low EBF rate among Saudi women is an alarming issue that needs an action by the health care providers. Study aim: To assess knowledge levels and attitudes toward EBF among Saudi women in primary health care centers in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia. Research question: What are the knowledge and attitudes of exclusive breast-feeding among Saudi women in the primary health care centers in Jeddah. Design: descriptive cross-sectional design Setting: Well-baby clinics of the primary health care centers, Jeddah city. Sampling: Convenience sample including 315 Saudi women who had given birth to a live full-term healthy newborn during the last 12 months as infant age between ...