Feeding Beliefs and Practices of Mothers/ Caregivers for Their Infants (original) (raw)
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Mothers Regarding Infant Feeding Practices
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Background: Present study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers towards infant feeding practices. Materials and methods: The mothers of infants, coming to a tertiary care centre, Ahmedabad, on outpatient basis were interviewed using a pre-designed questionnaire. Total 150 mothers were interviewed. Results: Out of the total, 18 % mothers were illiterate.58.67 % mothers have been counselled by doctor about feeding. Regarding breast feeding, 96 % knew about exclusive breast feeding up to 6months. 90.67 % think that colostrum is good for baby.34.67 % mothers have given pre-lacteal feeds, tea and jaggery was most common.84.67% mothers knew that they should take extra food during lactation. Father (36%) most commonly help in feeding while 31.33 % don’t get any domestic help.78.67 % women consult doctor for feeding problems. Most common reason of stopping breast feeding was inadequate milk secretion(54.67%).18 % think that feeding should be stopped during...
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Infant Feeding Practices Among Mothers
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2016
Aims & Objectives: To study the knowledge and awareness of mothers towards infant feeding practices. Materials and Methods: Total 200 mothers of infants, coming to a tertiary care centre, Ahmedabad, on outpatient basis were interviewed using a predesigned questionnaire. Results: Out of the total, 24% mothers were illiterate. 89% knew about exclusive breast feeding up to 6months. 82.67% think that colostrum is good for baby.44.67% mothers have given pre-lacteal feeds, tea and jaggery was most common.89% mothers knew that they should take extra food during lactation. Father(42%) most commonly help in feeding while 31.33% don't get any domestic help. 65.67% mothers have been counselled by doctor.71.06% women consulted doctor for feeding problems. Most common reason of stopping breast feeding was inadequate milk secretion(46.67%).11% think that feeding should be stopped during illness. 75.33% women were completely satisfied with their feeding practices. Conclusion: The study highlights that there is vital need to improve the knowledge & awareness in the society regarding community based care. We should also strive towards helping removing myths and wrong practices which are rampant in the community. Level of education has positive impact on infant feeding practices.
Feeding practices in infants: ritual factors dominating mother's education - a cross sectional study
International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2014
Breast feeding: A winning goal-For life! This slogan of World breast feeding week 2014 itself says the importance of breast feeding in life. Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and adequate complementary feeding are key interventions for improving child survival, potentially saving about 20% of children under five. 1 Breastfeeding is so much more than food alone. Breastfed infants are much less likely to suffer from caries teeth, diabetes mellitus, obesity, high blood pressure, heart attack and certain cancer during adult life. Breast feeding has been shown to reduce the risk of death due to diarrhoea by 14 times, acute respiratory infection by 4 times and other infection by 3 times. There is reduced risk of acute otitis media and necrotizing enterocolitis in breast fed babies, 2 but unfortunately despite of all these proven boons, Indian report card is not very good regarding EBF and initiation of breast feeding. Prevalence of early initiation of breast feeding is only 40.5% while exclusive breast feeding for 6 months is 46.8%. 3 There are so many factors like mother's illiteracy, low socioeconomic status, ritual impact etc which are the main hindrance in adoption of healthy breast feeding practices. Being one of the fastest developing country we ABSTRACT Background: The objective was to know the impact of mother education on feeding practices of infants. Methods: Observational analytic cross sectional study. We used Semi-structured, pre-tested questionnaire to interview 355 mothers of infants, aged one and half to 12 months, who came in OPD of Department of Paediatrics UPRIMS and R, Saifai for immunization or some problem. Results: Total 267 (75.2 %) out of 355 women had initiated breast feeding within 24 hours of birth. 172 (48.5%) mothers exclusively breast fed their infants. Total 166 (46.8%) practiced Prelacteal feed. Out of 166 subjects, 121 (34.1%) practiced for 7 days and 41 (12.7%) beyond the 7 days. There were highly significant relationship found between education level of mothers with type of breast feeding, in the form of exclusive or non-exclusive breast feeding and Prelacteal feeding practices (p <. 05). Relation between education level of mother with time of initiation of breast feeding since birth was not found statistically significant (p >0.05), but an important pattern of initiation of breast feeding was seen at the different level of mothers education. Conclusion: Ritual and customary factors have much impact then mother's education on breast feeding practices of infants. Apart from education, breast feeding awareness programme should be increased including both literate and illiterate mothers.
Current trends in infant feeding
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
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Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices among Mothers Attending a Government Hospital
Deleted Journal, 2023
Background: Appropriate young children (from birth to two years of life) feeding practice is very crucial to boost up children's survival and optimum growth and development. Early initiation of breastfeeding (within an hour of childbirth), exclusive breastfeeding for six months and providing nutritionally adequate and appropriate complementary feeding for six months and continued breastfeeding up to two years of age or beyond are the major components of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. The objective of the study was to find out the IYCF practices of mothers. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional research was used and all 180 mothers attending government hospital of Biratnagar were the sample. Interview-based data collection was used by a self-developed, structured and semi-structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics using SPSS version 25.0. Result: Less than half (40%) mothers started breastfeeding within an hour after delivery, 90.6% fed colostrum, 73.3% practiced exclusive breast feeding and 89.4% continued to feed breastmilk along with complementary feed to under two years children. Among mothers, 68.3% started feeding complementary food at appropriate age, 70.6% of the mothers fed minimum numbers of time or more according to their child age, 80% mothers used to provide diverse food and 66.1% children were receiving minimum acceptable diet. Conclusion: The prevalence of timely initiation of complementary feeding at 6 months, minimum dietary diversity, minimum feeding frequency and minimum acceptable diet were satisfactory as almost two third and more children have met minimum acceptable diet. However, practice of early initiation of breast feeding is still low.
Maternal attitude and practices in initiation of newborn feeding
Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1988
The present study highlights the need for due emphasis on initiation of breast feeding of newborn infants over other traditional prelacteal newborn feeds. Knowledge, attitudes and newborn feeding practices amongst 702 mothers with urban background was recorded. Though 83.5% of mothers had attended the antenatal clinics, only 13.24% had been given breast feeding advice at the antenatal clinics. It is a cause of concern that only 26.35% had initiated the feeding by breast milk and only 16% had given colostrum. A large number of newborns were fed with finger tips and other unhygienic methods. However, most (95.01%) mothers had started breast feeding their newborns before discharge from hospital.
BMJ, 1973
A survey of mothers attending infant welfare clinics showed that 26% changed their infant's milk in the first two weeks after birth and that multiple changes were common. Twentytwo per cent. were prepang a milk formua more concentrated than the recommended strength by using either heaped or packed scoops instead of level scoops of powder or by giving extra scoops. The commonest age for starting solid feeding was between 3 and 4 weeks and the practice of adding rusk or cereal to the botde was common. There are obvious dangers of hypeatraemia from taking concentrated milk feeds and problems of obesity which may follow the early introduction of cereals.
Bangladesh Journal of Child Health, 2014
Background: Appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices are the fundamental to childrens nutrition, health and survival during the first year of life. WHO and UNICEF have articulated a global strategy for poor infant feeding practices directly and indirectly contributes to under nutrition, morbidity and mortality in infant. Objective: This study was designed to determine the breast feeding (BF) and complementary feeding (CF) practices in study population. Methodology: This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out in Pediatrics out patients department (OPD) of Shahid Surhawardy Medical College and Hospital, from January 2009 to December 2009. Feeding history of total 250 babies age >6 months to <1 year was taken from mothers. Results: Among 250 total babies, prelacteal feed was given in 29.2%(73/250), colostrum was given in 79.2%(198/250) and exclusive breast feeding upto six months was given in 24%(60/250) babies. CF was started in 242 babies and it...
2023
N utrition is of paramount importance for the wellbeing of a child. Feeding as required by different ages if done appropriately will definitely improve the health of child and reduces the occurrence of specific diseases. To support the growth and development of infants and children, appropriate mixture of nutrients with balance, taste and texture is extremely important. Similarly, adequate amount of nutrients in this age 1 promises optimal health too. The triple burden of malnutrition (under nutrition, over nutrition and micronutrient deficiency) is becoming a great threat in deve-2 loping countries. This burden could jeopardize the 3 economy and growth of the nation. The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nation International Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) jointly developed Abstract Background & Objectives: It is highly important for the parents to be aware of the proper feeding practices so that their children can have better health condition and immunity. In this aspect, regular assessment is must regarding the awareness of the parents so that necessary interventions can be done viz-a-viz healthy feeding practices. The objective of this study is to assess the feeding practices being currently undertaken by the parents of children less than three year age in some rural and urban localities of Rahimyar Khan. Methods: Cross Sectional survey of 213 young mothers less than 35 years of age having at least one child of age below 3 years, who presented at Pediatrics outdoor indoor, Gynecology outdoor indoor and Vaccination center of Sheikh Zayed Hospital Rahimyar Khan, were selected through Convenient Sampling. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire & analyzed through a software SPSS. Results: This Cross Sectional survey was conducted amongst 213 Mothers Knowledge related to feeding practices of their children of less than 3 years of age has shown that 140(65.7%) mothers were Exclusively Breast Feeding their children and 130(61.0%) considered using Cow's milk instead of formula Milk. 102 (47.9 %) introduced solid food to their child at 6 months. Majority 119 (55.87%) were not aware of any food allergies or intolerances in their children and majority 91 (42.7%) believes in normal ways followed by 63 (29.6%) who use rewards to ensure their child takes meal. Another important finding is that 180 (84.5%) were allowing their child consume processed or fast food while 22 (10.3 %) were consuming it on daily basis while 114 (53.5 %) were not aware of the appropriate portion sizes for child's age and 158 (74.2%) were offering sugary snacks or desserts to the child. Conclusion: Initiation of breast feeding within one hour has shown improvement but still 40 % not knowing this basic knowledge. Moreover on one hand 80% were practicing addition of variety of protein sources and almost 100% believed in fruit consumption but at the same time more than 50% were not having idea of the portion size and almost 100% were allowing Processed or fast food consumption. These statistics emphasize comprehensive educational programs for the mothers. Future research can be focused on impact of educational programs on Nutritional practices: