Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Mothers Attending Tertiary Care Hospital (original) (raw)
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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.
2017
Exclusive breast feed is way to nourish a baby with totally human milk without any food and liquid for first 6 months. Breast feed helps to maintain immunity of baby and provide optimal growth and development. Prevalence of exclusive Breast feeding is only 38% in Pakistan. The purpose of recent study was to assess knowledge and attitude of exclusive breast feeding among lactating mothers. This study was conducted in public hospital named as The Children Hospital Lahore. Present study was descriptive cross-sectional in nature. Sample size was 384 lactating mothers. Convenient sampling technique was used to distribute the questionnaire. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 21 and results were presented in form of figures and tables. Finding of current study reveal that a mostly 81.3% of the lactating mothers were currently breast feeding their babies. Only 37.8% of the lactating mother was exclusively breast feed and merely 35.9% started breast feeding within an hour of delivery. T...
To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers regarding exclusive breastfeeding in infants, admitted in PIMS, Islamabad. Study Design: Descriptive qualitative study design based on in-depth interviews. Place and Study Duration: It was carried out from December 2015 to May 2016 involving mothers of infants admitted in PIMS Islamabad. Materials and Methods: Data was collected through in-depth interviews from the mothers of infants till the saturation of ideas, which was came at the thirtieth respondent. The collected data was analyzed manually. Verbatim notes were taken and interviews were recorded. After transcribing the data, nodes and sub-nodes were developed and on the basis of them, themes were generated. Results: The results of the study showed that most of the mothers knew the advantages of breast feeding and its importance for the health of the infants. The main reason behind this was the cultural practices, running in the families for years as well as the myths of elderly at homes, who were the main decision makers. Conclusion: The study gave a basic level of knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers about exclusive breast feeding. Breastfeeding is a natural and beneficial source of nutrition and provides the healthiest start for an infant.
Background: Although breastfeeding is a common practice in Pakistan, proper breastfeeding is on the decline. The impact of knowledge about breastfeeding practice is poorly understood. Objectives: The current study is designed to explore the practices, attitude and knowledge towards breastfeeding and their misconceptions. Objective of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers regarding breastfeeding. Material and Methods: This is Cross sectional type of study conducted at Pediatrics outdoor departments of various public sector Teaching hospitals of Lahore including “Mayo Hospital, Services Hospital, Jinnah Hospital and Lahore General Hospital” during January – march, 2021 with sample size of 170 patients. Consecutive non-probability sampling technique was used to recruit the patients. The mothers who agreed to participate were given a self-designed questionnaire consisting of closed and open-ended questions. The questionnaire covered basic characteristics of baby, family socio-economic status and knowledge, aptitude and practices regarding breastfeeding. Data analyzed in SPSS Version: 17.0 Results were recorded as percentages, graphs, means and standard deviations. Results: 58.2% mothers belonged to age group 21-30 years, 40.5% mothers were under metric, 30% were illiterate and 21% were metric pass. 80% of the mothers think breastfeeding is ideal for babies, 26.5% think benefits of breastfeeding last as long as the baby is breastfed and 79% mothers think breastfed babies are healthier than formula fed babies. Conclusions: The study showed that the lower rates of breastfeeding are influenced by factors like education, age, etc. Other unacceptable practices like pre-lacteal feed, lack of early initiation of breastfeeding and early weaning were found prevalent. KEYWORDS: Breastfeeding, Colostrum’s, KAP of Breast feeding
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: To access the knowledge, attitude and practices towards exclusive breast feeding among postnatal mothers. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Mohi-ud-din tertiary-care hospital Mirpur, Azad-Kashmir, from Mar 2017 to Feb 2018. Methodology: Study was conducted among 200 postnatal mothers at tertiary care hospital, using a structured questionnaire by ‘recall since birth’ method. Analysis was done using SPSS version 17. Results: Majority of the mothers were breast feeders, 27% were exclusive breastfeeding and 73% initiated breast feeding within 24 hours. The multivariate logistic regression showed that females who know exclusive breast feeding duration (95%CI-014, 1.381), breastfeeding better than artificial feed (95% CI-075, 1.182), mothers with hepatitis B, exclusive breastfeeding prevents pregnancy (95% CI-134, 1.220) and colostrum helps in immunity (95% CI-233, 1.436) were more educated and favored exclusive breastfeeding. Conclus...
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2019
Objective: To assess the level of knowledge and to explore out the perceptions of expecting and lactating women about Exclusive breastfeeding attending Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad. Study Design: A Mixed Method Study. Place and Duration of Study: Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, from Jul 2018 to Dec 2018. Material and Methods: The study was carried out by using non-probability convenience sampling on 354 women who visited Gynaecology and Obstetrics department of Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad. Quantitative data was collected by using a semi structured questionnaire developed with the help of literature review whereas the qualitative data was collected by using a qualitative interview guide. Frequencies and percentages were computed and chi-square was used to find associations between socio-demographic status of women and their knowledge and perceptions about exclusive breastfeeding. In-depth interviews were conducted to explore the perceptions of women about exclusive b...
Pakistan Journal of Public Health, 2020
Background: Breastfeeding is essential for an individual's fundamental health starting from birth till the later stages of life. There is sound evidence for the positive impact of breastfeeding on the health of children, mothers and the community as a whole. A heavy percentage of infants are still devoid of optimal breastfeeding in Pakistan. One of the major factors contributing to this is reduced knowledge about benefits and practice of breastfeeding among mothers. The present research was carried out to assess the knowledge of women regarding breastfeeding. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the capital city of Punjab from the 1st to 7th of August 2017 during the world breastfeeding week as part of breastfeeding awareness campaign.200 women attending the obstetrical and pediatric outpatient departments were randomly selected. Following informed consent, a self-designed 5-item questionnaire was handed over to pregnant women and mothers and the completed questionnaires were collected by the investigator. The data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Results: 200 pregnant women completely filled the questionnaire. Only 12.5% knew that breast milk should be the first intake of the babies while 33% knew that it should be initiated in the first hour of birth. 23% knew that exclusive breastfeeding should be continued for up to 6 months. 44% said that babies should be breastfed for up to 10 to 20 times day and only 29% knew that only breast milk should be given to the babies during the period of exclusive breastfeeding. The total knowledge score calculated was 17.14+-2.34 and was found to be positively related to age of the mother, her educational status and the number of children. Conclusion: There is good knowledge about breastfeeding amongst pregnant women and mothers visiting the outpatient department of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. There is a need of creating awareness amongst them through workshops, seminars and awareness campaigns.
Polytechnic Journal
Background and objectives: Breastfeeding is the ideal method suited for the physiological andpsychological needs of an infant and the most vital intervention for reducing infant mortality andensuring optimal growth and development of a child. Human breast milk is considered the healthiestform of milk for children and contains essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals during the first sixmonths. The purpose of this study was to find out about breastfeeding knowledge and its relationshipwith women’s socio-demographic characteristics.Methods: A descriptive study was carried out from December 2020 through February 2021, involvinga simple random sample of 100 women who visited the Maternal and Pediatric Hospital in Soran city.Results: This study revealed that the mean age (M ± SD) was 32.15 ± 7.373 and nearly one-third ofwomen were illiterate and in the age group 26-30 years. 76% were housewives and 85% indicatedthat had a normal delivery type. A good knowledge level is shown about dif...
Heliyon
Background: Mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward exclusive breastfeeding are crucial to both child and mother's health and wellbeing. Hence, This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices of exclusive breastfeeding among lactating mothers as well as the predictors of their exclusive breastfeeding practice. Methodology: This cross-sectional study included 397 mothers having infants aged 0-6 months who sought care at Noakhali Sadar Upazila, Noakhali, Bangladesh. A field-tested and validated Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) questionnaire was utilized to collect information from participants. Results: Of those evaluated; 29.0% of mothers could not define exclusive breastfeeding accurately, 11.3% and 59.3% did not know the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for babies and mothers, respectively. More than half (51.4%) of the mothers reported feeling good about exclusive breastfeeding for six months, did not find difficulties to breastfeed exclusively for six months (39.5%) and on-demand (58.2%). The mothers had an overall favorable attitude towards exclusive breastfeeding; however, 38.3% of mothers did not exclusively breastfeed their children. Literate mothers tended to exclusively breastfeed more (AOR: 3.06, 95% CI: 1.01-9.32; P ¼ 0.049) than illiterate mothers. Mothers having one baby were more likely to breastfeed exclusively (AOR: 3.07, 95% CI: 1.21-7.78; P ¼ 0.018) than mothers having more than one baby. Moreover, mothers with higher knowledge and favorable attitude had more than two times (AOR: 2.58, 95% CI: 1.315.07; P ¼ 0.006) and forty-three times (AOR: 43.18, 95% CI: 21.513-86.66; P < 0.001) the higher tendency of exclusive breastfeeding compared to others. Conclusion: Despite having satisfactory knowledge and attitude, the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers was poor. We recommend that interventions must be focused more on ensuring exclusive breastfeeding practice among mothers in addition to improving their knowledge and attitudes.
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...