Breast feeding pattern in neonates.
Indian Pediatr
;
1994 Sep; 31(9): 1079-82
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-14658
ABSTRACT
The present study comprised 100 mothers of newborn babies with regard to their belief and practices about lactation. A vast majority (98.2%) of the mothers were breast feeding, 87.9% mothers used prelacteal feeds of one sort or the other. Only 0.5% breast fed their babies within 6 hours and nearly 50% started after 48 hours. Colostrum was discarded by 82.9% of mother and nearly 73% wanted to continue breast feeding beyond 1 year. The age of weaning preferred was after 1 year by 91%. Only 24.7% mothers had undergone antenatal check ups. Hence, much needs to be done with regards to proper antenatal care and advice to discourage wrong and harmful feeding practices.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Time Factors
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Weaning
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Breast Feeding
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Female
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Attitude
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Prospective Studies
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India
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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