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Breast-feeding practices in a tribal community of Melghat region in Maharastra State.
Indian J Public Health ; 1996 Oct-Dec; 40(4): 120-5
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-109910
ABSTRACT
This cross sectional study was conducted at Chitta-Ranjan Das Mobile Hospital camp stationed at Dharni, to assess the current status of breast-feeding practices in a tribal community of Melghat region of Maharashtra State, using the key Breast-feeding indicators as recommended by W.H.O. working group on Infant Feeding in 1991. The tribal mothers of 462 children in the age group of 0-24 months were interviewed for breast-feeding practices. 69.69% of the children received their first breast feed after 24 hrs. of birth, however none of the children was breast fed within 2 hrs. of birth. The exclusive breast-feeding rate was 0.22 and the predominant breast-feeding rate was 0.79. Timely complementary feeding rate was 0.22. The continued breast-feeding rates at 1 year and 2 years were 0.88 and 0.64, respectively. The ever breast-fed rate, timely first-suckling rate and exclusive breast-feeding rate were 1.00, 0.00 and 0.22 respectively. The median duration of breast-feeding was 23 months. Hence this study confirms the traditional breast-feeding practices in Indian culture.
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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental) Asunto principal: Lactancia Materna / Femenino / Humanos / Recién Nacido / Etnicidad / Preescolar / Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud / Estudios Transversales / Indicadores de Salud / Factores de Edad Tipo de estudio: Estudio de etiología / Estudio observacional / Estudio de prevalencia / Investigación cualitativa / Factores de riesgo País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: Inglés Revista: Indian J Public Health Año: 1996 Tipo del documento: Artículo

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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental) Asunto principal: Lactancia Materna / Femenino / Humanos / Recién Nacido / Etnicidad / Preescolar / Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud / Estudios Transversales / Indicadores de Salud / Factores de Edad Tipo de estudio: Estudio de etiología / Estudio observacional / Estudio de prevalencia / Investigación cualitativa / Factores de riesgo País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: Inglés Revista: Indian J Public Health Año: 1996 Tipo del documento: Artículo