Breast feeding practices among female health functionaries.
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-123596
ABSTRACT
Fifty-nine married Female Health Functionaries, which included forty-eight ANMs and eleven LHVs working in District Kangra of H. P. have been interviewed through self-administered questionnaire during August 1999. Breast Feeding (BF) practice is universal. Average duration of initiation BF after delivery is six hours. It is continued for 23 months on an average. Practice of prelacteal feed and bottle-feeding is prevalent. In 17% of respondents difficulty has been experienced in initiating breast-feeding.
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Índice:
IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
Assunto principal:
Aleitamento Materno
/
Feminino
/
Humanos
/
Pessoal Técnico de Saúde
/
Índia
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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