A Cross-Sectional Study On Knowledge And Practice Of Breastfeeding - An Urban And Rural Comparison By Lot Quality Assurance Sampling.
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Lactation is the ideal way of providing nutrition to the infants. It is the most efficient way to address the energy requirement of the new born and creates a unique bonding between the mother and child. Objectives: To compare the knowledge and practices in Breastfeeding in urban and rural areas. Material and methods: A community based crosssectional study was conducted among mothers in Urban and Rural area of Mangalore Taluk, Karnataka. Data was collected by personal interview among 408 mothers using a predesigned pretested questionnaire, information regarding demographic profile, socio-economic status, breastfeeding practices, etc were collected. Results: The mean age among the study population was 25.95 ± 3.67 years. Prelacteal feeds are more common among rural mothers 83(68.0%) compared to urban mothers 39(32%). Mothers from rural area 37(13.7%) and urban area 8(5.8%) believed that feeding colostrum can be unhealthy. As many as 129 (69.4%) of rural mothers continued exclusive breastfeeding upto 6months of age compared to 57 (30.6%) urban mothers. Conclusion: Although breastfeeding was common, harmful feeding practices like prelacteal feeding and discarding colostrums are still prevalent both in urban and rural areas.
Authors and Affiliations
Sandhya Rani Javalkar, Radha Y Aras
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP515762
- DOI 10.26727/NJRCM.2018.7.1.5-10
- Views 71
- Downloads 0
A STUDY ON PREVALENCE & DETERMINANTS OF OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY AMONG MEDICAL C0LLEGE STUDENTS IN KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT
INTRODUCTION: Obesity is an important disease of the new epidemic wave and is an emerging serious health problem. It is increasing in number and overtakes the communicable diseases with respect to morbidity and mortality...
Prevalence and socio economic markers of tobacco use in rural area of Salem district: Focus towards smokeless tobacco
Background: Factors like lesser cost, social acceptability and non stringent rules in smokeless product sales made people to choose or shift over smokeless tobacco use. Aims and Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of...
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR CHEMICALS: USAGE AND AWARENESS ON HARMFUL CHEMICALS EFFECTING ENDOCRINE SYSTEM IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS AMONG MEDICAL FRATERNITY
INTRODUCTION: Endocrine disruptors are chemicals present in personal care products as contaminants or ingredients in various forms. These chemicals are known to interact with cell and tissue programming causing side effe...
Attitude of adolescent boys towards females: An Urban-Rural comparison from Sangli District (MH) of India.
Introduction:Cultivation of positive gender attitude in the adolescents, is required for development of gender tolerantsociety. The current research was planned to study the attitude of young adolescent boys towards fema...
Knowledge, Attitude and Self-care practises of type 2 Diabetics towards Diabetes and its complications in a rural block of Haryana, North India
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major public health problem with 3.2 million deaths attributed to diabetes every year globally. Poor awareness and practices about diabetes and its complications among diabetic pat...