A Study Of Breastfeeding Practices In Rular Area Of Ahmednagar District.

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A Study Of Breastfeeding Practices In Rular Area Of Ahmednagar District.

Journal Title: VIMS Health Science Journal - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2

Abstract

Introduction: Breastfeeding is a basic human activity, vital to infant and maternal health and of immense economic value to households and societies.The WHO recommends that for the first six months of life, infants should be exclusively breastfed to achieve optimal growth, development, and health. Material and method: Stratified sampling method in community based study was carried out in the rural region of Maharashtra and the sample size was 1008 infants below 1 year of age. Data was collected through face-to-face interview using a structured questionnaire in local language. Results: In our study we found that timely initiation of breast milk was given to only 4.3% neonates, Colostrum was discarded by 34 %, no breastfeeding was initiated in 48 hour in 36% neonates, Exclusively breast feed at 1 month were 96.4%, at 2 month were 83.3%, at 3 month were 72%, at 4 month were 61.5%, 5 month were 50.3%, at 6 month were 30.1%, complementary feeding was timely started in 53.6% at 6 months and 47.6% were bottle feed. Conclusion: The breast feeding practices in rural region were far from satisfactory and exclusive breast feeding till 6 months of age was seen in only 30.2% of infants.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Prajakta Ghatage, Dr. Ramesh Kothari, Dr. Sunil Mhaske

Keywords

Breastfeeding practices knowledge.

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