Breastfeeding Practices in an Urban Slum of Western India: A Cross-Sectional Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 7
Abstract
Breastfeeding practices play an important role in reducing child mortality and morbidity. This study was aimed to describe the breastfeeding practices prevalent in urban slum area. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2011 to December 2011 in slum region catering urban health training center (UHC) that is attached to a government medical college, Solapur, Maharashtra. All mothers having child 0 to 24 months included in the study, 594 women were identified using universal sampling (inclusion and exclusion criteria were used) and data was collected using pretested questionnaire on breastfeeding practices. Dependent variable was breastfeeding practices including exclusive breastfeeding. Analysis was done with SPSS version 16. It was found that More than half (70.2%) infants were exclusively breast fed (EBF) up to six months of age. Pre-lacteal feeds were given to 44.9% infants while colostrum was not given to 16.5% infants. Practice of EBF was found to be significantly associated with age of mother, type of family and education of mother.This study emphasizes the need for breastfeeding intervention programs especially forthe mother during antenatal and postnatal check-ups and practices like discarding the colostrum and pre-lacteal feed, late initiation of breastfeeding are still widely prevalent and need to be addressed.
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Lagdir Gaikwad, antoshHaralkar
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