A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF BREAST FEEDING PRACTICE

Authors

  • Poonam Meena Medical Officer Government Hospital Dausa
  • Satish Meena FNB fellow, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Apollo Hospital Chennai
  • Ashok Meena Medical Officer Government Hospital Dausa
  • R N Sehra Senior Professor, Department of Paeditrics, S M S Medical College Jaipur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v5i12.2331

Keywords:

Breastfeeding, Immunization, Infants.

Abstract

Background: This study was describe the breastfeeding practices and factors affected initiation and duration of breastfeeding 

Methods: The cross sectional study was conducted on mothers with infants less than 1 year who came to immunization center for vaccination was included in the study. Total 1000 mothers include in this study.

Results: Only 35.40% of the mothers did the exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months and started weaning after 6 months. A total 55.00% of mothers in our study prematurely started weaning.

Conclusions: The study emphasizes the need for breastfeeding intervention programs especially for the mothers during antenatal and postnatal check-ups.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Immunization, Infants.

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Published

2021-12-01

How to Cite

Meena, P. ., Meena, S. ., Meena, A. ., & Sehra, R. N. . (2021). A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF BREAST FEEDING PRACTICE . International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 5(12). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v5i12.2331

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 12 (2021)

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