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A population-based cross-sectional study to determine the practices of breastfeeding among the lactating mothers of Patiala city

INTRODUCTION: The present study was undertaken to study the breastfeeding practices and the influence of literacy and prevailing cultural factors on different aspects of breastfeeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Badungar, a semi-urban area in Pati...

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Autores principales: Randhawa, Avneet, Chaudhary, Neha, Gill, B. S., Singh, Amarjit, Garg, Vibhor, Balgir, R. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6857412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31742143
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_549_19
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author Randhawa, Avneet
Chaudhary, Neha
Gill, B. S.
Singh, Amarjit
Garg, Vibhor
Balgir, R. S.
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Chaudhary, Neha
Gill, B. S.
Singh, Amarjit
Garg, Vibhor
Balgir, R. S.
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description INTRODUCTION: The present study was undertaken to study the breastfeeding practices and the influence of literacy and prevailing cultural factors on different aspects of breastfeeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Badungar, a semi-urban area in Patiala city including a total of 370 mothers. Mothers were interviewed using pre-formed, semi-structured Performa. The participant's demographic information, awareness and practices regarding breastfeeding were recorded by paying house to house visits. Data were analyzed using SPSS ver. 21. RESULTS: Only 27.30% of the mothers knew that breastfeeding should be initiated within 1 hour of birth. A total of 51.62% mothers considered prelacteal feed to be the right practice while 55.95% considered colostrum bad for the baby. Only 53.78% of the lactating mothers knew the correct meaning of exclusive breastfeeding. Only 24.86% mothers started breastfeeding within an hour after birth. Colostrum was not given by 57.29% of the lactating mothers while Prelacteal feeds were given by 50.81% mothers. Exclusive breastfeeding till 6 months was given by 45.67% mothers. A significant association was observed in high mother's education, high socio-economic status, nuclear status of family, history of antenatal care registration, and hospital delivery with exclusive breastfeeding (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Study concluded that breastfeeding practices were not optimum; hence promotion of knowledge regarding the right practices of breastfeeding and focus on the factors affecting them is highly warranted in this area.
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spelling pubmed-68574122019-11-18 A population-based cross-sectional study to determine the practices of breastfeeding among the lactating mothers of Patiala city Randhawa, Avneet Chaudhary, Neha Gill, B. S. Singh, Amarjit Garg, Vibhor Balgir, R. S. J Family Med Prim Care Original Article INTRODUCTION: The present study was undertaken to study the breastfeeding practices and the influence of literacy and prevailing cultural factors on different aspects of breastfeeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Badungar, a semi-urban area in Patiala city including a total of 370 mothers. Mothers were interviewed using pre-formed, semi-structured Performa. The participant's demographic information, awareness and practices regarding breastfeeding were recorded by paying house to house visits. Data were analyzed using SPSS ver. 21. RESULTS: Only 27.30% of the mothers knew that breastfeeding should be initiated within 1 hour of birth. A total of 51.62% mothers considered prelacteal feed to be the right practice while 55.95% considered colostrum bad for the baby. Only 53.78% of the lactating mothers knew the correct meaning of exclusive breastfeeding. Only 24.86% mothers started breastfeeding within an hour after birth. Colostrum was not given by 57.29% of the lactating mothers while Prelacteal feeds were given by 50.81% mothers. Exclusive breastfeeding till 6 months was given by 45.67% mothers. A significant association was observed in high mother's education, high socio-economic status, nuclear status of family, history of antenatal care registration, and hospital delivery with exclusive breastfeeding (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Study concluded that breastfeeding practices were not optimum; hence promotion of knowledge regarding the right practices of breastfeeding and focus on the factors affecting them is highly warranted in this area. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6857412/ /pubmed/31742143 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_549_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Randhawa, Avneet
Chaudhary, Neha
Gill, B. S.
Singh, Amarjit
Garg, Vibhor
Balgir, R. S.
A population-based cross-sectional study to determine the practices of breastfeeding among the lactating mothers of Patiala city
title A population-based cross-sectional study to determine the practices of breastfeeding among the lactating mothers of Patiala city
title_full A population-based cross-sectional study to determine the practices of breastfeeding among the lactating mothers of Patiala city
title_fullStr A population-based cross-sectional study to determine the practices of breastfeeding among the lactating mothers of Patiala city
title_full_unstemmed A population-based cross-sectional study to determine the practices of breastfeeding among the lactating mothers of Patiala city
title_short A population-based cross-sectional study to determine the practices of breastfeeding among the lactating mothers of Patiala city
title_sort population-based cross-sectional study to determine the practices of breastfeeding among the lactating mothers of patiala city
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6857412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31742143
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_549_19
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