Breast Feeding Practices among the Hakkipikkis: A Tribal Population of Mysore District, Karnataka

Dakshayani, B; Gangadhar, M. R.

doi:10.1080/09735070.2008.11886323

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“…These PLFs were also reported in Philippines [28]. However, in India and Bangladesh the common feeds were honey, herbs, sugar water, gripe water, and cow's milk [34, 35, 37, 40–42]. This variation in the type of PLF between different countries could be attributed to the difference in culture, local beliefs, and availability of different feeds.…”

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“…Their reasons were perceived milk insufficiency, prevention of dehydration, hypoglycemia, and neonatal jaundice, and well as cleansing the baby's gut and rest the mother [5]. Indian studies reported that PLFs were given to clean infants systems [40], being traditional belief as they considered colostrum thick, cheesy, indigestible, unhygienic, and not good for the baby [35]. In Bangladesh, tradition, child becoming normal and quiet, delayed milk suction, and clearing newborn's oral cavity were the most cited reasons for giving PLFs [42].…”

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Newborn First Feed and Prelacteal Feeds in Mansoura, Egypt

El‐Gilany

Abdel-Hady

2014

BioMed Research International

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Background. Prelacteal feed (feeding any other substance before first breastfeeding) appears to be common despite its harmful effects. By definition a child provided with prelacteal feed (PLF) is not exclusively breastfed and PLF has many implications for the success and early initiation of breastfeeding. Objectives. To describe the prevalence of, nature of, and reasons for and factors associated with PLF. Methods. 647 mother-infant dyads were studied. Data was collected about the sociodemographic features of the family and baby, maternity care, the type of first feed before suckling, and causes of PLF. Maternal weight and height were measured and body mass index was calculated. Results. About 58% of newborns received prelacteal feeds. The commonest PLF was sugar/glucose water (39.6%). The most frequent reasons for giving PLF are tradition (61.0%) and mother's/mother in law's advice (58.3%). The logistic regression revealed that the independent predictors of PLF are urban residence; maternal education; father's education; low, middle, and high social class; maternal obesity; receiving antenatal care at private clinics and no antenatal care; Caesarean section; female babies; low birth weight; and admission to neonatal intensive care. Conclusion. Indiscriminate use of PLF should be discouraged in medical education and in antenatal maternal health education.

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Newborn First Feed and Prelacteal Feeds in Mansoura, Egypt

El‐Gilany

Abdel-Hady

2014

BioMed Research International

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“…The breastfeeding rates among tribal and indigenous population have been noted to be lower than the national average by different authors. [11][12][13] The districts of northern part of West Bengal are characterized by a higher proportion of scheduled tribes.…”

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Early initiation of breast feeding in tribal children

Sarkar

Bhattacherjee

Mukherjee

et al. 2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…16 Dakshayani et al, in Mysore, study done among Hakkipikkis tribal population, 40% of them gave pre lacteals. 17 In a study done by Surva Pathi et al, in rural area of Orissa, 56.4% of babies had received pre-lacteal feeds. 18 Less number of infants received pre-lacteals in Chandrasekhar et al, study (15.2%) done in Nepal.…”

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confidence: 99%