Infant Feeding Practices in A Well Baby Clinic of A Tertiary Hospital in North Kerala

Pavithran, K

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“…Madhu K et al (19%) and Mallikarjun et al (19.5%) also demonstrated similar practice of prelacteal feeding in their studies. [18][19][20][21] The most common prelacteal feed used was sugar water, honey which was found to be similar to a study by Madhu K et al 20 In the present study as many as 30.9% of the mothers had breastfeeding problems during their stay in the hospital. This is comparable to another study conducted by Suksham J et al who showed that 35.7% of the mothers had breastfeeding problems, where both term and preterm babies were included in the study population.…”

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Issues related to breastfeeding in the first six months of life in an urban tertiary care hospital

Manjula¹,

Hegde²

2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Breastfeeding is being practiced since the existence of mammals on earth. Breastmilk can make the world healthier, smarter and more equal, it also saves lives of infants and reduces disease burden of both mother and infants. Common reasons for avoiding or stopping breastfeeding are medical, cultural, psychological, physical discomfort and inconvenience. This study was conducted to know the spectrum of problems related to breast feeding faced by mother-infant pairs in the first 6 months of life. Methods: A hospital based observational study was conducted in an urban tertiary care hospital from November 2010 to February 2012. Maternal and newborn data were obtained during postnatal period and they were later followed up in Pediatric Outpatient Department at regular intervals and information was also collected through telephonic conversation. Descriptive statistics were reported using mean, standard deviation or median, range for the continuous variable. Numbers and percentage were used for the categorical variable. Chi-square test or fisher's exact test was done to test the association between the breast-feeding problems with demographical and clinical variables. p<0.05 was considered as significant. Results: Prelacteal feed was given to 17.7% babies, 30.9% mothers had breastfeeding problems. 41.3% babies were initiated on breastfeeding within one hour of birth. Parity (0.001) and mode of delivery (0.017) had significant association with breastfeeding problems. Conclusions: Breastfeeding issues like delayed initiation of breastfeeding, practice of prelacteal feeding, formula feeding, latching problems, perception of inadequate milk were noted. Parity and mode of delivery had an association with breastfeeding problems.

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Issues related to breastfeeding in the first six months of life in an urban tertiary care hospital

Manjula¹,

Hegde²

2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Study of Complementary Feeding Practices Among Mothers of Children Aged Six Months to Two Years

Varghese¹,

Kamalakarababu²

2017

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BACKGROUND Malnutrition remains one of the main public health problems in India. More than half (54 percent) of all deaths before the age five in India is related to malnutrition. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, with the addition of complementary feeds at six months with continued breastfeeds until at least the age of two. Proper breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices can prevent under five mortality by 19%. MATERIALS AND METHODSThis hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Institute of Child Health, Government Medical College, Kottayam. Mothers of children between six and twenty four months of age who attended paediatric department were included in this study. Information on selected sociodemographic profile and complementary feeding practices were collected. Chi-square test was used to find the association between complementary feeding and various study parameters. RESULTSExclusive breastfeeding was practised by 69% of mothers. Timely initiation of complementary feeding was practised by 65.5%. 49 babies were given early initiation of complementary feeding. Only 10% mothers practised delayed initiation of complementary feeding. Home cereal was preferred by majority (64%) of study population. CONCLUSIONMajority of mothers were practising timely initiation of complementary feeding. Female literacy and socioeconomic status of the family are significantly associated with time of initiation of complementary feeding.

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Infant feeding practices in an urban tertiary care hospital: A descriptive longitudinal study

Hegde¹,

Manjula

Venkatesha³

2017

Indian J Child Health

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Background: Infant and young child feeding are the corner stone for child development. More than a third of the world’s undernourished children reside in India. Inadequate infant and young child feeding practices with inadequate care and management of common illnesses contributes to malnutrition. Objective: To study the prevailing infant feeding practices and determine influence of factors on infant feeding in a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: A descriptive longitudinal follow-up study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital between November 2010 and April 2012. Maternal and baby’s profiles were obtained using oral questionnaire after birth by personal one-to-one interview. These cases were followed up for their infant feeding practices till 1 year of age in outpatient department and also by telephonic conversation. Continous variables were analysed by mean and SD. For categorical variable frequency and percentage were determined. Results: 61.25% mothers had initiated breastfeeding within 1 h. Prelacteal feed was given to 28.6% babies. 61.5% had initiated complementary feed at 6 months. Bottle feeding was preferred mode of feeding. There was a statistically significant association between initiation of breastfeeding and parity (p=0.022) and type ofdelivery (p<0.0001), religion and complementary feeding introduction (p<0.001), religion and duration of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) (p=0.003), occupation and EBF duration (p=0.005), education (p=0.015), and religion (p=0.001) were associated with prelacteal feeds. Conclusions: Infant feeding practices observed from the study include early initiation of breastfeeding, appropriate duration of EBF, and timely introduction of complementary feed. Practice of prelacteal and bottle feeding was seen. Infant feeding practices are found to be influenced by several socio-demographic factors.

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Infant Feeding Practices in A Well Baby Clinic of A Tertiary Hospital in North Kerala

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Issues related to breastfeeding in the first six months of life in an urban tertiary care hospital

Issues related to breastfeeding in the first six months of life in an urban tertiary care hospital

Study of Complementary Feeding Practices Among Mothers of Children Aged Six Months to Two Years

Infant feeding practices in an urban tertiary care hospital: A descriptive longitudinal study

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