Abstract
United Nations Childrens’ Emergency Fund (UNICEF) states that “every year, over one million infantsdie and millions of others are impaired, because they are not adequately/exclusively breastfed. A women’sdecision to initiate and continue breastfeeding is influenced by her attitude towards breastfeeding as well asthe breastfeeding attitudes of significant referent people. The aim of this study was to assess the attitude offathers on breast feeding which plays a significant role in its practice by the mothers. Quantitative approachwith a descriptive research design was used. Sixty fathers of infants who were accompanying their wives/children in the pediatric OPD of a tertiary hospital in Salem were selected through purposive samplingtechnique. Structured Interview schedule was used to collect the demographic variables & Five point likertscale was used to collect attitude of fathers. Data was calculated using descriptive & inferential statistics.Findings revealed that majority of fathers had positive attitude (98.4%) and only 1.6% had neutral attitudetowards breast feeding.
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