Impact of maternal education and source of knowledge on breast feeding practices in Rawalpindi city

Abstract

Objective The objective of the study was to determine the impact of maternal education and source of knowledge on breast feeding practices of women in Pakistani setting Study Design This was a cross sectional comparative study Place and duration of study The study was conducted during August to October in residential localities of Rawalpindi city Materials and methods Data included results from mothers conveniently sampled using a preformed questionnaire from various residential localities of Rawalpindi Participants were assured of confidentiality of the data Confidence level was set at with margin of error and power of the study at Data analysis was performed through SPSS version and consisted of both descriptive and inferential statistics Results All participant knew about importance of breast feeding There was a significant impact of education and source of knowledge on breast feeding practices There was significant difference between practices offi rst feed amongst difference educational groups with breast milk as first choice for higher educated group while prelacteal feed Honey and Ghutti by other two groups P lt Mothers with higher levels of education and those who had received guidelines on breastfeeding from a health professional show better knowledge and breast feeding practices