Awareness Of Exclusive Breastfeeding Research Articles

Pengalaman adolescent mother dalam memberikan ASI eksklusif

Background: Breastfeeding provides the optimal nutrition for babies. Neonatal morbidity and mortality could be reduced by mothers's important role in delivering exclusive breastfeeding to infants aged 0 to 6 months. The knowledge of an adolescent mothers when breastfeeding can effect the mothers's mental and physical wellness.Objective: This study investigated the exclusive breastfeeding experiences of adolescents mothers.Methods: Exploring the meanings and experiences of adolescent mothers via in-depth interviews focusing on life experience as a way of describing the phenomenological approach.Results: There were seven participants and seven themes in this study. The seven themes include 1) Adolescent mothers's experience in giving exclusive breastfeeding, 2) Adolescent mothers's decision to give exclusive breastfeeding, 3) Adolescent mothers's difficulties in giving exclusive breastfeeding, 4) Problems and obstacles in giving exclusive breastfeeding, 5) Adolescent mothers to survive in exclusive breastfeeding, 6) Adolescent mothers in increasing the volume of breast milk, 7) The motivation of adolescent mothers to give exclusive breastfeeding.Conclusion: Adolescent mothers provide supplemental nutrition for breastfed infants until the age of six months. The importance of family support and health professionals in mothers's awareness of exclusive breastfeeding.

The rule of health education on the prospective grooms’ and brides’ awareness in Tarakan city

Background: This study was intended to assess the influence of the exclusive breastfeeding module on the awareness of prospective brides in Tarakan city.Methods: The quantitative approach with pretest and posttest was chosen as research method. The research subjects were prospective brides who were undergoing prenuptial guidance at the Ministry of Religion office in Tarakan city with a sample size of respondents (n=100). Before the module was developed, a survey was conducted as a research draft. The module is created in narrative form and is corrected by experts prior to testing. The exclusive breastfeeding module was spread after the pretest was carried out to measure the awareness of the prospective brides on exclusive breastfeeding. Data analysis was done with t test.Results: Characteristics of the male respondents in the reading exclusive breastfeeding module group were generally aged 25-30 years (52%) and the group listening to the lectures were generally aged 20-24 years and 25-30 years (32% and 32%). Meanwhile, the female respondents in the reading module group and the listening group were generally 25-29 years (40%) and 20-24 years (56%). Male respondents in the reading exclusive breastfeeding module group and the listening to lectures group were generally self-employed (76% and 88%). The male respondents’ awareness in the reading module group and listening to lectures group was statistically all significant with a p<0.05.Conclusions: Basically, all female respondents’ awareness in the reading module and lecture group was statistically significant with a p<0.05. Health education through reading exclusive breastfeeding modules and listening to lectures can increase the brides’ and grooms’ awareness of exclusive breastfeeding.

Burden of moderate to severe anaemia and severe stunting in children < 3\u2009years in conflict-hit Mount Cameroon: a community based descriptive cross-sectional study

BackgroundArmed conflict is a significant social determinant of child health with nuanced effects. There is a dearth of knowledge on the public health issues facing vulnerable populations in conflict-stricken areas. The objective was to determine the prevalence and determinants of moderate to severe anaemia (MdSA) and severe stunting (SS) in children ≤3 years in conflict-hit Dibanda, Ekona and Muea in the Mount Cameroon area.MethodsHaematological parameters were obtained using an automated haematology analyser while undernutrition indices standard deviation (SD) scores (z- scores), were computed based on the WHO growth reference curves for 649 children in a community based cross-sectional study in 2018. Binomial logistic regression models were used to evaluate the determinants of MdSA and SS against a set of predictor variables.ResultsAnaemia was prevalent in 84.0% (545) of the children with a majority having microcytic anaemia (59.3%). The prevalence of MdSA was 56.1% (364). Educational level of parents/caregiver (P < 0.001) and site (P = 0.043) had a significant negative effect on the occurrence of MdSA. Stunting, underweight and wasting occurred in 31.3, 13.1 and 6.3% of the children, respectively. Overall, SS was prevalent in 17.1% (111) of the children. The age groups (0.1–1.0 year, P = 0.042 and 1.1–2.0 years, P = 0.008), educational levels (no formal education, P < 0.001 and primary education P = 0.028) and SS (P = 0.035) were significant determinants of MdSA while MdSA (P = 0.035) was the only significant determinant of SS. On the contrary, age group 0.1–1 year (OR = 0.56, P = 0.043) and site (Dibanda, OR = 0.29, P = 0.001) demonstrated a significant protective effect against SS.ConclusionsModerate to severe anaemia, severe stunting and wasting especially in children not breastfed at all are public health challenges in the conflict-hit area. There is a need for targeted intervention to control anaemia as well as increased awareness of exclusive breast feeding in conflict-hit areas to limit the burden of wasting and stunting.

Knowledge and Awareness among Mothers Regarding Exclusive Breastfeeding in Holy Karbala City / Iraq

Background: World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) “Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF)” is explained as “the infant receives only breast milk, no other liquids or solids. Its recommended for the first 6 months of life, and then complementary feeding should be started. EBF helps to reduce child morbidity and mortality from several diseases such as diarrhea, respiratory and / or ear infections and other infectious diseases, shielding lactation women from breast and ovarian cancer. In addition to offers societal economic and environmental benefits, The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and awareness of exclusive breast feeding among mothers with a child &lt; 2 years of age. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in Health Directorate of Holy Karbala city. The study consist of (487) mothers how attendant to six Primary Health Care center (PHC). The collected data was done by direct interview with mothers and using a questionnaire form that designed based on the study objectives according to WHO criteria. Data were analyzed by SPSS “ Statistical Package for the Social Sciences”, the descriptive statistics included numbers (N) and percentage (%), and the inferential statistical test was done by using Chi-Square test (?2), P-value (Probability of chance ) was equal or less than 0.05 considered as statistically significant to find for any association between the results variables. Result: A total of 487 participants were included in the study and the rate of response was 92.7%. The highest percentage (66.3%) of study sample were full in the age group (21-30) years, and more than three quarters were lived in urban area. Nearly half of the study sample 47% had primary education and 60% those housewives, and the main source of information being family and friends (84.4%). As an overall assessment, 61.8% of the study sample had good knowledge and awareness about exclusive breastfeeding, with highly significant differences to education level ,occupation residence of the mother. Conclusion: Over half of the subjects had good knowledge and awareness of exclusive Breastfeeding. And, on the other hand, there was a very significant difference between education level, occupation and mother’s residence with a level of knowledge.

Awareness of Exclusive Breastfeeding among the Women of Reproductive Age Group in Urban Slums

Awareness of Exclusive Breastfeeding among the Women of Reproductive Age Group in Urban Slums

Comparison of breastfeeding practices among different social groups: Experience from North India

Background: Breastfeeding is one of the most important determinants for neonatal survival, and the prevention of childhood infections. Breastfeeding practices vary among different professional and non-professional working mothers and also among different strata of society. Objectives: To assess the comparative prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in various health professionals (Group 1), other professional women (Group 2), non-working housewives (Group 3), and laborer women (Group 4). Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the form of an interview of all above mentioned four groups of mothers using preplanned questionnaires. The mothers attending to our routine outpatient department and immunization section were randomly interviewed after taking proper informed consent. The study was conducted over a period of 1 year from January 2016 to December 2016. A total of 800 women (200 in each group) who had delivered within the past 1 year were interviewed. Results: Breastfeeding was delayed by more than 4 h in only 26% (52/200) in Group 1 (doctors/nurses/other health professionals) in comparison to 47.5%, 54.5%, and 43% of infants in Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4, respectively. Exclusive breastfeeding for ?6 months as per the WHO recommendation was not given to any of the baby among health professional group (Group 1) where it was given to only 4.5% of Group 2 mothers, 3.5% of mothers in Group 3 and around 34.5% of laborer mothers. All mothers in Group 1 started with top/formula feeds before 6 months in comparison to 95.5%, 76.5%, and 66.5% of infants in Groups 2–4, respectively. Conclusion: Despite higher rates of early initiation of breastfeeding among all the groups and particularly in health professionals, awareness of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), the benefits of EBF was the low depicted biyearly introduction of supplementary feeding. Maternal employment was observed as a major factor for early initiation of supplementary feeding, among health and other professionals whereas hungry baby and excessive crying were major contributory factors in early initiation of supplementary feeding in urban housewives and laborer mothers. This indicates the need to further promote and create awareness about the advantages of EBF and avoid early introduction of complementary foods.

Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Its Association among Mothers of under 5 Children in Kwango District, DR Congo.

The benefit of the breastfeeding has been well-established. In comparison to partial breast feeding, exclusive breastfeeding has even more benefits. The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with breastfeeding exclusivity during the first 6 months of life in order to better target public health interventions in this community towards healthier infant nutrition and address child mortality in this population. A cross-sectional survey among 1145 random households was conducted in the Kwango district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during 2 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. Women of reproductive age from 15–49 years and having less than 5 years old child were selected for the study. Chi-squared test and bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed using SPSS. A major finding of this study is 49.2% of the mothers are exclusively breastfeeding their children, and marital status, literacy, place of delivery, knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding and access to radio are the key indicators for exclusive breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding rate is almost equivalent to the national prevalence rate for the DRC. Providing adequate knowledge to raise awareness of exclusive breast feeding and increase involvement of health care providers in enhancing knowledge through antenatal care and during delivery and postnatal care will be the best approaches to increase exclusive breastfeeding practice.

Peran Nenek dalam Peningkatan Cakupan ASI Eksklusif di Desa Bangunjiwo Kasihan Bantul

Background: The problem of low exclusive breast feeding achievement in Indonesia is caused by social cultural factors, i.e. the minimal understanding of expecting mother, family, society, and health servant with the exclusive breast feeding. The husband’s and grandmother’s motivation will influence on successful breast feeding.&#x0D; Objective: This study is aimed to reveal the exclusive breast feeding achievement ang the role of grandmother.&#x0D; Method: This is an observational study. The researcher observes the society phenomena in Bangunjiwo Village, Bantul Regency. The subjects of the study are: 1) grandmothers aging ≥ 55 yeras old, 2) breast feeding mothers, and 3) Posyandu cadres. The data are collected by the focus group discussion, detail interview, and documentation.The instruments of the study are FGD, stationaries, tape recorder, and camera. The data are analyzed from the preparation of transcript, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion.&#x0D; Results: the success of breast feeding is motivated by grandmother’s role, i.e. 1) suggesting, 2) motivating, 3) caring, 4) reminding when mother goes out, 5) giving the stored mother’s milk for working mother, and midwive’s explanation and training for expecting mother.&#x0D; Conclusion: The role of grandmother in exclusive breast feeding will increase: 1) mother’s understanding of breast feeding advantages,&#x0D; 2) mother’s awareness of exclusive breast feeding, and 3) mother’s attitude of exclusive breast feeding. Therefore, a breast feeding mother will be able to increase in practicing exclusive breast feeding by: 1) overcoming obstacles, 2) consuming balanced nutrition, 3) maintaning health and drinking herb. Finally, these will influence the succssful exclusive breast feeding.&#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: exclusive breastfeeding, The role of grandmother, mother’s attitude

Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding practice to infants aged less than six months in Offa district, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

BackgroundWorld Health Organization (WHO) recommends timely initiation of breastfeeding after birth and only feeding breast milk to infants during the first 6 months of life. It was estimated that exclusive breastfeeding can reduce infant deaths by 13%. The practice of exclusive breastfeeding is suboptimal in many parts of Ethiopia to a varied extent. Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding practice and the proportion of its practice was not well documented in Offa district. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life in Offa district, Southern Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in 396 mothers of infants younger than 6 months using random sampling. Data were collected from mothers of the infants by trained interviewers. Exclusive breastfeeding was measured by the history of infant feeding in the prior 24 h. Pretested and structured questionnaires adopted from standard questionnaires and Ethiopia linkages modules were used. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify factors significantly influencing exclusive breastfeeding practice.ResultsBased on findings of this study of 396 participants, the proportion of exclusive breastfeeding was 78.0% and awareness of exclusive breastfeeding and bottle feeding were 85.6 and 6.1% respectively. About 6% of infants were given prelacteal feeds. The number of infants fed cow milk was 12.9%, formula 7.8%, water 8.5%, fruits and semisolids 1.5%, over 24 h prior to the survey. The initiation of breastfeeding within one h (AOR 2.2; 95% CI 1.1, 4.27), attending formal education (AOR 4; 95% CI 2.20, 7.25), having an awareness on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding (AOR 6; 95% CI 3.10, 11.70) and knowledge of colostrum feeding (AOR 2.1; 95% CI 1.11, 4.27) had a statistically significant association with exclusive breastfeeding in the study area.ConclusionsThe practice of exclusive breastfeeding as well as awareness was worthy in Offa district. Additionally the proportion of bottle feeding use was small. However, feeding other than breast milk was associated with the perception that breast milk alone was insufficient for their child. Strategies on promoting exclusive breastfeeding practice must focus on strengthening women’s education and awareness creation activities further.

Breastfeeding Awareness and Practices in Abakaliki, Southeast, Nigeria

Background: The Federal Teaching Hospital is the only tertiary hospital in Ebonyi State Nigeria. It receives referrals from the general and private hospitals, primary health centers in the state as well as the surrounding state. Breast feeding is a social norm among the indigenes of the state hence practiced commonly. Aim: The study was aimed at determining the knowledge and practice of exclusive breast feeding among the women presenting in the hospital. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in the maternity unit of the hospital over three months’ period from March to May 2015. A structured data sheet was administered to each mother presenting in the maternity unit of the hospital and willing to participate which were consecutively recruited into the study. Results: A total of 500 mothers participated in the study. About 98.4% were aware of exclusive breast feeding while 90.2% practiced it for different reasons and duration. Only 76.4% practiced it for a period of 4 - 6 months. Majority of the mothers (90.0%) got the information about exclusive breast feeding from the hospital. Times of initiation of breast feeding after delivery were 38.2% within 30 minutes and 33.2% an hour respectively. Seventy six percent of the mothers’ breastfed on demand. About 91.6% were willing to practice exclusive breast feeding for subsequent babies. Surprisingly 10.2% of the mothers discarded their colostrums. Practice of exclusive breast feeding was significantly related to educational status and occupation. Conclusion: Greater awareness and practice of exclusive breastfeeding has been achieved but more still needed to be done especially about the time of initiation, giving of colostrums and the duration of exclusive breast feeding since up to 10.4% of the participants still discarded their colostrums particularly those that delivered outside the hospital.

Prevalence and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life among women in Halaba special woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region/SNNPR/, Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study.

BackgroundExclusive breastfeeding is defined as feeding infants only breast milk, be it directly from breast or expressed, with no addition of any liquid or solids apart from drops or syrups consisting of vitamins, mineral supplements or medicine, and nothing else. Several studies have shown that exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months plays a great role in preventing morbidity and mortality. In Ethiopia, for example, mortality rates of infant and children younger than five years are high. Understanding the prevalence and predictors that influence exclusive breastfeeding in this is crucial to promoting the practice.ObjectivesTo assess the prevalence and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding with in the first six months of life among women in Halaby special woreda, SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region) Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross sectional study was conducted between November 2013 and January 2014 among women with infants aged less than 6 months and the sample size was 422 in Halaba special woreda, SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region) Ethiopia. A random sampling technique was used in sampling the study subjects. Structured questionnaire was developed and adopted from EDHS 2011 and WHO standard and that all the variables to be assessed were incorporated. Data was entered and analyzed through using Epi Info 7 for Dos version 3.5.1 and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software for windows version 20 respectively.ResultsThe prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was (70.5 %) and awareness of exclusive breastfeeding was (92.4 %). Antenatal follow up (AOR/Adjusted odds ratio = 1.9; 95 % CI, 1.05–3.6), postnatal follow up (AOR/Adjusted odds ratio = 2.2; 95 % CI, 1.25–3.87), initiation of breast feeding immediately within one hour (AOR/Adjusted odds ratio =3.8; 95 % CI, 2.4–6.2), attended formal school (AOR Adjusted odds ratio/=1.9;95 % CI,1.1–3.4), advice about exclusive breastfeeding (AOR Adjusted odds ratio/=6.3;95 % CI,1.3–30.9); and awareness about exclusive breastfeeding (AOR Adjusted odds ratio/= 8.2; 95 % CI 3.34–20), have significant association with exclusive breastfeeding.ConclusionsStrategies that target improving awareness among women at health facility and community level help to improve exclusive breastfeeding. In addition, promotion of EBF for working mothers through working environment recommended.

Awareness, Initiation, Duration and Challenges to Exclusive Breastfeeding amongst women within the Bamenda Health District, Cameroon

This study assessed breastfeeding awareness, initiation, duration and challenges of exclusive breastfeeding amongst women within the Bamenda health district. Two hundred consenting mothers who have had at least one child between the ages of six months and two years were randomly selected to take part in this cross – sectional community based study. A self – administered questionnaire was used to obtain information from participants and data collected analyzed using SPSS version 17.0. Results showed that 75% of the respondents had heard about exclusive breastfeeding from hospitals (71%). The rate of breastfeeding initiation 1 – 2 hours after delivery was 62.0% with 60.5% exclusively breastfed for at least six months. Based on the challenges on the practice of exclusive breastfeeding, most women reported low milk supply (37.5%) as the main physical problem with their breasts and the fact that they have to return to work (43.5%) as the major social challenge. As per their culture, some women reported that breast milk makes a child foolish (28%). In our study, the awareness of exclusive breastfeeding was high (75%) and majority of the mothers initiated breastfeeding 1 – 2 hours (62%) and exclusively breastfed for six months (60.5%). On the challenges to exclusive breastfeeding, low breast milk production was the main physical problem with the breast, the fact that they have to return to work as the main social challenge and some women based on their culture said breast milk makes a child foolish.

Exclusive Breastfeeding and Maternal Employment in Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross- Sectional Study

Back-ground: Promotion of exclusive breastfeeding is the single most cost-effective intervention to reduce infant mortality in developing countries. Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months has greater benefit than formula feeding for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. In Ethiopia, the prevalence of exclusive breast feeding among infants less than 6 months is 49%, with limited information on associated factors of exclusive breast feeding. Understanding the associated factors that influence exclusive breastfeeding is crucial to promote the practice in Ethiopia. Objective: To compare exclusive breastfeeding and its associated factors among employed and unemployed mothers in Injibara Town, Awi Zone, North west Ethiopia. Method: A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted from March 24-April 14, 2013. A total of 524 mothers of children age ≤1 year were included in the study. A structured, pretested and self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Descriptive statistics were performed to compare exclusive breastfeeding among employed and unemployed mothers. Multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify independent predictors of exclusive breastfeeding. Results: The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was 44% and 65% among employed and unemployed mothers respectively. Employed mothers were 32% times less likely to breast feed exclusively than the unemployed mothers (OR= 0.32). Place of birth (OR=4.4), belief of breast milk sufficiency (OR= 3.6), religious fathers support of exclusive breastfeeding (OR=2.7) and maternal age of 18-23(OR=9.4) were independently predictors of exclusive breastfeeding among employed mothers. Whereas, husbands’ support of exclusive breastfeeding (OR=1.9), knowledge on duration of exclusive breastfeeding (OR=2.8), timely initiation of breastfeeding (OR=2.9), Awareness of exclusive breastfeeding (OR=2.2) and delivery attendance (OR=2.2) were independently predictors of exclusive breastfeeding among unemployed mothers. Conclusions: A large proportion of infants are not exclusively breastfed. Exclusive breastfeeding status of unemployed mothers was significantly better than that of employed mothers. Therefore, the government should promote exclusive breastfeeding by creating breastfeeding friendly working environment.