Assessment of Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices of Caregiver’s in Jashore City, Bangladesh
| Autor: | Md. Jannatul Ferdaus, Md. Sidur Rahman, Tanvir Ahmad, Mahbubur Alam Dewan, Afroza Sharmin, Niaz Mahmud, M. N. A. Siddiqui |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Food and Nutrition Sciences. 11:194-206 |
| ISSN: | 2157-9458 2157-944X |
| DOI: | 10.4236/fns.2020.113015 |
| Popis: | Since infant and young child feeding practices play an important role in ameliorating childhood nutrition, an exploratory and descriptive study has thus been conducted employing a previously developed questionnaire at Ad-din shisu Hospital, Jashore, Bangladesh to obtain better insights about the breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among infant and young child feeding caregivers. Out of 260 babies, 54% were female and 46% were male. Nearly all caregivers were found having the idea that breast milk is the best food for newborn babies. Around 81.9% of caregivers think that breast milk contains all the nutrients the baby needs to flourish, but in case of protection from disease, only 18.1% of caregivers think that it protects the baby from certain diseases. Around 46.9% mothers practiced early initiation of breastfeeding and they offered breast milk to their newborn right away (within one hour) after delivery, 53.5% lactating mothers had proper knowledge about breastfeeding methods, 39.6% mothers never practiced burping after breastfeeding, 66.4% mothers had normal delivery, 33.6% mothers had caesarian section, 99% mothers offered colostrums to their babies and only 1% of them didn’t give the colostrums. Besides, 88.8% continued breastfeeding up to 24 months or more along with 83.8% caregivers starting complementary feeding from six months, 55.4% caregivers said baby’s immune system is less developed, so they get attacked by infection easily and 44.6% caregivers said “their tummies are vulnerable to infection”, and 48.8% of the caregivers followed the type of hygiene required. Our findings revealed information on the knowledge, attitude, and practices of the caregiver’s towards breastfeeding and complementary feeding. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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