Breast-Feeding Practices in Rural Karnataka (India) with Special Reference to Lactation Failure
| Autor: | Benakappa Ad, D. G. Benakappa, Raju M, Shivananda |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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Rural Population
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Population Breastfeeding India Developing country Pregnancy medicine Humans Lactation Burping education Health Education education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Newborn Infant Grandparent Breast Feeding Attitude Socioeconomic Factors Infant Care Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Rural area medicine.symptom business Breast feeding Demography |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics International. 31:391-398 |
| ISSN: | 1442-200X 1328-8067 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1989.tb01323.x |
| Popis: | A survey was done in a remote rural area of Karnataka with a questionnaire. Overall 274 lactating mothers from a population of 10000 were interviewed to know the practices of breastfeeding with special reference to lactation failure. It was found that the majority of the mothers (97.09%) in rural areas breastfeed. Lactation failure is not a problem. 58.4% reject colostrum but know the advantages of breastfeeding while a small number of mothers (19.8%) start supplementary feeds by 3 months of age. However 80.3% of mothers breastfeed up to 12 months. Burping (44.53%) and proper posturing (92%) of the child is not being practiced. Initiation of breastfeeding within 4-6 hours was noted only in 8.03% of mothers whereas 53.0% of mothers and 9.72% of mothers started sugar water and castor oil as prelacteal feedings respectively. It is interesting to note that grandparents (21.9%) and auxiliary nurse midwives (21.9%) are the chief influences of breastfeeding. (authors) |
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