Breast‐feeding patterns in Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Abdulrahman A. Al‐Nowaisser, Rufaida H. Khashoggi, Khalid A. Madani |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Asia Ecology Economics business.industry Saudi Arabia Primary health care Medicine (miscellaneous) General Medicine Middle East Breast Feeding Work status Socioeconomic Factors Health On demand Asia Western Medicine Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena business Developing Countries Breast feeding Food Science Demography |
| Zdroj: | Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 31:239-245 |
| ISSN: | 1543-5237 0367-0244 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03670244.1994.9991365 |
| Popis: | A survey was conducted on 1019 mothers in 79 primary health care centers in Saudi Arabia to determine the patterns of breast feeding. A large percentage of mothers (98%) had breastfed their infants at birth. This rate dropped to 96.5% during the first week of life. There were 635 (64.1%) mothers who started to breastfeed their babies within 6 hours of delivery. Over two-thirds (68.9%) of mothers gave supplemental liquids to infants during the first 3 days of their life. More than half fed their infants on demand rather than on schedule. A high proportion (94.4%) breastfed at night, with 88.1% feeding their infants more than once. There was no significant relationship between the duration of suckling and the mother's age or work status (p 0.05). However, a significant relationship (p 0.001) was found between the duration of suckling and the mother's literacy. More than three-quarters of mothers slept in the same bed with their infants or in the same room. A large percentage of women initiated breast feeding; however, many introduced a supplement too early, a practice that should be discouraged. |
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