To evaluate the breastfeeding awareness among breastfeeding primigravidae mothers
Keywords:
breastfeeding, primigravidae mothers, breastfeeding awarenessAbstract
Aim: To evaluate the breastfeeding awareness among breastfeeding primigravidae mothers.
Methods: The study employed a quantitative research technique with a post-test only control group design. The easy sampling approach was used to pick 200 primigravidae moms who had completed 36 weeks of gestation and attended to the OPD or prenatal unit and met the selection criteria. The independent variable in the study was the Breastfeeding Awareness Programme, the dependent variable was the breastfeeding practise of primigravidae mothers, and the sociopersonal variables were age, education, occupation, monthly income, religion, type of family, area of living, social support during pregnancy, and source of breastfeeding information during pregnancy. Results: According to the clinical data sheet, 42 percent of the participants in the experimental group and 46 percent of the subjects in the control group were 39-40 weeks pregnant at the time of birth. More over half of the patients in the experimental group (52%) and 21% of the subjects in the control group began breastfeeding within half an hour. 82 percent of the individuals in the experimental group and 81 percent of the subjects in the control group did not feed their babies formula.
Downloads
References
Indian newborn action plan, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. Of India , Sept 2014.
www.who.int/gho/child-health/mortality/neonatal
Darmstadt GL,Bhutia ZA,Cousens S, Adam T,Walker N. Evidence based cost effective intervention. How many Newborn babies can we save. Lancet 2005, 365 (9643), 977-88, PMID: 15767001.
Training manual on breastfeeding management – steps towards baby friendly care. UNICEF, Mumbai, 1996.
Ahmed FU, Rahman ME, Alam MS. Prelacteal feeding: Influencing factors and relation to establishment of lactation. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 1996; 22 (2):60-4.
www.impatientsoptimists.org/post/2011/07/india Promotes HBNC Training Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bhutta Z,Darmstadt G,Hasan B ,Haws R :Community based Interventions for improving Perinatal and Neonatal Health Outcomes IN Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence, Paediatrics 2005,115:519-617
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare :National Family Health Survey 3, India
EkanemIA,Ekanem AP, Asuquo A ,Eyo VO Attitude of Working Mothers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria. Journal of Food Research. 2012 May; 1(2):71-75. doi:10.5539/jfr.v1n2p71.
Demirchyan Anahit. Main Barriers to Optimal Breastfeeding Practices in Armenia: A Qualitative Study [Internet] 2019. Available from:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3339096 73_Main_Barriers_to_Optimal_Breastfeeding_Practice s_in_Armenia_A_Qualitative_Study.
Narayanan Gayathri Priya, Arjunan Poorkudi. Effectiveness of Breastfeeding Empowerment Programme among Primigravidae [Internet] 2013.Available from:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2681461 11_effectiveness_of_breastfeeding_empowerment_ programme_among_primigravidae
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Copyright (c) 2022 International journal of health sciences
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Articles published in the International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS) are available under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Authors retain copyright in their work and grant IJHS right of first publication under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, and to use them for any other lawful purpose.
Articles published in IJHS can be copied, communicated and shared in their published form for non-commercial purposes provided full attribution is given to the author and the journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
This copyright notice applies to articles published in IJHS volumes 4 onwards. Please read about the copyright notices for previous volumes under Journal History.
