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i) To determine the frequency of children, who are exclusively breast
fed for first six months in selected population, aged 0 – 24 Months.
ii) To determine the maternal knowledge, attitude and practices
towards breast feeding and factors influencing them.
Methodology: The study was carried out from November 2013 to April
2014. It was a crossectional analytical study. 384 patients were enrolled
and data was collected on a pre structured proforma. Data was
analyzed by using SPSS version 19.
Results: 384 mother and child pairs were interviewed. 53.1 % were male
babies and 46.9 % were female babies.38.3% mothers did exclusive
breast feeding for the first six months of life. 90.9% mothers had a positive
attitude towards breast feeding. Family members were the source of
maternal knowledge in majority of the cases. Mode of delivery, parity,
maternal employment and counselling were the significant factors
influencing the feeding method employed by the mother.
Conclusions: The rate of exclusive breast feeding is still low in Pakistan.
Local beliefs, customs and family influences should be incorporated in
the community health programmes for the protection and promotion of
exclusive breast feeding.
Atika Zubair Aslam, Tayyaba Noor, Prof. Rizwan Waseem . (2016) Maternal Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Breast Feeding in Children under two Years of age: A study at Paediatrics Department, Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Pediatric Journal, Volume 40, Issue 2.
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