Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding breastfeeding and infant milk substitutes among mothers of upper middle-class society in a baby friendly hospital initiative accredited hospital of New Delhi, India

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dc.contributor.authorGangwal, Maansien_US
dc.contributor.authorNair, Bindu T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Varun Kumaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:46:34Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:46:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: Exclusive breastfeeding is considered a major public health intervention to promote both child and maternal health. Introduction and awareness of infant milk substitutes among mothers appear as a threat to this important practice.Methods: The study is an observational cross-sectional study using a questionnaire containing socio-demographic variables. The study was conducted among 300 mothers who reported to immunization clinic and paediatrics OPD of a BFHI accredited hospital in Delhi. Data collected in the study has been analysed using SPSS version 21.0 and MS-Excel. Student 't' test for quantitative variables and 'chi square test' for categorical variable have been used for statistical significance. p-value <0.05 was considered to be significant.Results: In this study 78.7% mothers intended to breastfeed. 71.3% knew that breastfeeding should be continued up to 2 years and 96.3% knew exclusive breastfeed should be given till 6months. Major source of knowledge were doctors and elders of society. However, 49.6% mothers started breastmilk substitutes before 6 months of age. Major causes that appeared as barriers against exclusive breastfeeding were insufficient quantity of milk (23.4%), child refusal (61%) and maternal health problems (15.6%).Conclusions: Despite good knowledge about breastfeeding among upper middle-class mothers, practice of exclusive breastfeeding remains suboptimal. There is a need for more reinforcement upon importance of breastfeeding, its benefits for both mother and baby so as to foster the practice.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Paediatrics, Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationGangwal Maansi, Nair Bindu T., Singh Varun Kumar. Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding breastfeeding and infant milk substitutes among mothers of upper middle-class society in a baby friendly hospital initiative accredited hospital of New Delhi, India. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2020 Jan; 7(1): 173-179en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-3283
dc.identifier.issn2349-3291
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/204407
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20195749en_US
dc.subjectBaby friendly hospital initiativeen_US
dc.subjectBreast feedingen_US
dc.subjectInfant milk substitutesen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectPracticeen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, attitude and practices regarding breastfeeding and infant milk substitutes among mothers of upper middle-class society in a baby friendly hospital initiative accredited hospital of New Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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