Infant feeding practices of mothers in an urban area in Nepal.

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dc.contributor.authorSubba, S Hen_US
dc.contributor.authorChandrashekhar, T Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorBinu, V Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, H Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorRana, M Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorDixit, S Ben_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T04:06:22Z
dc.date.available2009-05-28T04:06:22Z
dc.date.issued2007-01-08en_US
dc.descriptionKathmandu University Medical Journal.en_US
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Child health in developing countries including Nepal is a matter of serious concern as the prevalence of malnutrition among children continues to be high with 48.6% of children under five in Nepal being underweight. Since infant feeding practices adopted by mothers play a major role in influencing health of these children, there is a need to study the infant feeding practices prevalent in different areas in order to have pragmatic approaches to solve this problem. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted among mothers who attended the immunization clinics of 18 wards of Pokhara municipality area. They were interviewed with a semi-structured questionnaire on various aspects of infant feeding. RESULT: A total of 168 mothers were interviewed and prevalence of breastfeeding was 99.4% (167). Only 43.5% of the mothers initiated breastfeeding within one hour of birth and 60.5% were practicing exclusive breastfeeding at 5 months. Almost 40% of the mothers started complementary feeding before the recommended age of 6 months and 22.5 % delayed introduction of complementary feeding beyond the recommended age. CONCLUSION: Breast feeding practices adopted by mothers of Pokhara urban area are still lacking in terms of late initiation of and early starting of complementary feeding. There is a need to educate the mothers regarding proper infant feeding practices.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Community Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. sonuhsubba@yahoo.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationSubba SH, Chandrashekhar TS, Binu VS, Joshi HS, Rana MS, Dixit SB. Infant feeding practices of mothers in an urban area in Nepal. Kathmandu University Medical Journal. 2007 Jan-Mar; 5(1): 42-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/46426
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.kumj.com.npen_US
dc.source.urihttps://kumj.com.np/ftp/issue/17/42-47-infant-feeding-practices.pdfen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshBottle Feeding --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshBreast Feeding --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshCross-Sectional Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshInfanten_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newbornen_US
dc.subject.meshMothersen_US
dc.subject.meshNepalen_US
dc.subject.meshQuestionnairesen_US
dc.subject.meshUrban Populationen_US
dc.subject.meshWeaningen_US
dc.titleInfant feeding practices of mothers in an urban area in Nepal.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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