Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices on exclusive breastfeeding in mother's of urban community: A cross sectional study

Patel Meena; Saxena Manoj Kumar

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices on exclusive breastfeeding in mother's of urban community: A cross sectional study

Patel Meena, Saxena Manoj Kumar

Abstract :

Breastfeeding is considered as the pivotal factor between life and death for the vast majority of children in developing countries, but pattern of east feeding and exclusive east feeding is more important, which is ignored often by most mothers. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards exclusive east feeding among mothers attending the Mangal Divas at Aganwadi centers of UHTC bodabag of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, India. A cross sectional study was conducted on 250 mothers with child less than 2 years of age by using structured interviews. A total of 80 % of lactating mothers had average knowledge, 65% displayed good attitude and 58 % had good eastfeeding practices. Although mothers were aware of the exclusive east feeding and its importance but they did not practice this to the fullest. We suggest Individual �exclusive eastfeeding counseling� to the mother by Aganwadi worker / heath worker should be promoted.