Attitudes Towards Breastfeeding and Weaning Among Nursing Women

JUSTINA T. ASHIGABU; SHAFA .A. YUNUS; ABUBAKAR .M. TAFIDA

Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

Attitudes Towards Breastfeeding and Weaning Among Nursing Women

Justina T. Ashigabu, Shafa . A. Yunus, Abubakar . M. Tafida

Abstract :

The study investigated the attitudes of women on feeding and weaning, inPrimary Health Care Keffi Local Government of Nasarawa State. The purpose is to find out how the women practice eastfeeding and weaning in order to suggest solutions where they will have problems. The review of literature shows that working class women in other places also faced problems like women in Keffi. A descriptive survey research was used where a questionnaire was structure to collect information in the opinions of 120 women in the three centres under study. Mean statistics was employed to analyse the data. It was discovered that the women are not eastfeeding exclusively for six months and most weaned their babies auptly before two ears. Some of the problems faced are resentment by employers and colleagues; workload is much, lack of family and societal support to encourage nursing mothers are hindrance to exclusive eastfeeding. Base on the findings, recommendation is made that nursing mothers should be given eaks for two hours to go and eastfeed, maternity leave should be extended from three months to six months in order to allow more time to eastfeed their babies before weaning for the children�s good health