FRANCIS EKO LOKORU

Knowledge, attitude and practices towards exclusive breastfeeding

Exclusive breastfeeding book

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

exclusive breastfeeding is a situation in which an infant receives only breast milk from his/her mother or wet nurse( healthy nurse with baby between 2-5 months) for the first six(6) months and no other solids or liquids with exceptions of drops or syrup consisting of vitamins, minerals ,supplements or medicine. a cross-sectional study specifically thought to determine knowledge attitude and practices towards exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending young child clinic in mpigi health center iv. the study established that, majority of mothers 95% knew some information about exclusive breastfeeding,77.5% of mothers knew that breastfeeding is started immediately after birth,80%knew the importance of colostrums,95% of mothers were willing to exclusively breastfeed their babies, majority of mothers 55% felt comfortable while breastfeeding in public,85%started breastfeeding within the first hour of birth62.5%, of those who were giving other feeds had introduced them to the baby between 4-6 months. Most mothers 60% had introduced other feeds to the baby, of these; 62.5% gave cows milk. breastmilk insufficiency caused very low adherence to exclusive breastfeeding 60%.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9786205497883
• ISBN-10: 6205497883
• Artikelnr.: 65972620

Autorenporträt

Je suis LOKORU FRANCIS EKO, 28 ans, de nationalité ougandaise et d'ethnie Karamojong. J'ai obtenu mon diplôme de médecine clinique et de santé communautaire à l'institut paramédical international de Maya en tant qu'étudiant, j'ai réussi à mener des recherches sur l'allaitement maternel exclusif, car c'est la base de la plupart des maladies infantiles dans notre communauté.