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| InfoShare Partner: Centre for Operations Research and Training |
| Publication Date: May 2002 |
| Update Date: June 2003 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Child health/survival |
| Region: Asia/Pacific |
| Language: English |
| File Size: 106 KB |
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The study aimed to explore the breast-feeding practices among mothers in two blocks - Patamda and Potka of East Singhbhum district, Jharkhand and also identify the potential areas of intensified intervention to improve breast-feeding practices. More specifically it aimed to assess the level of knowledge and current breast-feeding practices among mothers of infants and to identify the barriers to optimal breast-feeding practices in the study area. In all, 474 women who had given birth to a child in the last one year were interviewed. The study shows the need to promote awareness about optimal infant feeding practices like feeding colostrums, not feeding prelacteals, exclusive breastfeeding, age for initiating supplementary feeding, increasing frequency of breastfeeding during diarrhoea. The study also highlights the importance of educating mothers-in-law, traditional birth attendants, and other older female relatives who greatly influence infant feeding practices.
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