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Background:Proper breastfeeding practices are effective ways for reducing childhood morbidity and mortality. The objective of the present study was to determine the patterns and explore the determinants associated with breast feeding practices among the nursing women in Dera GhaziKhan.Methods:A cross sectional study was conducted on randomly selected lactating mother infant pairs in Dera Ghazi Khan.Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Analysis was done by using SPSS, chi square test was applied to see the association between breast feeding practices and itsdeterminants such as knowledge of breast feeding practices. Results: Majority372 (93%) of mothers mentioned that they had ever breastfed the youngest child. About 292 (73%) mothers gave colostrum to the child, and48(12%)exclusively breastfed. Weaning babies before four month of age was practiced by84 (21%) of the mothers, 120 (55%) mothers started weaning at 4-6months of child age, while 72 (18%) started to give additional food after baby turnedsix months old.Out of total 276 (69%) mothers reported that they had knowledge regarding breast feeding. Significant association was found betweenknowledge of breastfeeding andinitiation and Exclusive Breast Feeding (EBF)practices (p-values <0.05). Income, family type, mode of delivery andassistance for child were significantly associated with initiation of breastfeeding within one hour after birth (p-value <0.001).Conclusion:Breast feeding practices in the studied area were not up to the mark. There isa strong need to improve the breastfeeding practices by Behavior Change Communication
Dr Zubia Qureshi,, Zubia Qureshi, Kauser Aftab Khan, Fouzia Nadeem Gill. (2016) PATTERNS AND DETERMINANTS OF BREAST FEEDING AMONG MOTHER INFANT PAIRS IN DERA GHAZI KHAN, PAKISTAN, JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE ABBOTTABAD, Volume 28, Issue 4.
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