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Prevalence of Exclusive Breast Feeding and its Associated Factors among Mothers.
Kathmandu University Medical Journal (KUMJ) 2018 April
Background Breast feeding is the priceless gift given by mother to her newborn. It also has benefits to both mothers and baby. Prevalence of exclusive breast feeding varies from 26.4% in one study to that of 82.2% in another study. Objective To assess the factors associated with exclusive breast feeding among mothers. Method A prospective cross-sectional study using systematic random sampling method, was carried out in Dhulikhel Municipality for two months in November and December 2017 after taking permission from KUSMS IRC and from Dhulikhel Municipality. The study sample was 218 mothers whose infants between 6 months to 1 year were included in the study. A structured and semi-structured interview schedule was used in order to collect the information. Descriptive statistics including frequency and percentage was calculated to summarize mothers' socio-demographic information. Chi-square test was used for non-parametric categorical data in order to find out the association between variables. P-value less than 0.05 were considered significant. Result The prevalence of exclusive breast feeding was 75.7% in the present study. Maternal age found to be varied from 17 years to 40 years. Maternal age, parity of mother and types of family found to be significantly associated with the practice of exclusive breast feeding (p < 0.05). Mothers' occupation and education level was not associated with the practice of exclusive breast feeding. Conclusion Majority of the mothers practice exclusive breast feeding (75.7%). Finding of this study i.e. the factors influencing the practice of exclusive breast feeding will help the health care workers to plan the community awareness program on it.
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