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Objective : To st~l& the Brenstfeeditq pructices & the itzjltrerzce qf iitetacy & crrlrttrulfucrors on breast-feeding pt-ucrices in tttothers urrettdittg itttttrtttti.\triiott
clitlic it1 utz ttt-butt cottmmiry of Navi-Mumbai. Study Design : Cross-secriotzal study. Setting : Ztrmunisation clinic. MGM, Kuluttzboli Hospilul. Shady
Period : October 2001 March 2002. Study Participants : 122 rnorhers artetditlg imnlrtnisutiot~ clinic having childrett tip 10 2 years ctf age. Study variables
: Literacy, Time of itziriutiotl, Pluce of deliver-v. StatisticalAnalysis : Chi-square lesf &percentages. Results : 44 (36.1%) tnothers gNvrp,-c,-loclcu1.c to their
children. 52 (70.270) practised exclmive breast-feeding and 9(7.4%) started bottlefeeds to [heir babies. 61.37~ of lilerure mothers while 43.77~ of illi~rtut/c
mothers initiated breast-feeding wirhitz 6 hours of delivery. The ussociariott between itltrodLtctiotz of pre-lucre& attd place of delivet:\’ l~~us,fiwttd to be
smtistically sigtzt~cum (p<O.O.T). Only I.970 of lirerute mothers had rejected colosfruttl us ugainsr 2570 of illiterure ttzorhers. Corrclusion : Utrdcsirublc
ctrlrto-al pr-uctices SLKII us giving pre-lacleulfeeds, rejection ofcolosfrtrtn utld lure itliriariotz of breastfeedingure still prevulett/ utnottg the ttto~lrers, ttlore
so among illiterates and these should be discouraged by proper IEC activities.
The association between introduction of pre-lacteals and place of delivery Literacy wise distribution of pre-lacteal feeding and I-ejection ofcolostrum
was found to be statistically significant (~~0.05). (Table I) Higher shows that these practices were more common in illiterate mothers. The
percentage of illiterate mothers (68.7%) had given pre-lacteals to their main reasons for rejecton ofcolostrum given by mothers were “it is haI-mfui
children as compared to 3 1.1% of literate mothers. Only I .9% of literate for the baby”, “elders &dvice” and “it is not digested by the newborn”.
mothers and rejected colostrum as against 25% of illiterate of mothers. Thus literacy plays a very vital role in understanding the protective value
of colostrum and the dangers of pre-lacteal feeding. The reasons for early
discontinuation of breast-feeding (below 6 months) were mainly illness of
Deptt. of’ PSM, MGM Mrdiml Colkgr, Knttwthu. Nuvi Mtmbui. mother while insufficient milk was the reason given by mothers who
E-tnuil ; raS’itti_K@v.\tll.tler discontinued breast-feeding between 7-12 months. In the present study
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66 (82.570) mothers initiated weaning within 6 months of age which is Parmar VR, M Salaria. B Poddar, K Singh. H Gho~ra. Sucharu. KAP
higher than that observed by Gajanan et al’ who reported 17.83% in that regarding Breast Feeding at Chandigarh. Indian J Public Health 2000.
age group of their study. Vol. 44 : 131.133.
Banappurmath CR. Nagaray MC, Banappurmath S. Kesalee N. Breat
Acknowledgement We are thankful to Dr. (Col.) O.D. Sharma. Asso. Prof.. Feeding Practices in villages of Centl-al Karnaraka. Indmn I’edlatr.
Dept. of PSM. MGM Medical College. Kamothe. Navi Mumbai for his 1996; 336:477-9
valuable guidance & support ~OI- the study. Bandyopadhyay SK, Chaudhary N. Mukopaclhyaya BB. Brrasr Feeding
Practices in rural areas of West Bengal. Indian .I I’uhlic Health. 2000:
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