Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: January | Volume: 12 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 57-60
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220108
Knowledge and Practice Regarding Breastfeeding among Primipara Mothers of Obstetrics Ward, Birganj, Nepal
Yumkhaibam Renubala Devi1, Rajwant Kaur Randhawa2, Priyanka Chaudhary3
1Ph.D Scholar, Desh Bhagat University, Punjab
2Professor, DBU, Punjab
3Associate Professor, DBU, Punjab
Corresponding Author: Yumkhaibam Renubala Devi
ABSTRACT
Breastfeeding is an ideal form of feeding to neonate. It is most precious gift a mother can give and is free of cost. It should be started as soon as possible after birth. Breast milk is a species-specific complete food. Human milk facilitates effortless digestion for infant and is well absorbed by the newborn. It helps in stimulating the production of breast milk, protect against infection and facilitate mother infant bonding and promotes better brain growth. For mothers breastfeeding helps in involution of uterus, delays pregnancy and lower risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Every year around 57,000 children below 5 years of age lose their lives, among which 54 percent die within the first month of life. The data stated that 22 percent of newborn death can be prevented through breastfeeding within 1st hour of birth. Mother play a very important roles in reducing neonatal mortality and neonatal morbidity rate by their knowledge and practice while feeding their baby.
Method: Descriptive correlation study design was conducted in the month of August 2021 National Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Birganj, Nepal. Sample size was 50 primi para mothers. Purposive sampling techniques was used to select the sample. Semi structure interview schedule and observation checklist was prepared according to objectives which comprised questions related to demographic variables, Knowledge to assess breastfeeding and observational checklist to assess practice Data was collected by administering this structured questionnaire to the primipara mothers.
Result: In the study 31 (62.0%) had adequate, 19 (38.0%) had moderate and none of them had inadequate knowledge regarding breastfeeding. 23 (46.0 had good, 27 (54.0%) had satisfactory and none of them had poor practice on breastfeeding. The results show that there was moderate degree positive correlation between knowledge and practice.
Key words: Knowledge, practice, breastfeeding and primipara mothers.