A Study Of Infant Feeding Practices And The Underlying Factors In A Rural Area Of Delhi
Research questions: 1. What are the infant feeding practices in a rural area? 2. What are the reasons underlying the harmful infant feeding practices? Objectives: 1. To study feeding practices among infants. 2. To find out the factors underlying various harmful practices. 3. To find out the sources...
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| author | Taneja D. K Saha Renuka Dabas Pratibha Gautam V. P Tripathy Y Mehra M |
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| description | Research questions: 1. What are the infant feeding practices in a rural area? 2. What are the reasons underlying the harmful infant feeding practices? Objectives: 1. To study feeding practices among infants. 2. To find out the factors underlying various harmful practices. 3. To find out the sources of information/advice for the prevailing practices. 4. To determine Whether the Practice of giving diluted animal milk to infants is associated with type of family, caste or educational status of mother. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Rural field practice center of a Medical College in Delhi. Participants: Mothers of infants 6-9 Months of age, attending immunization clinic. Statistical analysis: Percentage, chi square test. Results: Water was commonly given to breast fed babies and top feeds introduced early. Consequently exclusive breast-feeding was uncommon. Semisolids were started late and diluted animal milk was commonly given to infants; as mothers often thought that child can not digest semisolids or undiluted milk. Milk was also diluted for economic reasons. Insufficient breast milk, illness of mother or child were cited as main reasons for early introduction of top milk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9126f27b7de24744be36d95f2f272b512022-12-22T02:15:06ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Community Medicine0970-02181998-35812003-01-01283107111A Study Of Infant Feeding Practices And The Underlying Factors In A Rural Area Of DelhiTaneja D. KSaha RenukaDabas PratibhaGautam V. PTripathy YMehra MResearch questions: 1. What are the infant feeding practices in a rural area? 2. What are the reasons underlying the harmful infant feeding practices? Objectives: 1. To study feeding practices among infants. 2. To find out the factors underlying various harmful practices. 3. To find out the sources of information/advice for the prevailing practices. 4. To determine Whether the Practice of giving diluted animal milk to infants is associated with type of family, caste or educational status of mother. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Rural field practice center of a Medical College in Delhi. Participants: Mothers of infants 6-9 Months of age, attending immunization clinic. Statistical analysis: Percentage, chi square test. Results: Water was commonly given to breast fed babies and top feeds introduced early. Consequently exclusive breast-feeding was uncommon. Semisolids were started late and diluted animal milk was commonly given to infants; as mothers often thought that child can not digest semisolids or undiluted milk. Milk was also diluted for economic reasons. Insufficient breast milk, illness of mother or child were cited as main reasons for early introduction of top milk.http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2003;volume=28;issue=3;spage=107;epage=111;aulast=Taneja;type=0 |
| spellingShingle | Taneja D. K Saha Renuka Dabas Pratibha Gautam V. P Tripathy Y Mehra M A Study Of Infant Feeding Practices And The Underlying Factors In A Rural Area Of Delhi Indian Journal of Community Medicine |
| title | A Study Of Infant Feeding Practices And The Underlying Factors In A Rural Area Of Delhi |
| title_full | A Study Of Infant Feeding Practices And The Underlying Factors In A Rural Area Of Delhi |
| title_fullStr | A Study Of Infant Feeding Practices And The Underlying Factors In A Rural Area Of Delhi |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study Of Infant Feeding Practices And The Underlying Factors In A Rural Area Of Delhi |
| title_short | A Study Of Infant Feeding Practices And The Underlying Factors In A Rural Area Of Delhi |
| title_sort | study of infant feeding practices and the underlying factors in a rural area of delhi |
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