Abstract

The aim of the study is to study the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of breastfeeding among mothers attending DSP Hospital, Durgapur. Child aged 0-2 years which was born at term without any anomalies or complications coming to the paediatric out-patient and in-patient department during the study period. Result: Mean age of the study mothers was 26.73 years with 30.7% cases in 21-25 years and 26-30 years’ age group respectively. Mean knowledge score in present study was 15.13 with minimum and maximum of 6 and 19 respectively. Mean attitude score in present study was 30.0 with minimum and maximum of 20 and 40 respectively. Mean practice score in present study was 19.37 with minimum and maximum of 12 and 30 respectively. Conclusion: Mean age of the study mothers was 26.73 years with 30.7% cases in 21-25 years and 26-30 years’ age group respectively. Knowledge scores were significantly associated with increasing age, employment status, illiteracy, lower socio-economic status and having more than 2 children (p<0.05). All the three parameters correlates well with each other (r<0.01), i.e. increase in knowledge leads to better attitude and practices for breast feeding. Hence promotion of exclusive breastfeeding and focus on the factors affecting them is highly warranted in this area.

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