BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for 6 months is the recommended form of infant feeding. Support of mothers through individual peer counselling has been proved to be effective in increasing exclusive breastfeeding prevalence. We present a costing study of an individual peer support intervention in Uganda, whose objective was to raise exclusive breastfeeding rates at 3 months of age. M...

the present analytical study was designed to determine the factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding in primary health centers of kermanshah in 2007. 168 mothers with infants aged 6-12 months, with or without exclusive breastfeeding were studied. data analysis was carried out using descriptive and analytic statistics. in exclusive breastfeeding group the respiratory and gastrointestinal d...

introduction: breastfeeding is an important principle in pediatric health. it decreases their mortality and protect them fromm diseases in the first 6-month of life. this study aimed to determined maternal knowledge and practice in mashhad city about breast-feeding in first 6 -month of infant's life.   materials and methods: this analytic study was conducted on 105 mothers who had a child ...

A study was conducted to assess exclusive breast-feeding, continued breast-feeding, bottle-feeding, predominant breast-feeding, timely complementary feeding and other breast-feeding practices in 818 children in the age group of 0-3 years belonging to the Schedule Caste communities of Haryana. The exclusive breast-feeding rate was 0.15 and the predominant breast-feeding rate 0.75 in children < 4...

Background: Exclusive breast feeding for the first six months of life significantly improves the growth, health status and survival of infants. However in spite of all the evidence in support of this practice, its prevalence in the developing world has remained low. Aim: To determine the knowledge and practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers of infants aged 7 to 24 months in Gbarantoru...

BACKGROUND Exclusive breast-feeding (EBF) is the practice of feeding only breast milk (including expressed breast milk) during the first six months and no other liquids and solid foods except medications. The time to cessation of exclusive breast-feeding, however, is different in different countries depending on different factors. Studies showed the risk of diarrhea morbidity and mortality is h...

Background: Many factors affect exclusive breastfeeding, include method of delivery, parity, maternal age and education, smoking, ethnicity, pregnancy complications, infant health, and environmental factors such as hospital practices, and social support. Recently, maternal obesity has been suggested as a risk factor for poor breast-feeding practices whose role has not...

introduction: breast milk is a complete food for growing children until 6 months of age, and mothers, as the most important child health care, play a decisive role in their growth. so promoting  their attitude toward the benefits of breastfeeding ensures guarantee child health in the future. this study aimed to assess maternal knowledge and attitude of mashhad toward exclusive bmf in the first ...