Infant Feeding among Women Attending an Immunisation Clinic at a Tertiary Health Institution in Ibadan, Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Fatiregun, A. A.; Abegunde, V. O.
Titel	Infant Feeding among Women Attending an Immunisation Clinic at a Tertiary Health Institution in Ibadan, Nigeria
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 179 (2009) 5, S.637-644 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Infants; Foreign Countries; Infant Care; Clinics; Nutrition; Individual Characteristics; Interviews; Age Differences; Educational Attainment; Knowledge Level; Employment Level; Access to Information; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Ausland; Säuglingspflege; Ernährung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Wissensbasis; Beschäftigungsgrad
Abstract	Maternal characteristics can affect a mother's decision to breastfeed. This study used a cross-sectional design to assess maternal variables and infant feeding patterns among nursing mothers attending an immunisation clinic in Ibadan, Nigeria. A total of 264 mothers who consecutively attended the immunisation clinic and met certain inclusion criteria were interviewed. A majority of mothers (204, 77.2%) were in the middle of the reproductive age span (24-35 years); 180 (68.2%) had attended tertiary educational institutions. Almost all the mothers (257, 97.3%) had good knowledge about exclusive breast-feeding. Exclusive breast-feeding decreased with the age of the infant; by six months of age, only 40% of infants were exclusively breastfed. Of the mothers who practiced exclusive breast-feeding, 30 (18.5%) initiated breast-feeding within 30 minutes after birth. There may be a need to increase the emphasis placed on the time that complementary feeding should be introduced. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10