Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019
To assess the level of knowledge among postnatal mothers regarding breast-feeding at selected Hospital in Indore.
Asha Sreenivasan
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Back ground: Breast feeding has several benefits for both the infants and mothers. However, despite strong evidences in support of east feeding its prevalence has remained low worldwide.Breastfeeding is the ideal form of feeding in the neonates. Artificial feeding exposes the infant to infection and result in over a million death annually world wide due to it’s ill effects. Aim: assess the level of knowledge among postnatal mothers regarding east–feeding. Objectives:1. To assess the level of knowledge among postnatal mothers regarding east–feeding. 2. To find the association with knowledge of postnatal mothers regarding east–feeding with their selected demographic variables Methodology: A Descriptive research approach was used to achieve the objectives of the study. The study was conducted with 30primi postnatal mothers and convenient sampling technique was adopted to select the sample. The level of knowledge was assessed with Structured knowledge questionnaire. The data obtained was analyzed by both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results. The results hows that 20% of mothers have poor knowledge,60%of them have average knowledge and only 20 % of them have good knowledge regarding eastfeeding
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TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS REGARDING BREAST-FEEDING AT SELECTED HOSPITAL IN INDORE., Asha Sreenivasan PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019
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TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS REGARDING BREAST-FEEDING AT SELECTED HOSPITAL IN INDORE., Asha Sreenivasan PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019