EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AT THAI NGUYEN NATIONAL HOSPITAL AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS
Overview
Abstract:
The study aims to determine the exclusive breastfeeding rate of
mothers with children under 24 months of age who came for
examination and treatment at Thai Nguyen National Hospital and
analyze a number of related factors. A cross-sectional descriptive
study was used by face-to-face interviews with 220 mothers who were
nursing infants under 24 months of age and were treated at the general
pediatrics department, Thai Nguyen National Hospital from June
2021 to June 2022, according to the sampling procedure. A single
random sample was taken from the list of hospitalized patients.
Research results show that the rate of exclusive breastfeeding is very
low, namely: at 6 months: 13.2%; 5 months: 30.9%; 4 months: 37.7%;
3 months: 44.1%; 2 months: 54.4% and 1 month: 62.3%. There is a
relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and postpartum
counseling by healthcare medical staff and mothers with correct
general knowledge about exclusive breastfeeding. It is necessary to
improve the knowledge and skills of counseling for the medical staff
and the knowledge of breastfeeding in the first 6 months for women
of reproductive age.
Keyword(s): Breastfeeding Exclusive breastfeeding Children Thai Nguyen Under 2 years old
Pages (from-to) | 438-444 |
Journal | TNU Journal of Science and Technology |
Volume | 228 |
Issue number | 09 |
Publication status | Published - Jun-2023 |
ISBN | 1859-2171 |