Source of Information in Regard of Starting Breast_Feeding in Baghdad

Authors

  • Sinan Makki Six-year student , AL-Nahryn College of Medicine
  • Dawood M. AL-thamery Department of Pediatric AL- Naheyn college of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32007/jfacmedbagdad.4841452

Keywords:

Regard of Starting Breast_Feeding

Abstract

This study. was done on three hundred mothers who has a child less than 5 year old in ALNahryn University Teaching Hospital for the period of three months 1-1-2001 to 31-3-2001.
The study showed that 48% were Breast-feeding, 11% Bottlefeeding, & 41% Mixed breast and bottle-feeding. The family plays a major role (97.2%) in deciding the type of feeding
and the doctor role was only 2% in that regard and 21.2% in advice for artificial feeding. The study also showed that there is a decline in breast feeding among -the three generations
studied 100%, 96.4%, 48%; which represent around 52% o decline in breast feeding.

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Published

2007-01-02

How to Cite

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Makki S, AL-thamery DM. Source of Information in Regard of Starting Breast_Feeding in Baghdad. JFacMedBagdad [Internet]. 2007 Jan. 2 [cited 2024 May 4];48(4):366-9. Available from: https://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/1452

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