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Breastfeeding and infant/young child feeding in Nepal

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dc.contributor.authorShah, Sunil
dc.contributor.authorSimões, José Augusto Rodrigues
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T10:28:13Z
dc.date.available2019-01-03T10:28:13Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-28
dc.description.abstractBackground: Under nutrition being a major problem in Nepal, it is necessary to meet the minimum dietary standard which is essential for growth and development of young children, so promotion of infant and young child feeding practices among children is important intervention. Methods: A descriptive, cross sectional study was conducted among mothers of children of Bardia and Kailali districts of under 2 years and data was collected using the pre-tested questionnaire. Results: The study shows 30.3 percent of the mothers initiated breastfeeding within an hour of birth, 47.9 percent gave colostrums, 25.5 percent were practicing exclusive breastfeeding at 6 or more months,60 percent mothers fed anything else as prelacteal feed before breast feeding, 60 percent of mothers started complementary feeding between 3-6 months, 47.9 percent of mothers used anything from a bottle with a nipple yesterday or last night, 74.8 percent of mothers were currently breast feeding their children, 58 percent used iodized salt and 70.05 percent revealed that their child received Vit A within last six months. Conclusions: The present study showed that late initiation of breast feeding and practice of prelacteal feeds among home delivered mothers being high. The frequency of complementary feeding ranged was less and early/late weaning are still widely prevalent, use of bottle feeding is high, use of iodized salt is still low. There is a need to educate the mothers regarding proper infant/child feeding practices.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationShah S, Simões JA.Breastfeeding and infant/young child feeding in Nepal. Int J Community Med Public Health 2019 Jan;6(1):51-56.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20185226pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/6662
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectBreastfeedingpt_PT
dc.subjectFood and liquidspt_PT
dc.subjectComplementary feedingpt_PT
dc.subjectPrelacteal feedingpt_PT
dc.titleBreastfeeding and infant/young child feeding in Nepalpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceIndiapt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage56pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage51pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Community Medicine and Public Healthpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume6pt_PT
person.familyNameRodrigues Simões
person.givenNameJosé Augusto
person.identifierL-4695-2016
person.identifier.ciencia-idE419-CED2-38BA
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2264-7086
person.identifier.scopus-author-id36896116500
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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