Evaluating the Factors Affecting the Duration of Breastfeeding Practice Among Mothers in Tangail, Bangladesh

Mohammad Esrafil; Mesbah Uddin Talukder; Farhana Akther

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Evaluating the Factors Affecting the Duration of Breastfeeding Practice Among Mothers in Tangail, Bangladesh

Mohammad Esrafil, Mesbah Uddin Talukder, Farhana Akther

Published in Science Research (Volume 10, Issue 1)

Received: 23 January 2022 Accepted: 8 February 2022 Published: 9 March 2022

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Proper breastfeeding practices are effective techniques for reducing childhood morbidity and mortality. The aim in here is to evaluate breastfeeding pattern, factors affecting the duration of breast feeding, infant formula feeding pattern, and weaning introduction. The sample size was 75. Mothers were interviewed using a questionnaire which was designed to elicit information on the socioeconomic & demographic characteristics of the respondents, exclusive breast feeding practices, knowledge & attitude of the respondents regarding breast feeding, weaning practice as well as formula feeding practice. Statistical analyses were done using SPSS (version 20), whereby chi-square tests were used to evaluate relationships between different selected variables. From the study we found that low breast milk formation is the main cause of the cessation of breast milk. About 63% of the respondent mothers stop breast feeding due to low milk formation. There is also a strong relationship between delivery process and duration of the breast feeding (P=0.013, significant at 90% level). The prevalence of exclusive breast feeding were only 54.7%. About 20% respondents stop breast feeding before 4 month of their child. Respondents’ knowledge & attitude about breast milk were in satisfactory level. But they initiate other foods (37.3%) rather than breast milk, may be because of their culture/food taboos. The study revealed that along with other causes low breast milk formation was the prime reason for early cessation of breast milk.

Published in	Science Research (Volume 10, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.sr.20221001.13
Page(s)	13-19
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Breastfeeding, Breast Milk, Cessation, Formula Feeding, Questionnaire

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Mohammad Esrafil, Mesbah Uddin Talukder, Farhana Akther. Evaluating the Factors Affecting the Duration of Breastfeeding Practice Among Mothers in Tangail, Bangladesh. Sci Res. 2022;10(1):13-19. doi: 10.11648/j.sr.20221001.13

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Mohammad Esrafil

Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
Mesbah Uddin Talukder

Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
Farhana Akther

Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

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