Pattern of infant feeding and common diseases in Mukalla maternity child hospital / Mukalla city

Lardh, Abdulhakeem; Abed M. Aljumaily, Salih; Lardhi, Abdulhakeem

	Pattern of infant feeding and common diseases in Mukalla maternity child hospital / Mukalla city
Medical Journal of Tikrit
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 151, 2012, Pages 19-23
Authors
Abdulhakeem lardh; Salih Abed M. Aljumaily; Abdulhakeem lardhi
Abstract
Infant feeding is very important for growth & development. Spite the only natural way of feeding infant is the breast feeding so the diseases that is common in this period is due to error in the patterns of feeding. This cross sectional descriptive observational study was carried out in out- patient clinic Maternity and Child Hospital (MCH) in Mukalla city. One Hundred eighty mothers were interviewed for the patterns of infant feeding and its relation with common disease in infants less than two years I age. The most common type of infant feeding is mixed feeding (87.22), while e pure breast feeding constitutes (8.33%) & artificial feeding (4.45%). The majority of mothers start breast feeding at the 1St day after birth (76.16%) & others in the 2n day (12.21%) & in 3rdd day (11.053%). All mothers start artificial feeding before 2ndmonths of life. (60%) of breast fed infants are vaccinated, while (7 %) vaccinated in artificial. Breast feeding is common in rural areas (80%), while artificial feeding is common in urban (100%). Infection was found in all patterns of infant feeding, especially gastroenteritis & bronchial pneumonia. As a conclusion; the patterns of feeding especially breast feeding needs re-evaluation, efficiency & explanation of it is importance to mothers and their babies.
Keywords
Pattern of infant feeding and common diseases in Mukalla maternity child hospital

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