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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Employed Mothers Regarding Breast Feeding

Balbir Yadav, Jasvir Kaur

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Breastfeeding is the most and best natural feeding and breast milk is the best milk. The basic food of infant is mother‘s milk. Breastfeeding is the most effective way to provide a baby with caring environment and complete food. It meets the nutritional as well as emotional and psychological needs of the infant. But recently, there is tendency to replace the natural means of infant feeding and introduction of breast milk substitutes. So, breastfeeding deserves encouragement from all concerned in the welfare of children. It is also low in cost and requires no preparation. Breastfeeding is the most and best natural feeding and breast milk is the best milk. The basic food of infant is mother‘s milk. Breastfeeding is the safest, cheapest and best protective food for infants. It is a perfect food for infants and provides total nutrient requirements for the first six months of life. Method: A research design used for this study was descriptive survey approach. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. The size was 100 employed mothers. Data were collected by using structured interview schedule. Analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The result showed that the mean score of employed mothers in terms of knowledge regarding breastfeeding were 14.14 standard deviation SD = 0.83, and mean 70.7%, and attitude regarding breastfeeding were 66.18 standard deviation SD = 7.18, and mean 66.2%, and practices regarding breastfeeding were 14.09 standard deviation SD = 1.02, and mean 70.5%. There was no significant association found between socio-demographic variables with the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding breastfeeding among employed mothers.


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