Socio demographic factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending maternal child health clinics in Kuching, Sarawak, 2009

(1'hemain objective ofthe study was to identify the socio demographic factors associated with the duration of exclusive breastfeeding practices among mothers attending Maternal Child Health (MCH) Clinic in Kuching, Sarawak. A cross sectional study among 159 mothers in 3 MCH clinics in Kuching w...

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Main Author:	Noor Hafizan, Mat Salleh
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10118/1/Dr%20Noor%20Hafizan%20Mat%20Salleh%20ft.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.101182023-06-13T03:33:56Z Socio demographic factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending maternal child health clinics in Kuching, Sarawak, 2009 2009 Noor Hafizan, Mat Salleh H Social Sciences (General) (1'hemain objective ofthe study was to identify the socio demographic factors associated with the duration of exclusive breastfeeding practices among mothers attending Maternal Child Health (MCH) Clinic in Kuching, Sarawak. A cross sectional study among 159 mothers in 3 MCH clinics in Kuching were conducted in April and Mei 2009. A systematic random sampling method was used and data was collected through a set ofsupervised selfcompleted questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 14.0. The results of the study showed 88.1% mothers in Kuching district practiced breastfeeding and the rate of exclusive breastfeeding till 6 months postpartum was 39%) There was a significant correlation between the ethnicity and working status with the duration of exclusive breastfeeding practice. The common reasons for mothers to discontinue breastfeeding were "lactation problem" and "working". The most common lactation problem was a "milk insufficiency". Regarding the knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding, all the mothers were knowledgeable with the score more than 6 (median score=6). However there was no significant association between the knowledge 'of exclusive breastfeeding and the duration ofexclusive breastfeeding. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10118/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10118/1/Dr%20Noor%20Hafizan%20Mat%20Salleh%20ft.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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description	(1'hemain objective ofthe study was to identify the socio demographic factors associated with the duration of exclusive breastfeeding practices among mothers attending Maternal Child Health (MCH) Clinic in Kuching, Sarawak. A cross sectional study among 159 mothers in 3 MCH clinics in Kuching were conducted in April and Mei 2009. A systematic random sampling method was used and data was collected through a set ofsupervised selfcompleted questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 14.0. The results of the study showed 88.1% mothers in Kuching district practiced breastfeeding and the rate of exclusive breastfeeding till 6 months postpartum was 39%) There was a significant correlation between the ethnicity and working status with the duration of exclusive breastfeeding practice. The common reasons for mothers to discontinue breastfeeding were "lactation problem" and "working". The most common lactation problem was a "milk insufficiency". Regarding the knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding, all the mothers were knowledgeable with the score more than 6 (median score=6). However there was no significant association between the knowledge 'of exclusive breastfeeding and the duration ofexclusive breastfeeding.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Noor Hafizan, Mat Salleh
author_facet	Noor Hafizan, Mat Salleh
author_sort	Noor Hafizan, Mat Salleh
title	Socio demographic factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending maternal child health clinics in Kuching, Sarawak, 2009
title_short	Socio demographic factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending maternal child health clinics in Kuching, Sarawak, 2009
title_full	Socio demographic factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending maternal child health clinics in Kuching, Sarawak, 2009
title_fullStr	Socio demographic factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending maternal child health clinics in Kuching, Sarawak, 2009
title_full_unstemmed	Socio demographic factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending maternal child health clinics in Kuching, Sarawak, 2009
title_sort	socio demographic factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending maternal child health clinics in kuching, sarawak, 2009
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
granting_department	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
publishDate	2009
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10118/1/Dr%20Noor%20Hafizan%20Mat%20Salleh%20ft.pdf
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Socio demographic factors associated with duration of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending maternal child health clinics in Kuching, Sarawak, 2009

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