Aurooj Fatima, Ijaz Ali, Aisha Yousaf, Tahir Ahmad Munir.
Knowledge, attitude, and practices towards exclusive breast feeding in post natal mothers and its comparison between low versus high educational status mothers attending tertiary care hospital at Mirpur Azad Kashmir. a comparative cross sectional study.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;70(2):485-92.

Objective: To access the knowledge, attitude and practices towards exclusive breast feeding among postnatal mothers. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Mohi-ud-din tertiary-care hospital Mirpur, Azad-Kashmir, from Mar 2017 to Feb 2018. Methodology: Study was conducted among 200 postnatal mothers at tertiary care hospital, using a structured questionnaire by ‘recall since birth’ method. Analysis was done using SPSS version 17. Results: Majority of the mothers were breast feeders, 27% were exclusive breastfeeding and 73% initiated breast feeding within 24 hours. The multivariate logistic regression showed that females who know exclusive breast feeding duration (95%CI-014, 1.381), breastfeeding better than artificial feed (95% CI-075, 1.182), mothers with hepatitis B, exclusive breastfeeding prevents pregnancy (95% CI-134, 1.220) and colostrum helps in immunity (95% CI-233, 1.436) were more educated and favored exclusive breastfeeding. Conclusion: The majority mothers having good exclusive breastfeeding knowledge, initiated breastfeeding within 24 hours, had more positive attitude and practice towards exclusive breastfeeding than non-breastfeeding mothers.

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