Arif M A, Muhammad Iqbal.
Knowledge and attitude about breast feeding among doctors training in Pediatrics.
Pak J Pathol Jan ;11(3):91-101.

Breast feeding has numerous advantages over Mile feeding. most important being lesser mortality, morbidity and cost. The doctors, both family physician and the specialists have very important role in promoting and at times discouraging breast feeding. The objective of this study was to ascertain whether the undergraduate education and residency training for the potential family physicians and pediatricians provides the knowledge and skills for the effective breast feeding promotion, by assessing their knowledge and attitude on this subject. Design: A 20 minutes questionnaire with 30 multiple choice questions was administered to each respondent who completed it under supervision without seeking and help from others. Participants: There were a total of 156 doctors. which included 100 junior house officers (potential physician) and 56 postgraduate students for Diploma in Child Health course (potential specialists) who were at the start of their training in our major teaching hospitals. Outcome: Assessment of breast feeding knowledge attitude and experience. Results: Correct response rate of DCH students was 70% and of house officer`s was 61.07%. DCH students had slightly better knowledge than the house officers but statistically there was no significant difference in the knowledge compared to the level of training (P-value >0.07). Overall correct response rate was not greater than 64.27%. We document that deficit in the knowledge is significant at both levels of training When relating to the five main topics of breast feeding. we did not find statistically significant difference in the knowledge between the two groups. Conclusion: The knowledge of the subject of breast feeding in fresh medical graduates was deficient and even in those with two years of residency training. of which at least one sear was in pediatrics, it was not significantly better,

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