ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021
Too little and too late. Initiation of breast feeding in Odisha, India: An observational study.
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- Empowering early breastfeeding: Determinants of timely initiation among the infants in a rural Indian medical centre.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2026Article
- Prediction of delayed breastfeeding initiation among mothers having children less than 2 months of age in East Africa: application of machine learning algorithms.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Early initiation of breastfeeding and factors associated with its delay among mothers at discharge from a single hospital.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2022Article
- Impact of a quality improvement program: Early initiation of breastfeeding after cesarean section in a tertiary care hospital, in Eastern India.Medical journal, Armed Forces IndiaArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess of the time of breastfeeding initiation, identify reasons for delay, if any and to assess if any prelacteal feeds were offered.
methodsAn observational study was conducted among the inpatients of a tertiary care centre in Bhubaneswar, India. A total of 385 mothers, without contraindications to breastfeeding were interviewed at the earliest after childbirth.
resultsOnly 36.4% mothers initiated breastfeeding "timely." Those who had undergone vaginal delivery scored better than cesarean sections with 41.3% (CI 95%;
conclusionsOur study reveals an alarming decline in the timely initiation of breastfeeding in Odisha, India from 68.5% to 41.6%.
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