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Exclusive breast feeding is very important for the newborn's growth and development. Breast milk helps in reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and increases intelligence. Breast milk provides immunoglobulin A (Ig A) from day 10 untill at least 75 months. Exclusive breast feeding alone is adequate and sufficient to maintain optimum growth and development of an infant upto the age for 4 to 6 months. After that, it is necessary to introduce more concentrated energy rich nutritional supplements to infant. Infants also required iron containing food supplements to prevent iron deficiency anemia. Complementary feeding as described by WHO refers to the addition of energy and non-energy containing fluids, non-human milk, and semi-solids or solids to children’s diet. Planned weaning occurs when the mother decides to wean without receiving signals from the infant that he is ready to stop breastfeeding. Some reasons commonly given for planned weaning include the following: not enough milk or concerns about the baby’s growth, painful feedings or mastitis, returning to work, a new pregnancy etc. Present study conducted to assess the level of knowledge and practice regarding exclusive breast feeding and weaning among primipara mothers in Government SMGS hospital of Jammu (J&K). Socio-demographic profile, self structured questionnaire and a checklist was used to collect data from 30 primipara mothers. The study revealed that maximum 24 (80%) had adequate knowledge and few 06 (20%) had moderately adequate knowledge none of them had inadequate knowledge regarding exclusive breastfeeding and weaning and majority 24 (80%) had adequate knowledge on practice and very few 6 (20%) had moderately adequate knowledge on practice. None of them had inadequate level of knowledge on practice.

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A Descriptive Study to Assess the Level of Knowledge and Knowledge on Practice Regarding Exclusive Breastfeeding among Primipara Mothers in a Selected Hospital Jammu (J&K)