A Cross-sectional Descriptive Study was to Estimate the Prevalence of the Early Initiation of and Exclusive Breast Feeding in the Rural Health Training Centre of a Medical College in Tamilnadu, South India | Zendy

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A Cross-sectional Descriptive Study was to Estimate the Prevalence of the Early Initiation of and Exclusive Breast Feeding in the Rural Health Training Centre of a Medical College in Tamilnadu, South India

Author(s) -

H Gladius Jennifer

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of clinical and diagnostic research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2249-782X

pISSN - 0973-709X

DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2012/4430.2546

Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , breast feeding , population , cross sectional study , chi square test , pediatrics , statistical significance , incidence (geometry) , breast milk , demography , environmental health , family medicine , biochemistry , statistics , physics , chemistry , mathematics , pathology , sociology , optics

The World Health Organization and the National guidelines on infant and young child feeding recommend the practice of exclusive breastfeeding of infants for the first 6 months after their birth. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the early initiation of and exclusive breast feeding.

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