Open AccessA 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,
K Muthukumar
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.