Breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis in Western Nepal: A prospective cohort study
A sample of 735 mothers was recruited in Western Nepal and interviewed regularly for 6 months. All mothers initially breastfed their infants, with 42.2% initiating within the first hour after birth. However 30.6% introduced prelacteal feeds before initiating breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding ra...
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| description | A sample of 735 mothers was recruited in Western Nepal and interviewed regularly for 6 months. All mothers initially breastfed their infants, with 42.2% initiating within the first hour after birth. However 30.6% introduced prelacteal feeds before initiating breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding rates were 66.3% at one month and 39.2% at four months. The incidence of lactation mastitis was 8.0% during the neonatal period. More than 99% of infants were still receiving breastmilk at six months. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-15312017-09-05T01:25:08Z Breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis in Western Nepal: A prospective cohort study Khanal, Vishnu A sample of 735 mothers was recruited in Western Nepal and interviewed regularly for 6 months. All mothers initially breastfed their infants, with 42.2% initiating within the first hour after birth. However 30.6% introduced prelacteal feeds before initiating breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding rates were 66.3% at one month and 39.2% at four months. The incidence of lactation mastitis was 8.0% during the neonatal period. More than 99% of infants were still receiving breastmilk at six months. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1531 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Khanal, Vishnu Breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis in Western Nepal: A prospective cohort study |
| title | Breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis in Western Nepal: A prospective cohort study |
| title_full | Breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis in Western Nepal: A prospective cohort study |
| title_fullStr | Breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis in Western Nepal: A prospective cohort study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis in Western Nepal: A prospective cohort study |
| title_short | Breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis in Western Nepal: A prospective cohort study |
| title_sort | breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis in western nepal: a prospective cohort study |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1531 |