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KMID : 0387619910010010045
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Korean Journal of Maternal Child Health Nursing
1991 Volume.1 No. 1 p.45 ~ p.58
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The present status of breast feeding practice according to the postpartum period
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박옥희
권인수
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Abstract
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The purpose of this descriptive study was to in vestigate the determinants of mother´s choice of infant feeding method on immediate postpartum period & the breast feeding practice after 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 months.
The subjects were 170 mothers who were delivered at 2 hospital, 2 OBGY clinics, 1 midwifery in Jinju, the data were collected from Jan. 1 to Feb. 20 of 1991, from each subject at two periods of time ; postpartum 2 or 3 days via interview, 5months via telephone interview.
The results were as follows ;
1. The propotion of mother planned exclusive breast-feeding was 66.5%, milk feeding 17.6%, mixed feeding 15.9%, and 38.9% of mothers planned to breast-feed their infants for 4-6months, 25.7% for more than 12 months.
The major reasons for selection of milk feeding method were the presence of mother´s job(26.7%), the conditions of breast & milk production(23.7%).
2. There were significant relations between the choice of feeding method & the presence of s job(p<.01), & parity(p<.01).
3. The percentages of subjects that were received education about the advantages & method of breast feeding were 63.5%, 38.2%, respectively, & the informants were mass media, 89.8%, 81.5%.
4. The most of mothers had the knowledge about the advantages of breast feeding.
5. The percentage of mothers that practiced breast feeding on postpartum were 75.9%.
6. The rates of breast feeding practice by duration were more than 5months, 60.5%, 1 month, 27.1%, 2-4 months, 12.3%.
7. The reasons for the stop of breast feeding were the decrease of milk volume(22.9%), the presence of mother´s job(17.4%).
8. The duration of breast feeding practice were differed significantly by the presence of mother´s job, type of delivery, rooming-in, planned duration of breast feeding, the first feeding time.
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