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KMID : 0895020070100010001
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Chungnam Journal of Nursing Academy
2007 Volume.10 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.10
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States of breast feeding surveye data community health care center
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Lim Jae-Ran
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Abstract
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Purpose: The research try to find out the status of breast feeding by surveying mothers visiting for infant immunization at a community health care center and propose effective measures to raise breast feeding rates.
Method: The research is based on a survey of 186 mothers who visited D community health center in D city for immunization of an infant who registered in a community health care center, between 12 months and 24 months old and agreed to participate the survey. Data is collected by telephone calls between March and November 2006. Questions are composed of general characteristics of mother and infant, environmental characteristics, and feeding method from 1^(st) week after birth to 12 months. SPSS/PC was used to analyze collected data
Results: No statistical significance was found between feeding method and general characteristics of mother. But it is found that the rate of breast feeding is higher among non-working mothers and mothers with no information on breast feeding . Also breast feeding rates was higher among mothers with male infants than female (p=.012). Mothers with breast feeding experience at child delivery clinics shows higher rate of breast feeding than those with no such experience (p=.000).
Conclusion: From the survey, breast feeding rate up to 12month age was 41.4% and which was higher than national average of 24.2% (surveyed in 2006). I proposed that more encouraging maternity institutional environment is need for increasing breast feeding rate. Also needed is education for gender non-discriminative attitude among soon-to-be parents.
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KEYWORD
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breast feeding, community health care center
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