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- Title
ASSESMENT OF WEANING PRACTICES AMONG WORKING MOTHERS IN ISLAMABAD.
- Authors
Jabeen, Ali Khan; Khan, Shahzad Ali; Jabeen, Rozina; Ahmed, Shakeel
- Abstract
Back Ground: Weaning is the passage of transfer the infant gradually and progressively from the breast-feeding to the usual family diet. During weaning, the infant gets accustomed to foods other than breast feed. Weaning foods are given in addition to mother's milk when the amount of breast milk is inadequate also. A cross sectional study was carried out among the 106 working mothers. Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried out among the 106 working mothers. Data was collected by survey through structured and pretested questionnaires. it was analyzed by using the statistical software SPSS 20 version. Results: 88(83%) mothers were gave other diet with breast milk And 18 (17%) mothers did not give other diet with breast milk to their children. There is significant association between the income of mother and weaning practices of the mother because the p-value (0.001) is <0.05, similarly there is significant association between the mother's education and weaning practices of the mother also. Conclusion: It is concluded that participated mother's practices and knowledge about the weaning were well who were higher educated and have reasonable income as compared those whose education level was low with economical base and have limited excess to the recourses.
- Subjects
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan); WORKING mothers; INFANT weaning
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Public Health, 2016, Vol 6, Issue 2, p22
- ISSN
2225-0891
- Publication type
Article