Pathmanathan I
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1975 Sep;6(3):402-6.
In a study of infant feeding practices in 95 infants aged three months and six months in the rural, predominantly Malay district of Kubang Pasu, which is recently undergoing rapid economic development consequent on the introduction of improved agricultural techniques in rice farming, it was found that approximately 75% of infants in both age groups were wholly or partially breast fed, modified powered milk being the milk food of most of the others. Semisolids were introduced early in the form of commercial prepacked cereals. It is suggested that medical officers of health recognising local socioeconomic and cultural changes that might affect health behavior can initiate simple studies of this type to identify local needs in health education. In circumstances such as this where a still popular beneficial traditional practice like breast feeding might be at risk of losing popularity in the face of socioeconomic development in the community it is suggested that the most useful educational effort regarding infant nutrition would be to preserve breast feeding.
在对瓜拉士丕一个以马来人为主的农村地区95名三个月和六个月大婴儿的喂养习惯进行的研究中，该地区最近由于在水稻种植中引入了改良农业技术而经历了快速经济发展，结果发现两个年龄组中约75%的婴儿完全或部分母乳喂养，其余大多数婴儿的乳类食品是配方奶粉。半固体食物以商业预包装谷物的形式较早引入。建议卫生官员认识到可能影响健康行为的当地社会经济和文化变化，可以开展此类简单研究以确定健康教育方面的当地需求。在这样的情况下，像母乳喂养这样仍然流行且有益的传统做法可能会因社区社会经济发展而面临失去受欢迎程度的风险，建议在婴儿营养方面最有效的教育努力是保持母乳喂养。
