Sinhababu Apurba, Mukhopadhyay Dipta K, Panja Tanmay K, Saren Asit B, Mandal Nirmal K, Biswas Akhil B
Department of Community Medicine, B.S. Medical College, Bankura 722 102, West Bengal, India.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2010 Jun;28(3):294-9. doi: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i3.5559.
A community-based, cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted during June-July 2008 to assess the infant- and young child-feeding (IYCF) practices in Bankura district, West Bengal, India. In total, 647 children aged less than two years selected through revised 40-cluster sampling using the indicators of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) and World Health Organization. The proportions of infants with early initiation of breastfeeding (13.6%) and exclusive breastfeeding under six months (57.1%) and infants who received complementary feeding at the age of 6-8 months (55.7%) were low. Appropriate feeding as per the IMNCI protocol was significantly less among infants aged 6-11 months (15.2%) and children aged 12-23 months (8.7%) compared to infants aged less than six months (57.1%), which could be attributable to low frequency and amount of complementary feeding. The main problems revealed from the study were late initiation of breastfeeding, low rates of exclusive breastfeeding, and inappropriate complementary feeding practices.
2008年6月至7月期间，在印度西孟加拉邦班库拉区开展了一项基于社区的横断面描述性研究，以评估婴幼儿喂养（IYCF）做法。总共通过使用新生儿和儿童疾病综合管理（IMNCI）及世界卫生组织的指标，经修订的40群组抽样法选取了647名两岁以下儿童。早期开始母乳喂养的婴儿比例（13.6%）、六个月以下纯母乳喂养的比例（57.1%）以及6至8个月龄接受辅食喂养的婴儿比例（55.7%）均较低。与六个月以下婴儿（57.1%）相比，6至11个月龄婴儿（15.2%）和12至23个月龄儿童（8.7%）中按照IMNCI方案进行适当喂养的比例明显较低，这可能归因于辅食喂养的频率和量较低。该研究揭示的主要问题是母乳喂养开始时间晚、纯母乳喂养率低以及辅食喂养做法不当。
