Sarkar Deblina, Dalai Chanchal Kumar, Sarkar Kingsuk, Das Shubra S, Banerjee Saugat
Assistant Professor, Community Medicine ,College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, WBUHS, Kalyani, India.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology, College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, WBUHS, Kalyani, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Sep 30;9(9):4570-4575. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_631_20. eCollection 2020 Sep.
Regular vigilance over infant feeding practices in the community is necessary for assessment of optimal growth and development and the intervention if needed.
To illustrate infant feeding practices, and socio-demographically correlated time like when weaning starts, the challenges met by mothers, and the types of complementary feeding adopted.
A structured pretested and predesigned questionnaire was used to collect information regarding sociodemographic, detail information regarding initiation and duration of breastfeeding, age of complementary feeding and type of food given during complementary feeding, minimum dietary diversity and minimum meal frequency, and also advice given during child feeding session.
The study revealed that it was a predominantly Hindu tribal community where majority of infant were female and belong to joint families. Most of the mother had completed high secondary school and were housewives and belong to upper lower social class. Majority of women had more than two children, and rate of delivery at government institution was more than private institution and home delivery. Exclusive breastfeeding was practiced among 78% of infants, 46% had started breastfeeding within 1 h of birth. In total, 48% of infants were given prelacteal feed, and colostrum feeding was practiced among 62% of infants. Complementary feeding was given by 82% of infants and minimum dietary diversity, and minimum meal frequency was found among 77 and 85%, respectively.
This community-based study carried out among tribal population of Kalyani showed that exclusive breastfeeding and other domains like complementary feeding and minimum dietary diversity are almost satisfactory.
对社区内婴儿喂养方式进行定期监测，对于评估婴儿的最佳生长发育情况以及在需要时进行干预是必要的。
阐述婴儿喂养方式、与社会人口统计学相关的时间（如断奶开始时间）、母亲所面临的挑战以及所采用的辅食喂养类型。
使用一份经过预测试和预先设计的结构化问卷，收集有关社会人口统计学的信息、母乳喂养开始时间和持续时间的详细信息、辅食喂养年龄以及辅食喂养期间所给食物的类型、最低饮食多样性和最低进餐频率，以及在儿童喂养过程中给出的建议。
研究表明，这主要是一个印度教部落社区，大多数婴儿为女性，且属于大家庭。大多数母亲完成了高中教育，是家庭主妇，属于中低社会阶层。大多数女性有两个以上孩子，在政府机构分娩的比例高于私立机构和家庭分娩。78%的婴儿进行纯母乳喂养，46%在出生后1小时内开始母乳喂养。总共有48%的婴儿接受了初乳前喂养，62%的婴儿进行了初乳喂养。82%的婴儿进行了辅食喂养，分别有77%和85%的婴儿达到了最低饮食多样性和最低进餐频率。
在卡利亚尼部落人群中开展的这项基于社区的研究表明，纯母乳喂养以及辅食喂养和最低饮食多样性等其他方面几乎令人满意。
