Esamai F, Songa J
Department of Child Health, Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
East Afr Med J. 1994 Mar;71(3):149-54.
One hundred and sixty three mothers who delivered at Eldoret District Hospital (EDH) during the months of June to October, 1992 were interviewed using a structured questionnaire with the aim of establishing knowledge attained from antenatal visits on breast feeding and lactation. The mothers were either in the postnatal ward or in the newborn unit. The interview was on various aspects of breast feeding but with the main goal of establishing whether they received health education on breast feeding during the visits to ANC. 53.06% had antenatal education on breastfeeding during these visits while 46.94% did not. 69.44% attended ANC at a hospital, 24.3% attended at health centre and 6.25% attended a dispensary. Most mothers had between 3 and 5 ANC visits with a range of one to eleven visits and with a parity of between one and three. 79% of the mothers commenced ANC attendance by 24 weeks gestation with 19% starting at 12 weeks. The hospital ANC attendants had slightly higher proportion of mothers health educated on breast feeding than the health centre and dispensary groups. Only 76 mothers had received satisfactory health education on breast feeding. One third of the mothers had breastfed their children for 2 years and similarly, one third stopped breast feeding by 12 months postnatally. 90% of the mothers started weaning their children by one month of age.
1992年6月至10月期间在埃尔多雷特地区医院（EDH）分娩的163名母亲接受了结构化问卷调查，目的是了解她们从产前检查中获得的关于母乳喂养和哺乳期的知识。这些母亲当时要么在产后病房，要么在新生儿病房。访谈涉及母乳喂养的各个方面，但主要目的是确定她们在产前检查期间是否接受过母乳喂养方面的健康教育。在这些产前检查中，53.06%的母亲接受过母乳喂养方面的产前教育，而46.94%的母亲没有接受过。69.44%的母亲在医院进行产前检查，24.3%在健康中心进行检查，6.25%在诊疗所进行检查。大多数母亲进行了3至5次产前检查，检查次数范围为1至11次，产次在1至3次之间。79%的母亲在妊娠24周前开始进行产前检查，19%在12周时开始。在医院进行产前检查的母亲中，接受母乳喂养健康教育的比例略高于在健康中心和诊疗所进行检查的母亲群体。只有76名母亲接受了关于母乳喂养的满意健康教育。三分之一的母亲母乳喂养孩子长达2年，同样，三分之一的母亲在产后12个月时停止母乳喂养。90%的母亲在孩子1个月大时开始断奶。
