Breast Feeding Practices in Urban and Rural Health Centres: Impact of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

The present study was carried out to assess the impact of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) on breast feeding practices. The variables used to evaluate the BFHI centre included time of initiation of breastfeeding (BF) after delivery, intended duration of BF, adoption of exclusive breastfe...

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Published in:Nutrition and health (Berkhamsted) 2000, Vol.14 (2), p.119-125
Main Authors: Ojofeitimi, E.O., Esimai, O.A., Owolabi, O.O., Oluwabusi, Olaobaju, O.F., Olanuga, T.O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Breast Feeding
Breastfeeding
Child, Preschool
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Influence
Initiatives
Male
Maternal Behavior
Maternal-Child Health Centers - standards
Maternal-Child Health Centers - statistics & numerical data
Maternal-Child Health Centers - trends
Medical sciences
Milk, Human
Nigeria
Nurseries, Hospital
Patient Education as Topic
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Rural Population
Rural-Urban differences
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
Tropical medicine
Urban Population
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Summary:The present study was carried out to assess the impact of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) on breast feeding practices. The variables used to evaluate the BFHI centre included time of initiation of breastfeeding (BF) after delivery, intended duration of BF, adoption of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in relation to educational status, location of health centre, and knowledge and practice of positioning the child at the breast. Observation, questionnaire and interview techniques were employed to collect the data among 217 and 214 nursing mothers (NMs) from Urban and Rural Health Centres. Of the 228 NMs who initiated BF within 30 minutes after delivery, 140 (61 %) were from a designated BFHI Centre and 88 (39%) were from an undesignated BFHI rural health centre. There was a significant relationship between the practice of EBF and designation of BFHI centre (P = 0.0001). The higher the level of education of the NMs, the higher the present of NMs subscribing to EBF (P = 0.0001). The present study has also confirmed that EBF which was once considered to be less than 3%, has increased significantly to 61 %. The success was not unconnected with the inauguration of BFHI. The BFHI is recording huge success in the urban area but the impact is still to be felt in the rural areas.
ISSN:0260-1060
2047-945X
DOI:10.1177/026010600001400204