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Knowledge And Attitude Of Female Bankers Toward The Practice Of Exclusive Breastfeeding
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Breastfeeding is considered the most
complete nutritional source for infants, because, breast milk contains
the essential fats, carbohydrates, proteins and immunological factors
needed for infants to thrive and resist infection in the formative year.
Cardwell and Barry, 2004, jones et al, 2003 in their analysis of child
survival strategies, identified exclusive breastfeeding from b to u
months as the single most effective preventive intervention in reducing
child mortality with the potential of saving 1.3 million infants uses
annually.
Similary, leoan-cava et al (2003), have observed
that improved breast feeding practices are crucial for child growth and
development. However, advocate of breast feeding have noticed that there
have been steady decline due to the behaviour of female bankers. This
is particularly more pronounced in developing countries, like Nigeria.
Wagner et al, (2005) have also observed that despite all the
recommendations by experts as regard infants breast feeding for the
first size months of life, a significant percentage of mothers choose
not to breastfeed. Work and family conflict are the major concern to
many, if not all, the most female bankers over the world. Most of the
banking institution continue to spend resources in an attempt to help
their staffs manage family duties and responsibilities at work place;
however, work and family boundary (exclusive breastfeeding) have been
the most challenging factor associated with female bankers in ikpoba
hill, Benin city (cooner 2002)
Some may be due to work factor like female bankers who spend more time in the office.
Results of studies conducted in developing countries has shown that,
nutritional deficiency and growth retardation is a common occurrence
amongst children between the age of 3 and 15 months old, owing to sub
optional breastfeeding and poor complementary feeding practices
(shrimptonetal 2001)
Parts of the efforts to promote inproved
breastfeeding practices focused on hospital norms and services,
legislations and institutional polices, health workers training, mass
media campains, peer counselling and educating, mother to mother support
and a combination of these strategies (Green,1999, till et al, 2004)
(Quinn et, al, 2005). Specifically, the United States agency for
international development (USAID) in 1996, issues a grant to the academy
for international development to design and implement a 10-years
program, known as the LINKAGES project, to improve breastfeeding
practices rapidly and at scare. Unluckily this has not yielded and
encouraging result. This is because in African countries, the national
rate for early initiation of breastfeeding were low, with Ghana having
the lowest rate (35%) following by Madagascar (34%)Quin et al, 2005) as
it has been ensured that safety, optimum growth, health survival of the
human infants; that duration of the breast feeding may also determine
the strength of mother/child born and attachment, yet exclusive breast
feeding is not being in full practices among female bankers because of
the long time they spend in the office, and non-provision of curech by
their management because of the risky environment where they work.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of female bankers toward the practice of exclusive breast feeding in IkpobaOkha local government area in Benin City, Edo state. The background of the study gave a general and comprehensive introduction of the study, statement of the problem were identified. The significance of the study was outlined and operational definition of terms was included for proper understanding, scope of study was also drawn out current related literature w ... Continue reading---
