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Breast Feeding Promotion In Primary Health Center
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1.2 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
What really instigated the study
breast feeding promotion in primary health center was due to the
increase in the rate of malnitrition among young children.
Many women fail to initiate breastfeeding, while many others struggle to
continue breastfeeding exclusively for six months of the infant’s life,
or continue partial breastfeeding for 12 months or longer. The mothers
and infants who fail at breastfeeding, for various reasons, fail to
profit from health and economic benefits that last for decades (Eidelman
& Schanler, 2012). Healthy People 2020 set a goal for 81.9% of
mothers to initiate breastfeeding, 60.6% to be breastfeeding any amount
at six months (25.5% exclusively), and 34.1% breastfeeding at one year.
Current recommendations are for exclusive breastfeeding until six
months, and then continued breastfeeding until 12 months. In the United
States (US), the current data on the prevalence of breastfeeding shows
only 74% of women initiate breastfeeding, only 43.5% are still
breastfeeding at six months (only 14.1% exclusively), and 22.7% are
breastfeeding at one year (USDHHS-1, 2011). In order to improve the
health of our communities and our nation, breastfeeding needs to be a
priority, and providers need to have the education and confidence to
address breastfeeding with their patients. Most literature has been
carried out on breast feeding but no research has been carried out on
breast feeding promotion in health center in Nigeria.
1.3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
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main aim of the research work is to examine breast feeding promotion in
primary health center. Other specific objectives of study include:
1. To determine the effect of breast feeding promotion on the knowledge attitude of nursing mother on the breast feeding
2. To examine the role of breast feeding promotion on the well being of children
3. To investigate on the factors affecting the promotion of breast feeding in primary health centers
4. To determine the relationship between media and primary health center in the promotion of breast feeding in Nigeria
5. To proffer solution to the above stated problems
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