A descriptive study to assess the attitude and practice regarding breastfeeding among Primi Mothers at selected Rural Community at Shahdol, M.P.
Seema Sahu and Nandani Sahu
Background: The most valuable gift a newborn may receive is breast milk, which is rich in nutrients and immune-boosting chemicals. Women must be given correct information on the length of nursing, weaning, diet, the physiology of breastfeeding, and supplements that must be taken during breastfeeding, among other things. Only then will health care and services become more meaningful and assist mothers in nursing successfully.
Objective
Results: Average age of primi mothers were 18-22 years old. And most them were working. Result evidenced that Mothers who scored more than 70% on the attitude test were deemed to have a good attitude, while those who scored less than 70% were deemed to have a less positive attitude. In the view towards practice of breastfeeding the majority of mothers have heard of EBF and believe it is crucial for both the mother's and the child's health, only 45% of them had exclusively breastfed their kid for the first six months. Findings shows that 62% of primi mothers have good attitude score, 13% primi mothers have average attitude score & 25% primi mothers have poor attitude score towards breast feeding. Among 50 primi mother’s majority of them (i.e. 50%) having poor practice regarding breast feeding. Only 45% of primi mothers following good practice of exclusive breast feeding. And the average mean value of Attitude & Practice was 30.9 & 22.5.
Seema Sahu, Nandani Sahu. A descriptive study to assess the attitude and practice regarding breastfeeding among Primi Mothers at selected Rural Community at Shahdol, M.P.. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2025;8(1):132-136. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2025.v8.i1.B.456
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