Breast feeding practices among female health functionaries.
Fifty-nine married Female Health Functionaries, which included forty-eight ANMs and eleven LHVs working in District Kangra of H. P. have been interviewed through self-administered questionnaire during August 1999. Breast Feeding (BF) practice is universal. Average duration of initiation BF after delivery is six hours. It is continued for 23 months on an average. Practice of prelacteal feed and bottle-feeding is prevalent. In 17% of respondents difficulty has been experienced in initiating breast-feeding.
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Health & Family Welfare Training Centre, Kangra-176001.
D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India