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Challenges of exclusive breastfeeding among working mothers - case study of Jalingo local government area of Taraba state

 Department:Home Economics  
 By:usericon AlexPT  

 Project ID: 6208
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   Price:₦3000
Abstract
A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the problems faced by working mothers with 0-6 months old children in exclusive breastfeeding and their coping strategies in Jalingo. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from 45 mothers through semi-structure interview schedule. Demographic characteristics revealed that most (76%) of mothers were in the age group of 21-30 years, 56% of mothers had 5-6 months old infant, 47% of mothers were post-graduate whereas 51% of mothers were health personnel. Most (82%) of them were Muslims and 60% of them were from a joint family, 53% of mothers were residing within 5-10 km area and almost all (90%) of mothers were on general duty and 62% of them going to work for 6-8 hours. Almost all (91%) of mothers continued breast-feeding during working hours and 82% of the mothers were facing problems related to exclusive breastfeeding. Majority (64.4%) of them had problems going home and feeding their child during working hours whereas 48.8% of working mothers had problems with expressed breast milk, 31.11% of mothers had the expressed breast milk storing problem, 51.1% of mothers had problems of insufficient breast milk and 4.4% of mothers stated that they did not get family support during working hours. Significant association was found between going home and feeding the child and problems related to expressed breast milk with the age of the mother. ...
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