Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia
BinAbd, M., AlDawood, M., Altarfawi, K., Al Muwais, Z., Al-Redwan, A., Alajyan, E., Aldajani, F., AlAbbad, M., Dehneen, H., AlHababi, N., AlHashem, A., AlHijab, A., Aljeshi, H., AlSaileek, A. (2017). Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 69(6), 2618-2618. doi: 10.12816/0042238
Murtadha Mohammed A BinAbd; Mishael Maki A AlDawood; Khulud Awad S Altarfawi; Zahra Mohamed A Al Muwais; Aqeela Mowsa J Al-Redwan; Eiman Saeed I Alajyan; Fatimah Falah M Aldajani; Mohammed Riyadh A AlAbbad; Hassan Ali Y Al Dehneen; Nedal Mohammed AlHababi; Aqeel Ghassan A AlHashem; Ali Mohammed H AlHijab; Hussain Abdulsamad Aljeshi; Abdullah Ahmed AlSaileek. "Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 69, 6, 2017, 2618-2618. doi: 10.12816/0042238
BinAbd, M., AlDawood, M., Altarfawi, K., Al Muwais, Z., Al-Redwan, A., Alajyan, E., Aldajani, F., AlAbbad, M., Dehneen, H., AlHababi, N., AlHashem, A., AlHijab, A., Aljeshi, H., AlSaileek, A. (2017). 'Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 69(6), pp. 2618-2618. doi: 10.12816/0042238
BinAbd, M., AlDawood, M., Altarfawi, K., Al Muwais, Z., Al-Redwan, A., Alajyan, E., Aldajani, F., AlAbbad, M., Dehneen, H., AlHababi, N., AlHashem, A., AlHijab, A., Aljeshi, H., AlSaileek, A. Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 69(6): 2618-2618. doi: 10.12816/0042238

Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 10, Volume 69, Issue 6, October 2017, Page 2618-2618  XML PDF (362.84 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0042238
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Murtadha Mohammed A BinAbd email 1; Mishael Maki A AlDawood1; Khulud Awad S Altarfawi2; Zahra Mohamed A Al Muwais1; Aqeela Mowsa J Al-Redwan1; Eiman Saeed I Alajyan1; Fatimah Falah M Aldajani1; Mohammed Riyadh A AlAbbad1; Hassan Ali Y Al Dehneen1; Nedal Mohammed AlHababi1; Aqeel Ghassan A AlHashem1; Ali Mohammed H AlHijab1; Hussain Abdulsamad Aljeshi1; Abdullah Ahmed AlSaileek3
1Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam
2Primary Health Care Center, Arar
3Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA
Abstract
Background: Human milk meets all the nutritional requirements of infants for the first 6 months of life, and it is associated with a lower incidence of diarrhea than partial or artificial feeding. The infant should be exclusively breastfed for at least 4 months of life and if possible for 6 months, as recommended by WHO and UNICEF.
Aim of the Study: was to assess the breastfeeding practice for children under 24 months in Arar city, as well as its relation to some sociodemographic and nutrition related variables.
Participants and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Arar city, mothers were selected from the attendees of 6 randomly selected primary health care centers in the city. They were interviewed and filled in a questionnaire that included the key questions.
Results: 11.8% of infants received exclusive breastfeeding, 39.7% received a mix of both breast and artificial feeding while 48.5% depended only on artificial feeding.  More than 50% of the studied infants were males, 70% of the mothers weren't working. No significant relationship between type of child feeding and child  age, sex, mother education, mother's working status, father's work or mother age group (P >0.05). About 2 thirds of children who had mixed feeding suffered from repeated gastroenteritis, delayed teething, standing and walking.
Conclusion: In accordance with the obvious deficiency of exclusive breastfeeding in Arar city which is located in Northern Saudi Arabia, we highly recommend that programs promoting exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of age must be conducted to increase mothers’ awareness of the exclusive breastfeeding duration is recommended.
 
Keywords
breastfeeding; artificial feeding; Exclusive breastfeeding; Breastfeeding Practice; Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia
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