Prenatal Counseling to Overcome Common Maternal and Infant Obstacles Interfering Exclusive Breastfeeding among Rural Primigravida | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 46, Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2020, Page 1181-1198 PDF (799.75 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.252378 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Magda Fawzy Hasab Allah1; Sanaa Mahmoud Ahmed2; Safaa Ali Abdelnaem1; Amany Hassan Abd Elrahim1 | ||||
1Lecturer of Woman Health and Obstetric Health Nursing, Minia University, Egypt | ||||
2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Minia University, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Breastfeeding is the primary basic right of infant. Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is feeding infant by breast milk alone, without any other ingredient for feeding the children. Aim of the study: to evaluate the effect of prenatal counseling to overcome common maternal and infant obstacles interfering exclusive breastfeeding among rural primigravida. Subjects and methods: Quasi experimental research design (pre and post-test) was used to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: This study was conducted at prenatal outpatient clinics in Minia university hospitals for obstetric and pediatrics (MUHOP). Sample type: A purposive sample type was utilized, 50 antepartum women who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Tools: Two tools were utilized in the current study for data collection: Tool (1): Structured interviewing questionnaire includes demographic characteristics of women (pretest) and Tool (2): Knowledge assessment About EBF (pre/posttest). Results: Primigravida had poor knowledge regarding EBF, knowledge about how to overcome common maternal and infant obstacles interfering with EBF (64.0%, 78.0%, 84.0%) before prenatal counseling which decreased to (12.0%, 14.0%, 16.0%) respectively after prenatal counseling with highly statistically significant differences. Conclusion: Prenatal counseling was effective in improving women's knowledge about EBF, knowledge about how to overcome the common maternal and infant obstacles interfering with EBF. Recommendations: Providing counseling for working mothers regarding how to overcome barriers of EBF as their occupation may be interfering with exclusive breastfeeding. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Exclusive Breast Feeding (EBF); Maternal and Infant Obstacles; Prenatal Counseling; Primigravida | ||||
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