Factors affecting exclusive breast feeding at Galkaio General Hospital, Galkaio District, Mudug region, Puntland_Somalia
| dc.contributor.author | Ahmed Dahir Osman | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-14T11:15:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-14T11:15:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-10 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Exclusive breastfeeding refers to the percentage of children less than six months old who are fed breast milk alone (no other liquids) in the past 24 hours(WHO, 2013), which provides the only perfect nutrients for babies, protect them against infections and it lays the foundation of their breathing psychological development(Berlin, 2005). A cross sectional study was conducted at Galkaio General Hospital, Galkaio district, Mudug region, Puntland_Somalia. To determine the practices of breastfeeding among the mothers attending Galkaio General Hospital, the social practices affecting breast feeding and to identify cultural hindering factors to exclusive Breast feeding among mothers at Galkaio General Hospital, Puntland_Somalia. This study showed that most of the mothers breastfed for 6 months (33%), followed by those who breastfeed 7-12 months (28%), which was higher than previous results and that 58% of the mothers said that their culture says that baby do not get enough milk when they practice exclusive breastfeeding, 35% said the baby do not get enough milk. The study concluded that there is low practice of exclusive breastfeeding at Galkaio General Hospital, Galkaio District, Mudug region, Puntland_Somalia. This was majorly influenced by the cultural believes and barriers in this study area. The study recommended that the government of Puntland_Somalia, especially Mudug region should institute maternal education programs to teach mothers about breastfeeding and early child hood development, the community leaders should initiate mother to mother peer program to overcome the rampant cultural barriers in the implementing of exclusive breastfeeding and another study should be conducted to determine drivers and the outcomes of the breastfeeding practices among women in Mudug region on their child’s development | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/3100 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Exclusive breast feeding | en_US |
| dc.subject | Galkaio General Hospital | en_US |
| dc.subject | Galkaio District | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors affecting exclusive breast feeding at Galkaio General Hospital, Galkaio District, Mudug region, Puntland_Somalia | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |