Infant feeding practices among mildly wasted children: a retrospective study on Nias Island, Indonesia

International Breastfeeding Journal

Anne Camilla Bellows⁶  Volker Hoffmann⁶  Hans Konrad Biesalski³  Rosnani Verba Pangaribuan¹  Maurice Alexander Bloem²  Susan Hartono⁴  Julia Suryantan⁴  Nia Novita Wirawan⁷  Elizabeth Hormann⁵  Ratna Chrismiari Purwestri³  Veronika Scherbaum³  Dyah Ayu Inayati⁶ 

[1] (Former) SEAMEO-TROPMED Regional Centre for Community Nutrition, Jakarta, Indonesia;Church World Service, New York, USA;Institute for Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany;Church World Service, Jakarta, Indonesia;The European Institute for Breastfeeding and Lactation, Kramsach, Austria;Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture, Center Gender and Nutrition (430b), University Hohenheim, Fruwirthstrasse 14-16, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany;Faculty of Medicine, Study Program Nutrition, University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia

关键词: Nias Island;    Wasted children;    Infant feeding;    Complementary foods;    Breastfeeding;   

Others  :  801494
DOI  :  10.1186/1746-4358-7-3

 received in 2011-08-02, accepted in 2012-03-21,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

This study investigated the infant feeding practices of participating mothers who were recruited into a research project aimed at improving the nutritional status of mildly wasted children (< -1.0 to ≥ -1.5 Weight-for-Height Z-scores) aged ≥ 6 to < 60 months on Nias Island, Indonesia.

Methods

Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based interview of mothers of the index children (n = 215) who were admitted to the community program for mildly wasted children in the study area. Four focus groups and twenty in-depth interviews were conducted to explore further information on infant feeding practices in the study area.

Results

Retrospective results indicated that 6% of the mothers never breastfed. Fifty two percent of mothers initiated breastfeeding within six hours of birth, but 17% discarded colostrum. Exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months of age was practiced by 12%. Seventy-four percent of the mothers offered supplementary liquids besides breast milk within the first 7 days of life, and 14% of infants received these supplementary liquids from 7 days onwards until 6 months of age. Moreover, 79% of the infants were given complementary foods (solid, semi-solid, or soft foods) before 6 months of age. About 9% of the children were breastfed at least two years. Less than one in five of the mildly wasted children (19%) were breastfed on admission to the community program. Qualitative assessments found that inappropriate infant feeding practices were strongly influenced by traditional beliefs of the mothers and paternal grandmothers in the study areas.

Conclusion

Generally, suboptimal infant feeding was widely practiced among mothers of mildly wasted children in the study area on Nias Island, Indonesia. To promote breastfeeding practices among mothers on Nias Island, appropriate nutrition training for community workers and health-nutrition officers is needed to improve relevant counseling skills. In addition, encouraging public nutrition education that promotes breastfeeding, taking into account social-cultural factors such as the influence of paternal grandmothers on infant feeding practice, is needed.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Inayati et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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