| Literature DB >> 2228094 |
Abstract
Majority of the urban adolescent girl students (n = 76) from middle socioeconomic group correctly reported that breast milk is the best food for infants (95%), and it has protective antibodies (98%). However, most of them (92%) had incorrect knowledge about the role of diet in breast milk secretion and continuation of breastfeeding while mother is suffering from tuberculosis (92%), malaria (84%).Entities:
Keywords: Adolescents; Adolescents, Female; Age Factors; Antibodies; Asia; Attitude; Behavior; Biology; Bottle Feeding; Breast Feeding; Communication; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diarrhea; Diseases; Economic Factors; Health; Human Milk; Immunity; Immunologic Factors; India; Infant Nutrition; Knowledge; Lactation; Maternal Physiology; Middle Income Population; Misinformation; Nutrition; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Psychological Factors; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Supplementary Feeding; Urban Population; Youth
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Year: 1990 PMID： 2228094 DOI： 10.1007/bf02727925
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Pediatr ISSN： 0019-5456 Impact factor: 1.967