Problematic of the exclusive maternal nursing of the infants in Kisangani city, DR Congo
| Main Author: | Pius T. Mpiana |
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| Format: | Article |
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, 2017
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1023684 |
Daftar Isi:
- This transverse descriptive survey done on June 2017 in Kisangani city in Democratic Republic of the Congo aimed to determine the level of the practice of exclusive maternal nursing during the first six months of life of infants and the factors that hinder this practice. A simple random sampling method permits to obtain a sample of 550 nursing mothers, among which 477 matched inclusion and non-inclusion criteria. The results of this investigation show that the rate of exclusive maternal nursing during the first six months of infant's life in the city of Kisangani is of 51.4%. The infants nursed exclusively to the breast since their births until six months presented only 20,8% of case of the infantile morbidities when that non submitted to this practice showed 78.4 % of infant suffering of infantile pathologies. The socio-professional categories (work, illnesses and studies) are the only factor that had significantly influenced the use the exclusive maternal nursing practice. Majority of nursing mothers are informed for this practice when taking antenatal care at the health center or the hospital. The exclusive breastfeeding practice have to be recommended and it’s promotion have to be sufficiently done in media.