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THE DOCTORS OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS, PERCPTIONS, PRACTICES AND INFORMATIONS OF BREAST FEEDING

Dr. Mah Noor, Dr. Fizzah Anjum, Dr. Maryam Saleem, Dr. Ammad Javaid Chaudhary

Abstract: Objective: The research was aimed at the determination of awareness, practice and knowledge about breast feeding in those doctors who are married and used to work at Nishtar Hospital, Multan. Study Design: The research study is by design descriptive and Cross-sectional descriptive. Study Setting: Nishtar Hospital’s married doctors were selected for the research study. Duration: Research Study commenced from April, 2015 and completed on July, 2015. Sample Size: Sample of the research consisted on 100 from 476 female doctors of Nishtar Hospital, Multan. Data Analysis: Manual data entry was carried out. Percentages and frequencies were also calculated. Graphs and tables were used for the representation of data. Results: Age of the doctors reflected that majority of the doctors were (44%) were in the age limit of 29 – 38 years. Seventeen grades doctors were sixty-two percent of the total. Importance of breast feeding was very clear to all the doctors and they also knew that it is a healthy activity. Doctors were well aware about the healthy activity of breast feeding their proportion was 84 percent. This act of breast feeding can be extended to two years was known 80 percent of the doctors and continuation in the case of maternal and infant disease was known to 44 and 98 percent of the doctors. Almost 82, 3 and 95 percent of the doctors respectively breastfed children, immediately and regularly breastfed and gave colostrum to children. Doctor who were not feeding their children were ten percent of the total as they were prescribed by the milk formula preference and prescription. Conclusion: All the married female doctors were well aware of breast feeding advantages and importance. Maximum doctors were feeding their children. The advantages and reasons behind feeding their own breast feeding included being healthy, in-expensive, safe, economical, fortification against breast cancer and good immunity. Doctors who were not feeding their children with their own breast had few reasons like jobs, pain, preference of milk formula and medical condition.

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