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KAP ANALYSIS OF BREAST
FEEDING 1Rabie M, 2E1-Sherbeny M & 2Nasr
S 1 Al-Azhar University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt 2 Ministry of Health & Population, Cairo, Egypt Objective: Assessing
the effectiveness of Baby Friendly Hospital lnitiative regarding Early
Initiation & Exclusive Breast Feeding (BF) among university graduate
mothers Methods: Random
sampling for 500 working mothers (N. Wo, M) & 500 non-working mothers
(N. Wo. M). All have the university graduates. ·Self answering questionnaire was prepared by the
team. ·Computerized data analysis. Results: Early
Initiation half to an hour 46% for Wo. M & 40.8% for N. Wo. M in the
first day 86.4% Wo. M & 79.2 for N. Wo. M. By 2 nd & 3rdday
B.F increased up to 98% for Wo. M & 95% for N. Wo. M. ·For exclusive BF 76.2% for Wo.M.64.6% for N. Wo.
M breast fed exclusively for at least the first 3 months of infant's life. Conclusion: Early
Initiation of BF is very low compared to WHO recommendations, regarding
Exclusive BF is reasonable & need to be encouraged through integration
of BF program in PHC package of services to empower social mobilization &
efficient service utilization.