An Assessment on Attitude and Knowledge of Postpartum Mothers in Bulacan
An Assessment on the Attitude and Knowledge of Postpartum Mothers admitted at Bulacan Medical Center from May 1,2012 - January 1, 2014, on benefits of Breastfeeding
Presented by: Garcia, Marites C. md
Nature and scope of the Problem
“Breastfeeding is still best for babies”, famous lines often seen on ads and written on canned milk formulas. The price of commercial milk is a lot more expensive than breastmilk, yet milk industry remains a lucrative business in our country .. Given the hand to mouth existence of some Filipinos and the better nutrition breastmilk offers makes us wonder why some mothers prefer artificial formula
Rationale
* Breastmilk has so many benefits both to the nursing mother and to the infant, higher nutrition, better immune protection, higher contents of vitamins and minerals.. * Can be used as a method of contraception, constant breastfeeding also helps control weight gain. * It is readily available and most importantly it is free, anytime and anywhere. These are only some of the benefits gained from breastfeeding
* Philippines being a third world country where * 40% of Filipinos are unemployed would lead us to the thinking that most mothers would prefer to breastfeed their infants because a one day salary of a regular employee equates to 500 grams of canned milk. * Savings from buying formula based milk can be used to cover for other basic needs of the family which could be of great help especially for those who are struggling to make both ends
Purpose of the Study
* Thus, if these postpartum mothers will be educated about the maternal and infant health benefits of breastfeeding ,aside from extra savings they could gain from not buying milk based formula, had led us to assess the knowledge and attitude of postpartum mothers delivered to live babies at BMC from Jan 2012 to Jan 2014 on benefits of breastfeeding
Review of
Presented by: Garcia, Marites C. md
Nature and scope of the Problem
“Breastfeeding is still best for babies”, famous lines often seen on ads and written on canned milk formulas. The price of commercial milk is a lot more expensive than breastmilk, yet milk industry remains a lucrative business in our country .. Given the hand to mouth existence of some Filipinos and the better nutrition breastmilk offers makes us wonder why some mothers prefer artificial formula
Rationale
* Breastmilk has so many benefits both to the nursing mother and to the infant, higher nutrition, better immune protection, higher contents of vitamins and minerals.. * Can be used as a method of contraception, constant breastfeeding also helps control weight gain. * It is readily available and most importantly it is free, anytime and anywhere. These are only some of the benefits gained from breastfeeding
* Philippines being a third world country where * 40% of Filipinos are unemployed would lead us to the thinking that most mothers would prefer to breastfeed their infants because a one day salary of a regular employee equates to 500 grams of canned milk. * Savings from buying formula based milk can be used to cover for other basic needs of the family which could be of great help especially for those who are struggling to make both ends
Purpose of the Study
* Thus, if these postpartum mothers will be educated about the maternal and infant health benefits of breastfeeding ,aside from extra savings they could gain from not buying milk based formula, had led us to assess the knowledge and attitude of postpartum mothers delivered to live babies at BMC from Jan 2012 to Jan 2014 on benefits of breastfeeding
Review of