Table 2.
Time to initiation of breastfeeding after birth
| Time to initiation | Practice (reported initiation of breastfeeding in most recent delivery) | Knowledge (TBAs' recommended initiation of breastfeeding) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trained (n=33) (%) | Untrained (n=54) (%) | All (n=87) (%) | Trained (n=36) (%) | Untrained (n=56) (%) | All (n=92) (%) | |
| Immediately (<10 minutes) | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 12.0 |
| 11 minutes to 1 hour | 45.4 | 25.9 | 33.3 | 58.3 | 46.4 | 51.1 |
| 2-11 hours | 39.4 | 44.4 | 42.5 | 19.4 | 30.4 | 26.1 |
| 12-23 hours | 6.1 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 24-47 hours | 3.0 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 10.7 | 8.7 |
| 48-71 hours | 0 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 0 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 72 or more hours | 0 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TBAs=Traditional birth attendants