[Table/Fig-2]:
Comparison of Infant and young child feeding practices and health outcome.
| Particulars | SSC Group n=50 |
Control Group n=50 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After delivery when did you start Breastfeeding? | Within 1 hour | 38 % | 36 % | 0.8 |
| From 1 day | 62% | 64% | ||
| How long did you give exclusive breastfeeding? | Still continued | 10% | 10% | 0.94 |
| Less than 6 months | 2% | 2% | ||
| 6 months to 1 Year | 50% | 56% | ||
| More than 1 year | 38% | 32% | ||
| How many times do you breast feed in one day? | <6 times | 16% | 6% | 0.21 |
| 6-8 times | 24% | 34% | ||
| >8 times | 60% | 60% | ||
| How long did you give breast feeding? | 6-12 months | 48% | 40% | 0.42 |
| 1-2 year | 52% | 60% | ||
| Did you give your baby other supplement in initial 6 months? | Yes | 46% | 60% | 0.16 |
| Did you face problems while breast feeding in first 6 months? | Yes | 26% | 40% | 0.14 |
| What was the number of times the child was given complementary feed yesterday? | <3 times | 24% | 16% | 0.61 |
| 3-5 times | 44% | 48% | ||
| >5 times | 32% | 36% | ||
| When do you wash hands? | Always before cooking and feeding the child | 88% | 88% | 0.58 |
| Sometimes before cooking and feeding the child | 0% | 2% | ||
| Rarely | 12% | 10% | ||
| When do you wash your child’s hand? | Before eating always | 76% | 60% | 0.22 |
| Before eating sometimes | 22% | 38% | ||
| Rarely | 2% | 2% | ||
| Do you use soap to wash yours and your infant’s hand? | Before eating always | 24% | 38% | 0.29 |
| Before eating sometimes | 72% | 60% | ||
| Rarely | 4% | 2% | ||
| What food do you often give the child? | Freshly prepared | 48% | 44% | 0.92 |
| Stored but within 30 minutes | 50% | 54% | ||
| Stored for more than 30 minutes | 2% | 2% | ||
| How do you store the cooked food? | Kept open | 4% | 2% | 0.74 |
| Kept covered at room temperature | 58% | 64% | ||
| Kept in hot case or refrigerator | 38% | 34% | ||
| How much time is spent daily on feeding the child? | <1 Hour | 20% | 16% | 0.95 |
| >1 Hour | 54% | 54% | ||
| 1-2 Hour | 24% | 28% | ||
| 2-3 Hour | 2% | 2% | ||
| Do you rewarm when feeding the stored food? | Always | 34% | 40% | 0.82 |
| Sometimes | 36% | 32% | ||
| Rarely | 30% | 28% | ||
| How often do you wash the utensils used to feed the child? | After each feed | 98% | 98% | 0.75 |
| Sometimes | 2% | 2% | ||
| Do you teach your child about the food when they eat? | Yes | 98% | 98% | 1.0 |
| No | 2% | 2% | ||
| Do you allow your child to feed himself/herself? | Yes | 94% | 92% | 1.0 |
| No | 6% | 8% | ||
| Did you have family support during breastfeeding? | Yes | 6% | 8% | 1.0 |
| No | 94% | 92% | ||
| How many times your baby had diarrhea that required some treatment in last one year? | 0 | 36% | 30% | 0.81 |
| Once | 62% | 68% | ||
| Twice | 2% | 2% | ||
| How many times your baby got admitted in hospitals in last year? | 0 | 36% | 28% | 0.62 |
| Once | 62% | 68% | ||
| Twice | 2% | 4% | ||
| How many times your baby had cough and cold in last year? | 0 | 36% | 30% | 0.92 |
| Once | 62% | 68% | ||
| Twice | 2% | 2% | ||
| If you breastfeed your child, when did you stopped giving night feeds? | Before 6 months | 2% | 0% | 0.43 |
| 1 year -2 years | 44% | 34% | ||
| More than 2 years | 48% | 62% | ||
| Still night feeding | 6% | 4% | ||
| After delivery when did your menstrual cycle start? (Months) | 3 months to less than 4 months | 2% | 6% | 0.38 |
| 4 months to less than 5 months | 58% | 42% | ||
| 5 months to less than 6 months | 38% | 50% | ||
| 6 months to less than 7 months | 2% | 2% | ||