Table 2.
Breastfeeding education and breastfeeding educator of 396 mother-newborn pairs interviewed
| Variables n = 396 |
Rural n (%) |
Urban n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of breastfeeding educationa | ||
| None | 81 (50.0) | 54 (23.0) |
| Bad | 31 (19.1) | 55 (23.5) |
| Good | 50 (30.9) | 125 (53.5) |
| Time to first breastfeed | ||
| Median (IQR) | 50 min (15 – 120) | 57 min (15 – 180) |
| Median (Range) | 50 min (0 – 4320) | 57 min (0 – 4320) |
| Early initiation of breastfeeding | ||
| Yes | 147 (69.7) | 114 (61.6) |
| No | 64 (30.3) | 71 (38.4) |
| Breastfeeding education before this pregnancy | ||
| Yes | 153 (72.5) | 110 (59.5) |
| No | 58 (27.5) | 75 (40.5) |
| Breastfeeding education during this pregnancy | ||
| Yes | 159 (75.4) | 115 (62.2) |
| No | 52 (24.6) | 70 (37.8) |
| Breastfeeding education before and during this pregnancy | ||
| Yes | 149 (70.6) | 100 (54.1) |
| No | 62 (29.4) | 85 (45.9) |
| Breastfeeding counsellor (n = 274) | ||
| Family | 4 (2.5) | 3 (2.6) |
| Neighbour | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.9) |
| Personal documentation | 0 | 7 (6.1) |
| Health professional (midwives, nurses or physician) | 154 (96.9) | 104 (90.4) |
IQR interquartile range
a The breastfeeding education guideline of the study area was: (i) to place newborn in skin-to-skin contact with his mother immediately after birth, (ii) to initiate breastfeeding within 1 h after birth and (iii) to exclusively breastfeed the child until 6 months of age. Breastfeeding education was described as “good” if the mother knew at least 2 of these 3 items, and “bad” if the mother knew only one item or none