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  • Title: Infant feeding practices in a tribal community of Melghat region in Maharashtra state.
    Author: Deshpande SG, Zodpey SP, Vasudeo ND.
    Journal: Indian J Med Sci; 1996 Jan; 50(1):4-8, 21. PubMed ID: 8979627.
    Abstract:
    1. Out of 494 infants none was breastfed within 2 hours of delivery. 36% infants received first breastfeed after 24 hours of delivery 91.2% of the mothers used prelacteal feeds. 2. Only 31.06% of the infants were weaned, out of these only 7 received complementary foods between 4-6 months. 3. Thus, it can be concluded that though breastfeeding is practiced by all mothers, there is need for early initiation of breastfeeding and proper weaning habits. The Chittaranjan Das Mobile Hospital Camp is affiliated with Government Medical College Hospital, Nagpur. 494 tribal mothers of infants attending the hospital camp stationed at Dharni, Amravati District between December 1993 and January 1994 were interviewed on their infant feeding practices. 251 male infants and 243 females were seen at the clinic. No child was breast fed within 2 hours of birth, 10.1% were breast fed within 3-6 hours of birth, and 36% were first breast fed after 24 hours of being born. Prelacteal feeds of honey water, jaggery water, sugar water, honeyghee, decoctions, and cow milk were used by 91.2% of mothers. 114 infants were weaned before age 1 year, of which only 7 (6.1%) were weaned at age 4-6 months, 50 (43.9%) at 7-9 months, and 57 (50%) at age 10-12 months. The following preparations were used for weaning: dal water in 26.3% of cases, dal rice in 21.1%, jawar roti in 20.2%, and cow milk 19.3% of the time.
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