KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND APPLICATION OF BREASTFEEDING OF MOTHERS OF CHILDREN BY THE AGE OF 2

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Breastfeeding is a gift of nature that enables a strong emotional connection between mother and a
child.
AIM: To establish what knowledge do women have in breastfeeding area and does it affect their choice whether to breastfeed or not.
PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A 100 mothers (primiparae and multiparas) that have children whose age does not
exceed 2 years were participants of this research. Examinees have fulfilled anonymous questionnaire. The gathering of
questionnaires was taking place from May, 2017 until July, 2017. The research has been done retrospectively.
RESULTS: Implementation of this research paper results in data that 16 % of examined mothers are under the age of 25,
while 84 % of them are above the age of 25.61 % of mothers that were participants of this research are employed, whereas
39 % of them are unemployed. 49 % of mothers have finished college, 50 % of mothers have finished high school, and
1 % of them have finished primary school. 77 % of mothers that participated in this research have given birth to their
children naturally, while 33 % of mothers have had a Caesarean section. 42 % of primiparae and 58 % of multiparas were
participants of this research. 14 % of surveyed mothers do not breastfeed their children, 41 % of them only breastfeed their
children and 45 % of mothers breastfeed their children along with supplementations.
CONCLUSION: Positive attitude and suffice knowledge do affect the application of breastfeeding. This research paper
shows thathigh percentage of mothers breastfeed their children