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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1998 44(5):313-315; doi:10.1093/tropej/44.5.313
© 1998 by Oxford University Press
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Women on the Plantation sin Sri Lanka

Eigil Sørensen*,, Dulitha N. Fernando**, Indira Hettiarachchi***, Somchai Durongdej****, Amornrath Podhipak**** and Bjørg B. Skaara*

*Technical Assistance Team Colombo, Sri Lanka
**Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Sri Lanka
***Plantation Housing and Social Welfare Trust Colombo, Sri Lanka
****Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand

Dr Eigil Sørensen, Kirkeasveien 4b, N-1178 Oslo, Norway

A cross-sectional questionnaire survey, using the current status method for the assessment of breastfeeding, was conducted among women working in the plantations in Sri Lanka. The exclusive breastfeeding rate was 32.4 per cent. The mothers' return to work and the feeling of having insufficient milk were significantly and negatively associated with exclusive breastfeeding. Women will sometimes start with powdered milk several weeks before going back to work, suggesting that work itself is not the only reason for introducing powdered milk. Although the health authorities have endorsed the concept of exclusive breastfeeding, further health education is needed for the full acceptance of exclusive breastfeeding in the population.


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