J Korean Pediatr Soc.  1999 May;42(5):614-620.

A Survey of Breast-Feeding in Jeon-ju City Area

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeon-ju, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE: While the rate of breast-feeding has been rising recently in many countries, it has been gradually falling in Korea. Accordingly, we took a survey in Jeon-ju to discover the actual state of breast-feeding and find a solution.
METHODS
Eight hundred and sixty-four questionnaires of filled out by mothers who visited the seven local pediatric clinics and the clinic of pediatric department in the Presbyterian Medical Center(PMC) in Jeon-ju from January 1998 to June 1998 were analysed by ANOVA, cross analysis, frequency analysis and correlation analysis using SPSS program.
RESULTS
In the case of six-months-old babies, the breast-feeding rate was 35.6%. The breast-feeding rate was higher when it came to a normal delivery, and was also related to the inperiority of infant birth order and lack of maternal academic background(P<0.05). The main reasons to switch from successful breast-feeding to formula-feeding before 6 months of age were insufficient breast-milk(49.3%). The survey shows the best thing for a infant's health is breast milk (86.0%).
CONCLUSION
In order to increase the rate of breast-feeding, it's essential to educate people in school and it is necessary to create a hospital environment in which mothers can easily begin breast-feeding as soon as possible after delivery.

Keyword

Breast-Feeding

MeSH Terms

Birth Order
Humans
Infant
Jeollabuk-do*
Korea
Milk, Human
Mothers
Protestantism
Surveys and Questionnaires
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