Background: Human milk meets all the nutritional requirements of infants for the first 6 months of life, and it is associated with a lower incidence of diarrhea than partial or artificial feeding. The infant should be exclusively breastfed for at least 4 months of life and if possible for 6 months, as recommended by WHO and UNICEF. Aim of the Study: was to assess the breastfeeding practice for children under 24 months in Arar city, as well as its relation to some sociodemographic and nutrition related variables. Participants and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Arar city, mothers were selected from the attendees of 6 randomly selected primary health care centers in the city. They were interviewed and filled in a questionnaire that included the key questions. Results: 11.8% of infants received exclusive breastfeeding, 39.7% received a mix of both breast and artificial feeding while 48.5% depended only on artificial feeding. More than 50% of the studied infants were males, 70% of the mothers weren't working. No significant relationship between type of child feeding and child age, sex, mother education, mother's working status, father's work or mother age group (P >0.05). About 2 thirds of children who had mixed feeding suffered from repeated gastroenteritis, delayed teething, standing and walking. Conclusion: In accordance with the obvious deficiency of exclusive breastfeeding in Arar city which is located in Northern Saudi Arabia, we highly recommend that programs promoting exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of age must be conducted to increase mothers’ awareness of the exclusive breastfeeding duration is recommended.
BinAbd, M. M. A., AlDawood, M. M. A., Altarfawi, K. A. S., Al Muwais, Z. M. A., Al-Redwan, A. M. J., Alajyan, E. S. I., Aldajani, F. F. M., AlAbbad, M. R. A., Dehneen, H. A. Y. A., AlHababi, N. M., AlHashem, A. G. A., AlHijab, A. M. H., Aljeshi, H. A., & AlSaileek, A. A. (2017). Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69(6), 2618-2618. doi: 10.12816/0042238
MLA
Murtadha Mohammed A BinAbd; Mishael Maki A AlDawood; Khulud Awad S Altarfawi; Zahra Mohamed A Al Muwais; Aqeela Mowsa J Al-Redwan; Eiman Saeed I Alajyan; Fatimah Falah M Aldajani; Mohammed Riyadh A AlAbbad; Hassan Ali Y Al Dehneen; Nedal Mohammed AlHababi; Aqeel Ghassan A AlHashem; Ali Mohammed H AlHijab; Hussain Abdulsamad Aljeshi; Abdullah Ahmed AlSaileek. "Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia", The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69, 6, 2017, 2618-2618. doi: 10.12816/0042238
HARVARD
BinAbd, M. M. A., AlDawood, M. M. A., Altarfawi, K. A. S., Al Muwais, Z. M. A., Al-Redwan, A. M. J., Alajyan, E. S. I., Aldajani, F. F. M., AlAbbad, M. R. A., Dehneen, H. A. Y. A., AlHababi, N. M., AlHashem, A. G. A., AlHijab, A. M. H., Aljeshi, H. A., AlSaileek, A. A. (2017). 'Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69(6), pp. 2618-2618. doi: 10.12816/0042238
VANCOUVER
BinAbd, M. M. A., AlDawood, M. M. A., Altarfawi, K. A. S., Al Muwais, Z. M. A., Al-Redwan, A. M. J., Alajyan, E. S. I., Aldajani, F. F. M., AlAbbad, M. R. A., Dehneen, H. A. Y. A., AlHababi, N. M., AlHashem, A. G. A., AlHijab, A. M. H., Aljeshi, H. A., AlSaileek, A. A. Breastfeeding Practice in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2017; 69(6): 2618-2618. doi: 10.12816/0042238
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