Influence of demographic variables on attitude of nursing mothers towards exclusive breast feeding In Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Research Article
International Journal of Life Science Research Archive, 2022, 03(01), 031–038.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijlsra.2022.3.1.0065
Publication history:
Received on 19 June 2022; revised on 26 July 2022; accepted on 28 July 2022
Abstract:
The research centered on the influence of demographic variables on attitude of nursing mothers towards exclusive breastfeeding in Akoko South West Local Government area of Ondo State Nigeria. The investigation embraced a cross sectional survey design, the instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire, it was validated by three experts in Health Education and it has a reliability coefficient of 0.775 after test –retest method. A sample of 180 nursing mothers was selected from health institutions located in six communities in the local government area using convenient sampling techniques. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC). Findings revealed that the nursing mothers had positive attitude towards exclusive breastfeeding; level of education and religion had no significant relationships with attitude of nursing mothers towards exclusive breastfeeding, but age and family type had. With these findings, it was recommended that sound health education on exclusive breastfeeding should be given to the nursing mothers and it should be properly introduced to all levels of education.
Keywords:
Breastfeeding; Attitude; Education; Religion; Nursing Mothers
Full text article in PDF:
Copyright information:
Copyright © 2022 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article. This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Liscense 4.0