Title

A cross-sectional study on breastfeeding practices and perceptions among mothers visiting a tertiary care hospital in India

Authors

Sunil M Doshi¹*, Gunjita Gupta², Shreya Bose², Hirwa Daxini² & Rucha Dave²

Affiliation

¹Department of Forensic Medicine, Dr N D Desai Faculty of Medical Science and Research, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India; ²Smt.B.K.Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Sunil M. Doshi - E-mail: sunildoshi.medical@ddu.ac.in; Phone: +91 9558224327
Gunjita Gupta - E-mail: guptagunjita88@gmail.com
Shreya Bose - E-mail: shreyabose950@gmail.com
Hirwa Daxini - E-mail: hirwadaxini@gmail.com
Rucha Dave - E-mail: ruchadave95@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

In India, cultural beliefs prevalent in numerous societies hamper the proper implementation of breastfeeding practices, which may adversely affect the normal development of infants. Therefore, it is of interest to assess breastfeeding awareness among mothers, emphasising on evaluating their knowledge, attitudes, and current breastfeeding practices as well as to compare findings with previous researches of a similar nature. Total 100 randomly selected mothers of infants visiting a tertiary care hospital were interviewed with predefined questionnaires. Questionnaires were based on assessment of knowledge, attitude and their breastfeeding practices. The study concluded that while the majority of mothers demonstrated adequate knowledge, positive attitudes, and appropriate breastfeeding practices, there are specific areas where maternal education still requires attention.

Keywords

Breastfeeding, knowledge, attitude, practices

Citation

Doshi et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2267-2271 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.