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Table 3 Health Workers' Attitudes and Counselling Messages Related to Infant Feeding (N = 19)

From: Differences between international recommendations on breastfeeding in the presence of HIV and the attitudes and counselling messages of health workers in Lilongwe, Malawi

Characteristic

Question

Yes N (%)

No N (%)

Not Sure N (%)

No answer N (%)

General

 

Do you think that breast milk alone is enough food for a baby for the first 6 months of life?

18 (94)

1 (5)

  
 

Do you think it is possible for women in this community to breastfeed exclusively for 6 months?

11 (58)

7 (37)

 

2 (11)

 

Do you think that it is possible for women to stop breastfeeding at 6 months in this community?

7 (37)

6 (32)

4 (21)

2 (11)

 

Do you provide counselling on infant feeding?

17 (90)

2 (11)

  

HIV specific

 

Do you believe that HIV can be transmitted from an HIV-infected mother to her child?

19 (100)

   
 

Do you believe that HIV can be transmitted through breastfeeding?

18 (95)

1 (5)

  
 

Have you ever counselled a woman about HIV and breastfeeding?

6 (32)

11 (58)

 

2 (11)

 

Do you think a mother with HIV should breastfeed her baby?

10 (53)

7 (37)

1 (5)

1 (5)