Table 4 Health workers' role in informing mothers about infant feeding (N = 272)
From: Breastfeeding in infancy: identifying the program-relevant issues in Bangladesh
Contact with health workers | n (%) |
|---|---|
Health worker or anyone from health center talked to you about breastfeeding or CF during: | Â |
   antenatal care | 24 (8) |
   during immunization | 25 (8) |
   during sick child visits | 104 (34) |
Specific messages remembered being given by health workers: | Â |
   "Continue breastfeeding even if baby sick" | 28 (22) |
   "Have to feed breast milk" | 14 (11) |
   "Should not give any other food before 6 months | 15 (12) |
   "Should give variety of foods (to improve appetite)" | 14 (11) |