A study to identify the influencing factors for the use of bottle feeding among the mothers of under five children's in the selected areas of Nagpur city

Abstract

Introduction: "With the birth of every child, man may calculate that God is still hopeful about the world He created "- Wordsworth. Under five children are vulnerable and high risk group for infection due to malnutrition, lacking of breastfeeding, lack of parental attitude towards health of their children's, etc. So adequate nutrient is vital for growth and development (immunological, psychology development) of under five-year children’s. Aim: To identify the influencing factors for the use of bottle feeding among the mothers of under five year children’s in selected areas of Nagpur city . Method: quantitative research approach and non-experimental descriptive research design was used for the study. Sample: The sample was selected using the non-probability convenience sampling technique. A sample, of 100 mothers of under five year children's was selected from Daga Memorial Hospital, Nagpur. Result and Conclusion: The total 50 factors are influences mother for the use of bottle feeding. This factors are further divided into two forms. i.e 38 factors related with mothers & 12 factors related with babies’ condition. The association between the influencing factors for the use of bottle feeding among the mothers of under five-year children's and selected demographic variables of mothers of under five-year children's was calculated by using Z Test and it was found there is significant association between demographic variable and influencing factors.